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[-] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 32 points 2 weeks ago

I'm sure they do but it will be way less.

[-] Pulptastic@midwest.social 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The wear rate should be proportional to the weight of the system (car plus cargo and passsengers, bike plus cargo and riders), maybe with some correction factors for things that affect wear rate like knobbiness.

Since bikes weigh a couple orders of magnitude less on average, the amount of tire wear material should also be a couple orders of magnitude less.

Edit: other lemmyer said wear is proportional to weight to the 4th power and that may be correct. I vaguely recall that from school now that they mentioned it.

[-] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 weeks ago

should be proportional to the weight of the system

It's that really true? Wear to the roads is proportional to the fourth power of axle weight so I would never have predicted a linear relationship.

[-] aim_at_me@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 weeks ago

Exponential relationships are still proportional.

[-] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Doesn't speed/acceleration affect it? If that is the case, that's another pro for bikes.

[-] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 2 points 2 weeks ago

Assuming the material properties and physical design of the two tire types is identical, maybe

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