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Old 10-01-2014, 08:42 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by chillsworld View Post
In addition, a taller wheel leads to less sidewall...
Yes, that was the point: if the problem is tire folding due to sidewall height, then you could reduce or eliminate the problem by going to a larger rim with a shorter sidewall tire to keep the same diameter.(Assuming of course that you can find manufacturers that make the necessary sizes.) But if that causes other problems, then you either have to work out the optimum combination, or pick one over the other.

Then too, with a larger tire diameter, you'd get a larger contact patch. In the extreme, consider a tracked vehicle, which has the same contact patch as a tire many yards in diameter.
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