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Solid tires crawl around the rim as you ride them. Okay for very low speeds; not okay for cycling speeds.
by currency 4y ago
Solid tires crawl around the rim as you ride them. Okay for very low speeds; not okay for cycling speeds.
- glitchc 4y agoBingo! That's the main reason why. Compressibility of the tire turns rolling friction into a translational force. Pneumatic tires also experience a translational force that tries to push the tire back and off the rim as it interacts with the ground.