Yet Another Cycling Forum
General Category => Freewheeling => The Dark Side => Topic started by: fd3 on 20 March, 2018, 11:22:57 am
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Recent blog post by jan h of bq suggesting that tubeless is no good for rr or weight. I am not convinced and I seem to recall that mike b talked about the potential benefits of tubeless 20” tyres, so he must think there is an advantage for speed. Which is why I wondered whether tubeless is used at battle mountain, if so you would assume their rr advantage would be very well tested.
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I know the Italians used tubeless last year coz I spent an idle Sunday morning watching team capo Paolo Baldissera trying to persuade a recently-unfolded 406 Schwalbe One, rim and sealant to stay where they would be most effective. Not sure about the others. I can ask on Farcebok.
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If you want empirical measurements of RR, just spend an hour or two perusing
https://www.bicyclerollingresistance.com/ (https://www.bicyclerollingresistance.com/)
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Recent blog post by jan h of bq suggesting that tubeless is no good for rr or weight. I am not convinced and I seem to recall that mike b talked about the potential benefits of tubeless 20” tyres, so he must think there is an advantage for speed. Which is why I wondered whether tubeless is used at battle mountain, if so you would assume their rr advantage would be very well tested.
Dr Disley & co over at Aerocoach seen pretty convinced tubeless is fast, and are releasing new tubeless deep/disc wheels. Make of that what you will.