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Originally Posted by Donahue
I'm curious of the physics involved in this. On the surface, you would think tire resistance would be linear. What is causing the curve, is some sort of internal dynamics on the tire causing the change? Is is something like heat, or a harmonic vibration or something? Do speed ratings have any effect on when that curve occurs?
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I think what is going on that at higher speeds there more slippage as tire doesn't get enough time to bend into optimal shape (is it also a reason why too much pressure could be bad?) Or higher hysteresis at higher speed
Here is more on physics:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_resistance