Question about stretched tire setups

Brendan

We may be arguing semantics here but I wouldn't call what's going on with the yellow z mild at all. I'm pretty conservative with my taste in tires and feel that even the stock sport set-up is too narrow for the wheels provided, so take what I say with a grain of salt.

As for performance, so long as we are talking mild not extreme stretching, its more about preference than simply better over worse.

A slight stretch will give the tread a more flat profile for more steering response, but can make the break away characteristics more abrupt. Essentially one second you will have grip, the next second you don't.

A pinched tire will have more progressive break away characteristics. Its more forgiving, but you lose a bit of steering response.