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Old 14th February 2007, 10:07   #14 (permalink)
manveet
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Originally Posted by theexister View Post
Please remember that changing the size in most cases changes only contact patch shape & not the actual area of contact.
I disagree.

Wider tires will obviously have a greater area of contact.

I'm not sure about the chape of contact patch, but logically speaking, that should always remain constant i.e. rectangular/square or whatever it is .. probably depends on the air pressure too.

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