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I glued my last set of wheels. It's a faff and I don't have a garage so I'll stink the house out for a week.
Either you have a very sensitive nose or did something odd..
There's plenty of chat about Crr being higher with tape, but I can't find anything particularly solid on it. Given the huge variation in Crr values quoted between different tyre rolling resistance tests, I'm really not all that convinced.
Rolling resistance is significantly higher with tape than mastic-- and also higher with soft sticky road mastics than with so-called "track" cement. Difference is quite real.
edit - I've consulted my in-house CdA/Crr guru who says the it's real.
Yes.
Conti carbon glue then?>
No need really... Carbon road wheels? Use standard road mastics and add some Patex in.. that is what team mechanics have been doing for years..
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I glued my last set of wheels. It's a faff and I don't have a garage so I'll stink the house out for a week.
There's plenty of chat about Crr being higher with tape, but I can't find anything particularly solid on it. Given the huge variation in Crr values quoted between different tyre rolling resistance tests, I'm really not all that convinced.
edit - I've consulted my in-house CdA/Crr guru who says the it's real.
Conti carbon glue then?