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Originally Posted by GregW / Oregon
Under steady state speed there would be no difference. Under acceleration there will be a slight difference due to less rotating weight to overcome inertia on, however the moment arm of the mass is very small compared to the road wheels, for instance.
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Yes, the moment arm is very small, but the rotation speed is very fast and factors in by it's square (proper english??), too, afaik. So the effect might be not so small as you might think. Would be nice if someone could do the math and provide exact or at least well estimated numbers, though.
