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Originally Posted by Sooner or later View Post
A tire is not bubble gum. It is not concrete.

Difference will be slight but up to a point the contact patch will increase by a small amount when only width is changed.

Do you agree that a concrete tire would have a larger contact patch as width is increased?

Btw, I worked for Goodyear and did work on tire design at one point in time.
Contact patch doesn't increase as tire width increases. The contact patch just changes shape.

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