rock Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 I remember a study by the guys at Scwalbe you said (contarary to popular belief) that when riding off road, wider tyres with less pressure had less RR than narrower tyres with higher pressure.
MintSauce Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 I remember a study by the guys at Scwalbe you said (contarary to popular belief) that when riding off road' date=' wider tyres with less pressure had less RR than narrower tyres with higher pressure.[/quote'] Haven't read anything about that, but the idea i think is that in bumpy terrain a hard tyre hits the bumps and loses momentum while a big volume, low pressure tyre absorbs them and hence loses less momentum Been a while, rock!
Paddy Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 This was discussed in about november last year. this is the link to the study http://www.bicicletta.co.za/Downloadable%20docs/Rolling%20Resistance%20Eng%20illustrated.pdf
1kTT Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 that is a brilliant article, I had heard about it but never been able to find it before, thanks!!
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