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Old 06-13-2011, 12:22 PM   #8 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by CapriRacer View Post
Short version: Bigger is better.
I find it very surprising that increasing width would decrease rolling resistance. I sure see the opposite effect on the only experiment I can conduct: road bike vs mountain bike. I run a fairly smooth road-type tread on the MB, and inflate them to their max pressure, yet it takes perceptibly more effort to maintain a given speed than with the skinny-tired road bike.
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