Originally Posted by
tarwheel
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.
alimentary! nowhere in that paragraph did they state that rolling resistance was measured
with tubes inside tires. in order to get a 10% difference, they would have to be measuring
only the tubes.
note to staehpj1: thicker = less supple = less casing deformation = lower rolling resistance