Jack, et al;
Notice the size & aspect ratio of the tires on a modern Superbike with an
old Triumph 250-- big difference. Hmmm.... maybe we could try Schwinn tires
on a Top Fuel dragster?
In any case, bike tires are another story-- they are designed to run at
large camber angles. Modern racecar suspensions keep their tire tread
surface almost flat against the road.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: DrMayf [mailto:drmayf@teknett.com]
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 7:24 AM
To: Nt788@aol.com; Albaugh, Neil; dwarner@electrorent.com;
land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: GT40 spinner
I bet the aspect ratio on the "high speed bicycle tires" is about the same
as the racing tires...
mayf
----- Original Message -----
From: <Nt788@aol.com>
To: <albaugh_neil@ti.com>; <dwarner@electrorent.com>;
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 6:17 AM
Subject: Re: GT40 spinner
> In a message dated 9/13/2002 6:53:36 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> albaugh_neil@ti.com writes:
>
> << One of the advantages of wide tires over narrow tires (confirmed by
talking
> to Dunlop & Michelin tire engineers) is that they offer far higher
lateral
> stiffness. This makes them far more stable and this helps make a car
handle
> well; in fact, the concept of running on skinny tires at high speeds gave
> the tire guys the Willies. >>
> When are they going to start using wide tires on high speed bicycles? Jack
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