Originally Posted by
bluefoxicy
this tells me that low rolling resistance tires are important for accelerating and leisure riding, but not as important for distance riding (aerodynamics become more significant).
Not so. The rolling resistance does not decrease as you go faster, it's just that the wind resistance increases exponentially as you increase speed. Think of it this way: rolling resistance is constant regardless of speed (not really true, but close enough for illustrating the point), but wind resistance increases dramatcally as speed increases.