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Old 11-01-16 | 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Carbonfiberboy
Wider tires at the same pressure have lower resistance. Wider tires at the same drop have more resistance, both internal and aerodynamic. Continental Grand Prix 4000S II 23 25 28 mm Comparison
Schwalbe Marathon 32, 37, 40, 47 Comparison
In the (internal) rolling resistance chart for the Contis, it shows that you would have to go to a much lower pressure to have more rolling resistance with the wider tires. The same can be said about the Schwalbe 32mm vs. wider sizes, which are pretty tightly clustered.
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