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Funny: Home of the Haha

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Probably less these days as it’s shown lower pressures and larger tires can improve performance.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Which type of performance? Surely not fuel economy/emissions?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Yes fuel economy. Energy expended per distance traveled or power needed to maintain a given speed. Just the fuel in this case is burned by your own body.

At world class levels, a few watts here and there will make a big difference by the end of a race.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 minutes ago

Aah, gotcha. I had thought that

Probably less these days

was in reference to this part at the end of the parent comment:

cars generally float around the 32 psi area

and I haven't seen anything to contradict all the previous literature on under-inflated automobile tires being worse for fuel economy.