Re: Patching TPU innertube

On 12/27/2024 3:54 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:

Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

 I'd be interested in people's personal measurements of differences. If
someone here had access to some long, gentle downhill and kept track of
terminal coasting speed using different tires, different tubes, but
otherwise identical equipment, terminal coasting speeds might be good
information.
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It would be best to test in consistent temperatures and with negligible
wind, of course.
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 The difference I was talking about was feel, than any speed/rolling
resistance gains which apparently one does also gain.

Given what I've read about violins (Stradivarius can't be told from modern ones in blind hearing tests) and wines (cheap wines really light up pleasure centers in the brain if tasters are told the wine is expensive), I'm somewhat skeptical of a lot of "feel" judgements regarding bike tires - and bikes.
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- Frank Krygowski