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Originally Posted by mike_ekim1024
Oh, yes, I don't mean test the wheel and the tire at the same time. I mean once you stick with a wheel, to test the tire independently. The point I was making was that the tire is just as heavy as the rim, and it's on the very edge of the wheel.
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But they DO list weight of motorsport tires quite often. Not necessarily in all sizes since well there's A LOT of tire sizes comparing to rim sizes, but still you sometimes can find info about tire weight.
For example here you can find tires weight in specs at the bottom:
https://www.tyrereviews.com/Article/...-Tyre-Test.htm
Retreaded semi slicks are also often described as heavier comparing to regular tires so yeah - it is something that people consider when buying tires. Especially competition ones.
That said I believe weight in case of tires is much more complicated because it's directly connected to properties like sidewall stiffness for example. I think rims have less variables and when you're looking for performance then basically you mostly care about size and weight. With tires there's billion of variables and weight while is
there it's probably secondary parameter comparing to what most people look after - compound, driving characteristics, feedback, operating temps, wet performance etc etc