Originally Posted by
_ForceD_
In your "all things being equal" consideration...does that include identical tires, and equal inflation, on all bikes?
One thing that I didn't see any of the egghead formulas include is rolling resistance of the tires involved.
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Dan
In the Op's example (200lb rider vs 100lb rider) the weight of the rider trumps tire rolling resistance by a very wide margin, same for bearing friction etc.
I'll leave it to our geek friends to give you the numbers, but real world observation easily confirms this.
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