Strange. I grew up in west Texas (read sand) and now live in northern Maine (read snow). My personal experience is that wide, aired down tires, are better in sand (think camel's foot) and narrow hard tires are better in snow as they cut through it down to hard surface. Ice is another story. Mike Houlton, Maine
John Reynolds wrote: > A friend who used to off road drive quite a bit in Jeeps, told me that > using a smaller rim width, gives a more rounded profile which is better > in sand. Makes sense, since the old time beach buggies on Cape Cod used > to run air plane tires. These were pure beach machines - be illegal now > on the Cape Cod beaches. |
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