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Originally Posted by 86 South Africa
If anyone is really interested;
However a rubber type is a lot softer than metal, and a road is a lot rougher than a metal plate. Even at low loads the tyre deforms to key into the irregularities in the road, so increasing the load has a lesser effect. That's why you get the sub-linear dependance described in the Wikipedia article.
And anyway, if by "grip" you mean grip when cornering, the grip isn't just controlled by the contact patch area.
...the reason why wider tires are chosen is because they last longer than thin ones!
Italics cos it’s quoted from a couple of sources and not my original words.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyre_load_sensitivity |
It's not just about the tire load, it has much to do with the shape of the contact patch on a wider tire. A wider contact patch has more lateral stiffness than a narrow/tall contact patch during cornering.
Education and knowledge is infinite, it's up to you to decide not to stop once you have seen a poor youtube video.