I can't recommend a bicycling publication, but there is an entire tire industry and I strongly suspect there has been a fair amount of both theoretical and experimental work on the rolling resistance of tires published in scientific and engineering journals.
Decades back I interviewed a tire engineer (school project) who told me that increasing the pressure in a tire only decreases the rolling resistance up to a point, after that it increases. The short explanation for that was compression losses in the very high pressure contact patch. He also told me road surface had a very large roll in rolling resistance, and he offered a rule of thumb along the lines of: the tire with the lowest rolling resistance is usually the one operating at the lowest fraction of its rated load capacity. On Aug 7, 1:30 pm, Brian Hanson <[email protected]> wrote: > I would be interested in recommendations of another cycling periodical that > has a more rigorous approach. Most bike mags I've read give a cursory > glorifying review of all bikes/components, and are certainly no more than > quick opinion pieces. I've found BQ to be better for me in that Jan is an > enthusiast that comes to the sport from a different angle (long distance > riding) and appreciates a more sporty ride, but has an appreciation for > aesthetics as well. I like that he has an opinion. Most journalists > either don't, or won't. > > Brian > Seattle, WA > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 9:10 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > You would have to show me some pretty rigorous tests to prove that across > > the board, stuff = slow. I LOVE BQ and all that it does for cycling, both > > technically and culturally, but I have yet to see tests that strike me as > > being rigorous enough to assert anything from them as an axiom or anything > > more than a anecdotally observed theory. > > > Justin, in Philly > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > >https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/5yzKTVMLIX0J. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
