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Old 06-26-2011, 06:29 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man View Post
...exactly.

• Analogy #1: Q - How many marathon runners do you see running in a pair of huge, floppy, 'Ronald McDonald™' shoes? A - none!

• Analogy #2: Q - How many marathon bicyclists do you see driving on wide, low-pressure, knobbed, tires instead of on narrow, high-pressure, thin-tread tires? A - none!
Neither of those "analogies" are analogous to tire width.

I think if there is any conspiracy at all, it is in the ridiculously pressures commonly specified. Width doesn't seem to be a big deal unless one goes to extremes.
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