Good video find, Marcus. And Nokian! Way to go.
(Found a YouTube version, so posted in your first post.)
Screen grabs:
Did you notice the "wow" in the sidewall of their prototype LRR summer tire?
I just
swapped tires on the ForkenSwift this week, and was trying to imagine how I could do the most controlled coastdown test possible to compare to the winter tires. Inside a giant warehouse is definitely a good idea!
Remember Allert Jacobs, who built the
200 mpg+ streamlined Honda motorbike? When I saw the Nokian vid, I remembered he came up with a home brew version of a test in his own workshop with a ramp and weighted cart designed to find the most efficient motorbike tire available:
link to Allert's page (scroll to the bottom for tire tests):
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