True dat. My Compass 26" tires are noisy (they hum at speed) but they roll quite nicely.
On Friday, May 9, 2014 11:41:30 AM UTC-7, Cyclofiend Jim wrote: > > Most of the analysis of rolling resistance for bicycle tires points at > casing construction as a much more significant factor WRT rolling > resistance. You can create sound without all that much energy loss, and > part of it may be related to the audiological perception of the difference > - there's a fair bit of tone/timbre difference which certainly fades and we > also probably get used to over time. But, I'm not sure you find much > actual friction effect - the deformation of the casing and the ease with > which that occurs has greater impact (if I'm understanding Jan's tests and > writings, for example). > > - Jim > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
