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Old 03-23-12 | 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by BikeArkansas
A relevant questions concerns rotating weight, the wheels and tires, vs non rotating weight. Is there is significant difference?
non-rotational mass affects the function linearly, while rotational mass lost affects the function non linearly. Second order if I recall correctly.

So if you drop 3units of non-rotational mass, it causes a change by a factor of 3. If you drop this same mass in regards to rotational weight, it was cause a change by a factor of 9.

One could easily call this a jillion.
Incredibly significant.
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