Originally Posted by
Sluggo
Unfortunately, real roads are not not smooth steel, as the drums were in the Avocet tests. Other tests (Bicycle Quartery,Vol. 5, No. 1 (Autumn 2006)), performed on actual roads, reach somewhat different conclustions.
Velochimp's summary: "The test’s findings point to a new direction for performance bicycles. For most cyclists, wide, supple tires at low pressures offer more speed, better comfort, increased versatility and improved safety than today’s narrow high-pressure tires. However, this type of wide, fast tire currently is not available. Hopefully, these test results will help persuade manufacturers to produce them."
No argument there. My issue is that there was a comment, above, that Jobst Brandt said that narrower tires have more rolling resistance. And then in another post the test data offered as evidence shows just the opposite. Misinformation.