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Originally Posted by akima
Is it the case then that that changing of the size of the tyre contact patch makes far less difference than the effect of transferring weight front one tyre to the other? If the opposite was true and the contact patch made more of a difference than the weight distribution, then presumably the advice would be to decelerate as you go around a corner in order to increase the size of the front wheel contact patch.
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- The change in the size of the contact patch is dependent on the normal (vertical) load among other things (amount of slip/lateral load/magic properties of rubber). One can't really be said to have more of an effect than the other.
- The effect of changing the size of the contact patch through weight transfer is determined/limited by the characteristics of the tire you are loading.
- You're right in suspecting that size isn't everything. :O
The effect you seek, ideal cornering at so-and-so speed, is determined by the tires and how you manage the weight transfer (accel/deccel). The opposite situation you propose
might work if you reversed the tire sizes of the front and rear.
These guys really like to brake mid-corner:
http://forums.mtbr.com/all-mountain/...hy-783624.html