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Originally Posted by mwilliamshs
I read things here often of this ilk but I'll never understand how the diameter of a wheel influences gearing, except to the possible extent of tire availability.
It's the tire that changes effective gearing, not the wheel on which it's mounted. A 27" tire on a 16" wheel and a 27" tire on a 13" wheel both turn the same number of times in a mile, period.
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Originally Posted by mcrews
please reread what you wrote. you contradict yourself in one sentence.  |
I don't think I do. For clarity, let me paraphrase myself.
The size of a wheel doesn't affect anything. If two tires of the same height are used, it won't matter what size wheel they're on. They'll turn the same number of times in a mile no matter what. Now, if tires of a particular height are not available to fit a particular wheel size, that would matter, but otherwise, it doesn't.