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Old 01-21-13 | 05:08 PM
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Here's a link to some data showing latex definitely rolls faster than butyl, requiring fewer watts to keep at speed. Scroll to page 4 to see direct latex vs. butyl comparisons; most of the tire tests on the other pages were done with latex tubes because they're clearly faster than butyl:

http://www.biketechreview.com/tires_...sting_rev9.pdf
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