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Old 07-11-2011, 10:10 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by phunky.buddha View Post
Wider is better... for me. Here's my rationale- more grip = higher cornering speeds = less acceleration after a turn. ... Um. Yeah.
Sarcasm noted, clarification offered:
wider tires scrub more when not going in a straight line, and have more aerodynamic and rolling resistance (to a point).

If you start coasting for the corner sooner on narrower tires and take it at something less than 1G, it will more than make up for the scrubbing and hysteresis and constant loss of wider tires.
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