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Originally Posted by brucepick
Also, at very high pressures, handling can get very "light". I don't consider that a good thing. By that, I mean at some point well over the sidewall imprint psi, every tiny twitch of the steering wheel results in an immediate change of direction, because the contact patch has become so small that you really are riding mostly on the center of the tread. However, that's not going to happen at 45 or even at 50 psi, in my experience at least.
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That is what makes sense to me. And it contradicts the article. IIRC, they say that only the old bias ply tires would "stretch" on the tread contact area itself, and that the newer technology of radials had steel belts inside it that prevented this. If that were true, then you wouldn't get any of the effects that you just described when overinflating tires. Except perhaps a reduction in ride quality.