I love this list! However, I gotta disagree somewhat with this assessment.
Here is why. The inner diameter of a tire is fixed: it has a lot of steel
cord in this area. When that tire is mounted on a wheel the bead fits in a
certain place on that wheel. If the wheel is narrow, then the tire side wall
actually has to wrap around the wheel more because the inner bead is fixed.
So yo actually get more contact with the tire in a narrow wheel, not less.
IMHO...
mayf, the red necked ignorant desert rat in Pahrump, NV...where the hell is
Push anyway...)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek White" <derekw@sltnet.lk>
To: "Tiger List" <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 10:10 PM
Subject: FW: LAT70 Tire Recommendations
> If the tire is too wide the sidewall angle will be wrong and the beading
> will not sit squarely on the rim. Remember that all the torque is
> transmitted through this contact between the lip of the rim and the tire
> bead.
>
> Derek White
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