A tire with less air is going to be flatter, so more of the tread will
be touching the ground at the same time, and the sidewalls will be
flatting out, thus cutting some of the circumference.
This goes out the window with run-flat technology, but we're not using
that.
*Not THE* Paul. :-)
RampantNM@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 6/3/2005 3:18:10 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
> paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk writes:
>
> The *effective* circumference is governed by the radius at the point of
> contact with the road. The *actual* circumference is immaterial.
>
> PaulH.
>
>
>
> Ohhh, my brain hurts. Can you 'splain this in simple Americanese (southern
> if possible) so this elderly fat boy can understand?
>
> It would seem to me that even if you drove the tire almost flat, effectively
> lowering the radius on the lower half of the tire, you would still roll 100%
> of the tread across the road. If the tread is X inches long (or centimeters
> if you insist), you travel X inches, whether the tire is round, oval, or
> elliptical, no?
>
> Robert Houston
> 74.5 MGBGT
> 63 TR4
> 73 MG Midget
>
> Firstly you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form
> any opinion of your own regarding their propriety. Secondly, you must
>consider
> every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and thirdly you must hate
> a Frenchman as you hate the devil._ Horatio Nelson_
> (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/h/horationel167957.html)
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