woooooh, how much time is 6-7 watts per wheel??

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For me, 6 watts a wheel equals a little more than 5% of my power output in a race. That's significant.
But you must be pumping out 350-400 watts all day long :)

Maybe I'm just lucky, but I sure don't get flats very often with the GP4000's I use as training tires. Is this your experience too?

pdx
I use conti 4000s exclusively for training. They are great for fewer flats. I would never race on anything but a conto comp tubular but I can't afford to train on them because they cost too much. Michelin pros may be great, but they flat too much for 1000's of training miles.
Dave

rickn,

Either search the Forum or Google for AFM_tire_testing_rev4_rolling_resistance.pdf.

I picked this off the Forum previously on another thread regarding rolling resistance of clincher tires. I think it will answer your question.

You will notice the Conti Grand Prix 3000 near the bottom, i.e., DFL! Bear in mind "20% improvement" may be a marketing interpretation of some quantitative measure that is not more explicitly explained. I seriously doubt that it is merely .00488 X .8 = .003904 which would still make the rolling resistance for the Conti Grand Prix 4000 one of the highest on the chart. I wouldn't be surprised if it was even less of an improvement in rolling resistance coefficient.

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