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Date:         Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:03:22 -0700
Reply-To:     "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Why go to big tires?
Comments: To: Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <g2rc56d3711004191339m7ff54b35y4d0835b089f8e4f2@mail.gmail.com>
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Mike South wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:g2rc56d3711004191339m7ff54b35y4d0835b089f8e4f2@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Al Knoll <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:anasasi@gmail.com">&lt;anasasi@gmail.com&gt;</a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">As Evan mentions below, the change in effective wheel/tire diameter gives less 'thrust' at the road surface since the torque is acting over a greater moment arm (distance from the center of the wheel to the ground). &nbsp;There is also the inverse problem, the braking force/torque is also reduced by the same amount, so your braking, already a bit iffy sometimes gets worse. Pensionerd. (Al Knol) </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""><!----> I don't understand the reduction in braking force, can you elaborate?

mike </pre> </blockquote> If the tires get bigger but the brakes don't the tires will have more leverage. Imagine shrinking your existing brakes down to the size of a quarter -- you'd have no trouble turning the wheels by hand, the leverage would be so great.<br> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) Bend, OR KG6RCR

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