Subject	Yes you are wrong
Posted by	i_s_64 on August 04, 2014 at 9:08 PM
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In Reply To	Am I wrong? posted by WhiTTe Z (NY) on August 04, 2014 at 09:00 PM
Message	I am aware you are Andy from comparing your screen name in your profile on tt.net with the one on YouTube Given all things are equal (tire pressure, weight) and camber is 0 in both examples, a wider tire of the same total diameter will be larger than a thinner tire. Speaking of what was said in YouTube, one guy gave a great example of a paint roller. Cut the paint roller in half and you will have half the paint area from the roller. Referring to your point that it is worse for straight line, that's not entirely true at all. It could hurt your higher speed due to rolling resistance and wind resistance at speed, but the tradeoff is you'll have a large increase in traction on launch and during bursts of acceleration like on gear changes, etc. So the tradeoff of additional traction from the wider contact patch usually wins out the rolling and wind resistance of the tire (Unless you just don't have enough power to support the wider tire.)
Follow Ups	For those who know about contact patch vs tire width - WhiTTe Z (NY) 20:05:59 08/04/14 Re: For those who know about contact patch vs tire width - WhiTTe Z (NY) 20:19:10 08/04/14 How can we back up your claim when you are completely wrong? - i_s_64 20:31:03 08/04/14 Am I wrong? - WhiTTe Z (NY) 21:00:59 08/04/14 Yes you are wrong - i_s_64 21:08:28 08/04/14 I'm only talking about contact patch area - WhiTTe Z (NY) 21:21:21 08/04/14 if it wouldn't matter our tt would be 225 instead of 245 - puchy 22:30:59 08/04/14 Lateral grip vs straight-line grip. (n/m) - TriniTT 23:43:54 08/04/14 completely false. - Antihero 11:00:32 08/05/14 Agreed - WhiTTe Z (NY) 18:17:28 08/05/14 i disagree, the problem is that most people... - puchy 21:26:19 08/06/14 I think of it this way - white22sky 22:18:18 08/04/14 You're wrong, Andy is right. - TriniTT 23:42:10 08/04/14 ^^^ what he said (n/m) - BlackholeZ 23:55:08 08/04/14 You are vastly oversimplifying a complex interaction - Antihero 10:51:44 08/05/14 Re: You are vastly oversimplifying a complex interaction - Antihero 10:53:06 08/05/14 and then you realize tire inflation pressure isn't constant - Antihero 10:58:13 08/05/14 Some sources - WhiTTe Z (NY) 21:11:01 08/04/14 LOL I'm getting sucked in too :) - Zvil (FL) 23:03:42 08/04/14 ^ this. - Lumpydonut 23:17:59 08/04/14 What about racing tracks that don't have variations in the - ForceFedTT (SoCal) 04:11:21 08/05/14 no, as if you go too wide it will impact heat into the tire (n/m) - JaffaUK 09:56:24 08/05/14 all pavement always has variations. (n/m) - Antihero 11:03:47 08/05/14 Relatively speaking, yes. But Im not talking about nooks and - ForceFedTT (SoCal) 16:55:51 08/05/14 A newly paved f1 track is not as smooth as glass by design - Antihero 20:21:30 08/05/14 forgive me if I have a hard time explaining this - Zvil (FL) 12:02:56 08/05/14 Ha, reminded me of this old TV commerical - Schmeal (NV) 12:04:31 08/05/14 It's complicated. Zvil explained one point very well. - Red Hawk (CO) 23:13:31 08/04/14 Like Zvil said, there are a lot of things that go into grip - BlackholeZ 23:54:48 08/04/14 Lol! What is this? 4th grade recess? (n/m) - ForceFedTT (SoCal) 04:07:04 08/05/14 My Dad can beat up your Dad! (n/m) - shiers69 08:27:45 08/05/14 Some related TT.net Archives - WhiTTe Z (NY) 18:16:43 08/05/14 I agree to a point. Greg Dupree would agree too. - Spongerider :) 18:22:51 08/05/14 Real data - ZEngineerLV 23:49:58 08/06/14 Please explain how you calculated the area (n/m) - WhiTTe Z (NY) 14:46:00 08/10/14
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