I don't subscribe to this at all. See this.
http://www.analyticcycling.com/ForcesTires_Page.html
Most here will argue that because of the higher tire inflations, the tire will actually skip over the road due to the rough surface. And when you are skipping, you lose contact with the ground and hence speed as well. Make sense. How ever I argue that you are not traveling fast enough and that the surface is not really rough enough to where you are skipping. In other words, I don't believe your tires leave the ground
unless you truly are traveling over larger crack fills, or larger higher bumps. When a car's shocks are bad you can usually see that tire bouncing up and down dangerously on the freeway, think back you may have seen this. In a less extreme case it is evident that the tires are leaving the groung becuase you see lumpy wear on the tires. I weigh 142 lbs. and ride hard and fast. My pressures are always at 120 psi. If my tires were leaving the ground I believe I would see a lumpy tire wear from the tread rubbing away. The only difference is that my ride will be slightly harsher but I don't care. My carbon bike will absorb some of this. I really don't care how many web sites claim the opposite at this point.
If I'm climbing at 12 mph do you really believe my tires are leaving the ground? If I'm pedaling on a flat at 21-23 mph, are my tires really leaving the ground? I don't think so. Even downhill at 45 mph, the only times my tires are leaving the ground is when I am bunny hopping something or riding over cracks covered with tar.