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Old 10-16-12 | 07:55 AM
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Bikes: Waterford RST-22, Bob Jackson World Tour, Ritchey Breakaway Cross, Soma Saga, De Bernardi SL, Specialized Sequoia

I would like someone to explain the physics that would enable a tire with a latex tube to roll faster than a butyl tube. I can understand how the rubber on the outside of a tire could affect rolling resistance, but cannot understand how a tube inside a tire could affect it. Maybe I'm missing something.
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