Tire / Surface estimations for new user

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hoosier1981
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Tire / Surface estimations for new user

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I order my PowerPod and am excited to get started. While it is in shipping, are there any good sources out there to get started with resistance numbers for:

1. A wide variety of tires
-23c thru 4.8" with 7mm knobs (I'd think with the knobs, this is more than just calculating width). Maybe there is a database somewhere that users of various tires can post their findings?
I'll mainly be using standard road tires, and some fairly aggressive 2.6" mountain tires.

2. Surfaces (bare dirt vs gravel vs snow).

I realize that going to EXTREME conditions such as 10" of snow & monster tires has too many factors to be exact (what type of snow, temp, etc.) but I'll still plan on using it just to give myself a power 'graph' if nothing else.
I figured if other people have done this already it could at least help get into the ball-park for the more normal mountain biking (2.6" tires, dry singletrack).

Thanks!
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