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Old 10-13-2013, 01:28 PM   #14 (permalink)
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It's to make it a 4-wheel vehicle. Else it would be a reverse trike and run in an motorcycle class. Most Lakesters have half of the increase in drag coming from the rear wheels.

The front wheels have spokes so they don't act like rudders on the wrong end.
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