Originally Posted by
wens
If you go to slowtwitch and read about rolling resistance, heavily glued tires roll faster than lightly glued.
Huh. Will you save me the terror of going to slowtwitch and summarize why?
I'd guess that with maybe a copious layer of glue, the tire has a bit more ability to deform and shimmy through the layer of glue instead of a thinner, less flexible layer joining basetape to rim - it adds flexibility in the system.