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Tire aerodynamics from Zipp

  • By Lennard Zinn
  • Published Mar. 20, 2012
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Wind tunnel results showing aerodynamic drag of a Zipp 303 wheel with different tires at different yaw angles. Data was taken at 50kph; the vertical axis is grams of drag force, and the horizontal axis is degrees of yaw. Click to enlarge. Courtesy Zipp