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Old 06-07-2008, 02:13 PM   #100 (permalink)
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This is the source of the pic I posted earlier.

The force of rolling resistance is the RRC times the normal force. So it is load dependent. Take a fixed load and apply it to 2 different tire sizes, the rolling resistance force will depend on RRC alone.
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