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02-28-14, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by stevekk

Thanks everyone. My bike is a Dahon Speed Uno.
So using a 110 psi tire may do damage to the rim?

Rolling resistance as a function of PSI is going to be u-shaped. At low-PSI your contact patch is large. At high-PSI the suspension losses outweigh any advantages of a smaller contact patch.

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