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Tracking Base Wheels... Tire Choices

Originally Posted by synolimit So a 155 tire and a 320 tire both 26" in diameter have the same contact patch in square inches? I don't think so. Think so.

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Old 03-12-2014, 04:55 PM   #1 (permalink)
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So a 155 tire and a 320 tire both 26" in diameter have the same contact patch in square inches? I don't think so.
Think so. the 320 will just have a really wide skinny contact patch and the 155 will have a long narrow contact patch. Now if you go down in PSI with the same weight you can increase the total size of the patch.
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Think so. the 320 will just have a really wide skinny contact patch and the 155 will have a long narrow contact patch. Now if you go down in PSI with the same weight you can increase the total size of the patch.
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