Nafnlaus 🇮🇸 🇺🇦 on Nostr: npub1vypq6…xaghx My understanding of the literature is that it's not adiabatic ...

npub1vypq6jrs2melhg7y3ug2jn6dguqs6kzxhmtcd3a3qezelautzyvquxaghx (npub1vyp…aghx) My understanding of the literature is that it's not adiabatic heating that loses energy (primarily), but rather rubber flexure, as the volume remains relatively constant. The rubber heating issue is why rolling resistance drops as tyres warm up, is higher on colder days, is higher when driving on damp surfaces (evaporative cooling), and is higher on new tyres and winter tyres rather than old tyres and summer tyres (tread thickness), all issues of rubber compound choice aside.