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Side note: I used to work in a bike shop for about ten years. One time had a guy come in who worked with Kyronics. We all made jokes about freezing dead people
by at-fates-hands 6y ago
Side note:
I used to work in a bike shop for about ten years. One time had a guy come in who worked with Kyronics. We all made jokes about freezing dead people - but he said you can apply Kryonics to a wide array of stuff not just dead people.
One of the many things some of the team riders were seriously considering was having their cranks, chains and frames frozen since its supposed to alter the molecular structure to make them stiffer and more durable.
I'm not sure they did it, but it was a topic of constant conversation for weeks afterwards.
- TwoBit 6y agoIf that technique made any bike part better, Shimano, Campagnolo, and SRAM or whoever was around at the time would have been doing it.
- coryrc 6y agoCryogenic hardening is a established procedure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryogenic_hardening https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryogenic_hardening
- bigbubba 6y agoApplied Science found that cryogenic treatment of steel drill bits made them last twice as long: https://youtube.com/watch?v=hAxi5YXTjEk https://youtube.com/watch?v=hAxi5YXTjEk
- rconti 6y agoCryogenically freezing auto brake rotors has been a thing for awhile, but I forgot about it until you mentioned it here. It's probably fallen out of favor as I don't hear much about it. But the claims may well be true. On the other hand, when I only replace brake rotors every 60-80k miles, I don't much care. https://frozenrotors.com https://frozenrotors.com