That's known as the loaded radius. It is this deflection that limits a tires carrying capacity and speed. Dennis Sent from my Windows Phone ________________________________ From: Alan Felder Sent: 10/15/2011 7:26 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: tire circumference My two cents: A tire under load has a smaller effective diameter than one laying on its side.
-- Alan Felder Austin TX 82 Diesel Westy On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote: > At 10/14/2011 06:41 AM, Robert Mac Dowell wrote: > >> Let me rephrase that. How many RPM'S should it be for the speedo to be >> right >> > > I've been using http://www.1010tires.com/**tiresizecalculator.asp<http://www.1010tires.com/tiresizecalculator.asp>to > see sizes, revs & all that stuff for different sized tires. > > > > Rob > becida@comcast.net > |
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