Anyone know or have experience with a Tire/Wheel combination that will give maximum or extra range.
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Thanks for the input. I've been thinking along those lines. Did you use your tires or get rims with new tires? Rolling resistance is important for increasing range?The lighter the better really, go for a set of 19" rims. Not sure how much range you will notice though. Tsportline a vendor here has nice factory spec rims. I got 20" off them in grey, really like them.
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Oh no. More confusion but, thanks for info to think about. Probably should just go for the looks and be happy with that. Thanks again for taking the trouble to explain, I do appreciate that.So the fixation with rim diameter and range around here is misguided.
For the X the factory 20" slipstream is likely about as good as you will get in real world use. Light weight wheels might help some in stop and go driving but if range is a big concern the aerodynamics of the slipstream are going to be more important to long range steady state cruise.
Then you need a LRR tire and I unaware of a standard that let's you compare and figure out what is most efficient. Someone will likely say higher tread wear rating but since there is no cross brand standard for that they would be wrong.
Back to the rim size thing, a majority around here equate rim size directly to efficiency without any real understanding. Drawing the conclusion that 22" rims hurt efficiency because that PACKAGE hurts efficiency is about as reasonable as saying the 42psi setting for the 22" package is to blame vs the 40psi for the 20s.
Ultra low profile tires are generally made to improve cornering traction, the tall rim.short sidewall reduces sidewall flex. As such these are performance tires that have higher rolling resistance, even within a model or tire tread patters do change to fit a size and rubber compounds can change too. Heck maybe the extra room inside the rim around the brakes comprises aerodynamics vs. the 20" we don't really know.
What we do know is steady state, weight, the item everyone fixates on plays almost no roll.