Bicycle Quarterly Rolling Resistance. 1 bicycle quarterly published an article which dealt with the results of rolling resistance tests performed on tires. I recommend buying this if you can find it.
All bicycle tires are tested on a rolling resistance test machine with a 77 cm drum and a dc electric motor. I subscribe to the magazine and read every article. Bicycle quarterly spring 2013 issue has an interesting selection of rolling resistance test data.
Bicycle rolling resistance special articles.
Bicycle rolling resistance special articles. The thing that drum testing doesn t take into account is vibrations. Bicycle quarterly spring 2013 issue has an interesting selection of rolling resistance test data. The results surprised many including lennard zinn who published comments on the article in velonews including notable is that rolling resistance is only a weak function of tire width.