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Originally posted by XPLORx4:
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Originally posted by Chris Ritchey:
[b]You have two tires, they exactly the same in all regard except for width....Which tire has a larger contact patch?
I was going to guess the wider tire, but... given the same tire pressure and weight on each tire, the extra width of the contact patch will compensate for extra length of contact patch that was needed on the narrower tire. The exact answer, though, probably depends on the particular tire characteristics.

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Yeah, that's pretty much it... oh well I was hoping for more debate, discussion and people that just couldn't get it smile

Same psi = ~ same contact area, the skinny might have a slightly smaller area because there is more deflection from the sidewall.

So if both tires were the same then the sidewall characteristics would be ~ the same, except for the amoutn of deflection.