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Originally Posted by 2_i
Of course, the impact of tire pressure on drag can be practically ignored. Otherwise, however, the drop in rolling resistance with increased pressure is well documented:

http://bike.terrymorse.com/rolres.html

http://www.schwalbetires.com/tech_in...ing_resistance
Where they come up short in the second analysis - at least according to the engineers at Zipp is that after a certain point of inflation, there is no more lessening in rolling resistance. I had a long discussion with them trying to decide the tire pressure (tubeless) I wanted to run my Zipp 999 wheelset at for racing time trials. I had been running about 145 lbs. According to a study made, I am waisting arm motion pumping beyond about 120 psi.
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