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Old 09-26-2011, 03:01 AM   #135 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by CapriRacer View Post
If you don't have the Smithers data to look at, it might be logical. But the thing the Smithers data points out is that there is a HUGE difference in RR within the same size - AND - that larger tires are more efficient.
"Larger" as in wider? Is this a coefficient thing, or a total drag thing? If the analogy with aero holds, and if the improved RR is the coefficient, it may be possible for narrower to be better than wider.

I haven't looked at the Smithers data, so I don't know what it says.

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