http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Silver bullet discovery en Tue, 19 May 2026 05:34:31 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16070#post-212148 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:27:20 +0000 kaputnik 212148@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Rolling resistance isn't the same as friction.</em></p> <p>I just looked up the former on Wikipedia, and it seems to contradict perceived cycling wisdom about wheel diameters...</p> <p>"For pneumatic tires on hard pavement, it is reported that the effect of diameter on rolling resistance is negligible (within a practical range of diameters)" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16070#post-212147 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:16:32 +0000 wingpig 212147@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://nordfou.org/documents/rollingresist/NordTex%20rapport.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://nordfou.org/documents/rollingresist/NordTex%20rapport.pdf</a></p> <p>"The Norwegian Government target has been defined as 10 % reduction of the number of annoyed persons before 2020 as compared to the situation in 1999." </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16070#post-212145 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:03:43 +0000 wee folding bike 212145@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Rolling resistance isn't the same as friction. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16070#post-212144 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:00:59 +0000 kaputnik 212144@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The military-industrial-automobile-tarmacadam complex </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16070#post-212138 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 15:32:29 +0000 amir 212138@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And no carbon cost for all that resurfacing? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16070#post-212135 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 15:09:36 +0000 Min 212135@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>*checks date*</p> <p>Bit early isn't it?</p> <p><em>Another 10% of CO2 pollution could be saved by teaching drivers how to plan trips to avoid congestion, reduce engine idling, drive at stable speeds and regularly maintenance their cars.</em></p> <p>Well we all know how effective training people to drive is. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16070#post-212133 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 15:07:16 +0000 chdot 212133@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Another 10% of CO2 pollution could be saved by teaching drivers how to plan trips to avoid congestion, reduce engine idling, drive at stable speeds and regularly maintenance their cars.</p> <p>"</p> <p>Which could happen without a mass resurfacing project - but is just as unlikely to happen! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16070#post-212131 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 15:01:46 +0000 chdot 212131@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"lower rolling resistance surfaces"</p> <p>Will all vehicles have to go much slower as braking will be less effective? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16070#post-212130 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 14:53:04 +0000 kaputnik 212130@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/16/auto-industry-pushes-500bn-road-maintenance-plan-as-green-initiative" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/16/auto-industry-pushes-500bn-road-maintenance-plan-as-green-initiative</a></p> <p>The European automobile industry is proud to announce that we don't need to reduce emissions through a modal shift away from dependence on all having our own cars.</p> <p>We simply have to spend £500bn resurfacing all of Europe's major roads with lower rolling resistance surfaces. And by "we" they mean "you", not "they". I'm sure car addicts will happily have this level of subsidy tacked on to their "road tax" on a per machina basis. </p>