Originally Posted by
EL LUCHADOR
Ive been looking at the compass 700x44c slick, but I read something that said that on round roads the suppleness of the tire does not matter as much.
Where Heine was claiming that the suppleness of the tire reduces in significance is when the irregularities are so huge that badly rattling the bike is inevitable and suspension effects become the big majority of rolling losses.
Chipseal is exactly the opposite, low pressures in wide road tires are usually adequate to smooth out chipseal. And if you're going to run a tire squishy, suppleness helps to minimize performance loss from the tire deforming as it rolls.