Ron Mc and Steve Palincsar are right that drum testing is only a small piece of the puzzle, but I will point out to those two that this is the first time (that I know of) where a wide, thinwalll, low pressure tire has measured FASTER on a drum than skinny, hard, high-pressure tires. Normally, we're all used to seeing the drum-data tell us that skinny tires at 120psi are the lowest rolling resistance, and we've grown to be skeptical of those results, because of suspension losses when there is a real rider and bicycle involved. We've learned that our wide, supple, low pressure tires are "slower" on the drum, but those losses are more than covered on the road because of a reduction of suspension losses. This is a shocking result because this fat, low pressure, thin sidewall tire is actually FASTER on the drum. Add to that the expected suspension loss benefits, and you've got a potential rocketship tire. I just finished ordering a bunch of stuff from Chain Reaction, too. Dangit!
Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 1:39:34 PM UTC-7, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > > > On 03/29/2016 04:21 PM, Mark Reimer wrote: > > Ohhh, now check this out!! > > > > > http://www.bicyclerollingresistance.com/mtb-reviews/schwalbe-big-one-2016 > > > > Quantified data on tire rolling resistance as it relates to pressure. > > This is very cool. A review of the new Schwalbe Big One 2.35 > > nearly-slick tire, supposedly their fastest tire EVER (including > > compared to skinny road tires). I need these on my Atlantis! > > > Another drum test. It may be "quantified" but that doesn't necessarily > mean it means anything. > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
