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Old 01-10-2011, 10:03 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by CapriRacer View Post
Sidewalls play very little role in RR, but tread compound - both amount and properties - plays a HUGE role.
Hrm....

I thought the primary reason big rigs used Super Singles was that they have fewer sidewalls (two instead of the four of the duals they replaced) to flex and this gave you your reduced rolling resistance. Is this not true?

Mike

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