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Why do the tyres of a bicycle feel hard when air is filled in the tubes inside them.

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When air is pumped into a bicycle tube, the tube gets inflated due to the air pressure exerted by the collisions of gas molecules in air with the inner walls of the rubber tube. This air pressure makes the tyres feel hard.
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