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Originally Posted by bestclimb
I am curious how siping reduces contact area by any significant amount All the sipes I have seen are just slices through the tread block.
How does a smaller contact area reduce traction? Reduced area means more weight on the now smaller area, end result is amount friction is the same.
More squirm I get but is that a problem for a non performance driver?
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Removing material from the tread block reduces the actual material that is contacting the ground at any one point. I don't know if just 'slicing' the tread on the tires without removing material is siping, but I don;t know much about this.
All the sports cars with wide tires to maximize contact patch are doing it wrong. They should be rollin on bike tires for max traction. Same with those offroaders and wide tires. This seems wrong, no?