Thursday, Apr 24, 2003 at 20:38
Hi all.
I am sorry
Gordon but I really can not see the logic behind your claims against skinny rims.
1. Speedo.... here I can not comment.
2. Not as good in soft sand....... Skinnies lay down a longer foot print as opposed to and overall width which creates a larger bow wave and hence the need for more horse power to drive the vehicle.
3. Skinnies are not as good for cornering... Here I think you have missed the boat altogether. The Australian Design Rule. If a wheel adversely effects the handling it is not accepted.
4. Skinnies are more inclined to skid on wet bitumen.... Again I think you have missed the boat. Wider tyres cover a larger area (foot print) than a skinny, hence the total weight of the vehicle is spread over a larger area hence less weight per square inch pressure on the road, think about it.
I do not want to make a bun fight over this but I think you gave bad advice here. Fatties look very nice, but if they were that much better and that much more efficient and that much more safer, then can you please tell me why the military uses skinny rims and why the State Emergency
Services use skinny rims and why the Police use skinny rims and why the fire
services use skinny rims.
Need I go on?
Regards
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