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Hey Keith
thanks for the great articles.
something interesting happening in road cycling, tires are getting wider (and
larger volume)
specialized is now producing their top of the range S-Works Turbo race tires
in 24c and 26c, and the sportive tires are going up to 28c
Independant testing in Finland at a world leading lab has shown the larger
tires have lower rolling resistance, although this has to be balanced against
increased drag from air resistance with bigger tires.
From talking to those guys, they reckon 26c is optimium balance between
rolling resistance and aero drag.
Nov. 5, 2013, 11:30 a.m. - hampstead_bandit
#!markdown Hey Keith thanks for the great articles. something interesting happening in road cycling, tires are getting wider (and larger volume) specialized is now producing their top of the range S-Works Turbo race tires in 24c and 26c, and the sportive tires are going up to 28c Independant testing in Finland at a world leading lab has shown the larger tires have lower rolling resistance, although this has to be balanced against increased drag from air resistance with bigger tires. From talking to those guys, they reckon 26c is optimium balance between rolling resistance and aero drag.