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Old 07-15-2010, 03:46 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MARTINSR View Post
But again, it is simply something I don't understand, not that I am challenging it. I will learn more about it when the time comes, my brain is overwhelmed with other stuff right now. But just at face value, a 20 sq in foot print of the little 5.90 bias plys seem to be less a rolling resistance than the 40 sq in of a radial of similar size. It doesn't seem to me that the advanced design of the tire could overcome that foot print.

Brian
Brian, when you get a chance read through this - it explains it pretty well: http://media.wiley.com/product_data/...0471354619.pdf
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