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Old 01-22-2014, 04:33 PM   #90 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
The larger diameter also helps lower the rolling resistance.
Baseless, and increases inertia. Even race cars size their tires just big enough to fit the brakes. We don't need those kind of brakes.

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Since it's a Bridgestone press release, it's for general consumption... not for ecomodders, so they basically have to spell everything out for everyone else.
Then why is it here?

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And I'm taking the 30% to mean improvement versus other Ecopias.
Again, baseless. Crappy writing if that is the case (already too much of that on the web). The only thing this article is good for is wild speculation.
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