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Originally Posted by trebuchet03
Chris -  for doing your own test
That's probably the most important thing here.... Old rubber isn't happy rubber 
And an interesting point about noise... That deserves some investigation methink s  |
In re: Noise vs. rolling efficiency
On a bicycle (easy to test and to hear the noise) do a roll-down test on a hill, with high tire pressure vs. lower tire pressure. We know that higher pressure gets us less rolling resistance, but does it bring commensurate noise reduction? In other words, is the presumable noise vs. quiet directly correlated with rolling efficiency?
It would be interesting if one could develop some sort of reasonably accurate rule of thumb.
Noise and heat are unwanted byproducts of inefficient rolling