Thick Slicks
04-05-17 | 01:34 PM
#26
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You are missing the forest for the trees. Inertia is inertia, whether it is linear or rotational. It takes a force to accelerate any mass and it does NOT take a force to maintain a given speed, because the acceleration is zero. If a lighter wheel seems easier to keep rolling at a given speed, it is because the tire has less rolling resistance or because the wheel/tire combination is more aerodynamic. It is NOT because the wheel/tire is lighter. Newton's Laws explain all of this, and are the basis for modern mechanics.
I am agreeing with you, I am saying "it seems easier"... at least my lighter wheel/tires setups have "seemed" easier and yes that could be that the lighter wheels I picked have less resistance compared to the heavier tires I replaced.
Long live Newton (even if he never even saw a Velocipede!)
04-05-17 | 06:23 PM
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I feel like newton would be a racer and would only ride fixed in the winter.
I tried thicks for two weeks. Same as already said, heavy and slow, but... one broke on a pothole. like it were a thirty year old tire, it cracked in a straight line across the tread and the majority of the threads just broke, with only the innermost cords and some rubber holding it together.
for cheap slicks I really like the Michelin dynamic sports. not many more punctures than gatorskins and easier rolling.
I tried thicks for two weeks. Same as already said, heavy and slow, but... one broke on a pothole. like it were a thirty year old tire, it cracked in a straight line across the tread and the majority of the threads just broke, with only the innermost cords and some rubber holding it together.
for cheap slicks I really like the Michelin dynamic sports. not many more punctures than gatorskins and easier rolling.
Last edited by MattoftheRocks; 04-05-17 at 06:29 PM.
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