Originally Posted by
aclinjury
Can someone show me just ONE example where rolling resistance of say a GP4000/5000 tire vs say a Schalbe, Vittoria, Michelin tire make a difference in anything?
Meanwhile, I shall continue to wait for any bro and Fred in their Conti GP tires to pull away from me and my cheapo Vittoria Rubino's. Yawn.
As HTupolev mentioned, it's not necessarily the brand, but the model. I'm sure all the top tier tires are pretty similar in performance. I don't think anyone can tell the difference in a few watts, but once you start talking 10/15/20w, you can tell.
I can beat a lot of people on my 40mm knobby gravel tires, it doesn't mean that I'm not faster on a faster tire.