Just to throw another half-remembered theory into the ring, aren't thinner tyres more aero, rather than having less rolling resistance?
I thought they were less aero, due to not channeling air across the rim as effectively or something. (Also half-remembered!)
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Just to throw another half-remembered theory into the ring, aren't thinner tyres more aero, rather than having less rolling resistance?