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Old 08-03-2009, 06:03 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Do you think there is much advantage between 175s and 185s, either way? The contact patch should be the same size for the same psi. However, the wider tire will have less distortion in the direction of rotation. That would seem to me that this would lower rolling resistance.
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