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Originally Posted by Silver-Bolt
Way off base here. You can't air down a radial tire to increase the contact patch. Airing down a radial tire causes the center of the tire to cup in toward the wheel and lose contact with the road..
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True, I was just thinking pressue in general, not actual tyre construction.
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A wider wheel/tire combo will increase the size and shape of the contact patch.
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My point was that the size of the patch is not really depend on the width, but the tyre pressure. The shape changes and generally gives better handling and thus performance.