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Old 01-02-2014, 11:01 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Rusty94cx View Post
I beg to differ with the list in regards to cold tires more resistance. Hot tires sticks sticky well sticky. Witch rolls better a sticky ball or a hard ball?
Yup, it seems counterintuitive. But from the mouth of the Michelin Man himself ...

Quote:
Rolling resistance is lower when ambient temperature is high [...] between 10 and 40 °C, a variation of 1 °C corresponds to a variation in rolling resistance of 0.6 %.
Source: http://automotive.ing.unibs.it/~gado...istance_UK.pdf

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And adding to the "winter sucks" meme... http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...4-a-27882.html

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