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Bigger wheels lighter steering??

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Old Aug 10, 2008 | 08:53 PM
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Why is it when you fit bigger wheels the steering gets lighter?
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Old Aug 10, 2008 | 09:27 PM
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Because the tyres are correctly pressured for a start (they may not have been on the wheels that you took off if they hadn't been checked for a while), but also, there's less compliance in the side-wall of the larger tyre.
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Old Aug 10, 2008 | 09:33 PM
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By compliance you mean 'give' or flex yeah?
Thats what i was thinking....
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