Its hard to imagine a better reason to have more than one form of latex below your waistline, but in this modern day and age it may do more for your stamina than you know.
How does another 5-8 Watts sound to you? With marginal victories in the low single percents, adding up to 5% improvement on a group ride could be a world a difference. That's the potential of adding just 10$ latex inner tubes!
Ready to start your annual tithing for a new frame, set of aero rims or some other costly, speculative performance enhancement? Before making that splurge, you've certainly heard of the 'power to weight' ratio, well its time to think in terms of 'cost to power'. The easiest and least costly improvements often go overlooked to the buxom improvements of a new shiny frame or deep dish rim. Well what about those whitewalls?
In this study, we are exposed to the rolling resistance over nearly all major road tires out there. This should be given heavy consideration on a replacement next time you draw a flat. Who knew that certain tires could produce such staggering differences in watts per wheel...in some cases, up to 10watts!
So check out the full study <HERE> and see where you're coming up 'short'. It could mean the difference of many seconds, victories or simply aid in recovery from those Sunday battles through less output.
Note: I hope there weren't too many innuendos...I swear, they were unintentional until I reread.
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