Yes....I agree with Dr. Mayf, Derek, Larry, Andy, Bruce, Chris, Robert, and
Ray!
jordan
----- Original Message -----
From: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
To: "Derek White" <derekw@sltnet.lk>; "Tiger List" <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 8:05 AM
Subject: Re: LAT70 Tire Recommendations
> I love this list! However, I gotta disagree somewhat with this assessment.
> Here is why. The inner diameter of a tire is fixed: it has a lot of steel
> cord in this area. When that tire is mounted on a wheel the bead fits in a
> certain place on that wheel. If the wheel is narrow, then the tire side
wall
> actually has to wrap around the wheel more because the inner bead is
fixed.
> So yo actually get more contact with the tire in a narrow wheel, not less.
> IMHO...
>
> mayf, the red necked ignorant desert rat in Pahrump, NV...where the hell
is
> Push anyway...)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Derek White" <derekw@sltnet.lk>
> To: "Tiger List" <tigers@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 10:10 PM
> Subject: FW: LAT70 Tire Recommendations
>
>
> > If the tire is too wide the sidewall angle will be wrong and the beading
> > will not sit squarely on the rim. Remember that all the torque is
> > transmitted through this contact between the lip of the rim and the tire
> > bead.
> >
> > Derek White
> > 37/2 Buller's Lane
> > Colombo 7
> > Sri Lanka
> > Tel: 94 1 581175
> > Cell: 94 777 475955
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