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12-12-09 | 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by chucky

I believe the misconception is yours. Coefficient of friction is an extremely complex quantity which is affected by tire width among other things.

I was assuming two tires different width made from the same compound so that coefficient of friction would not change only the width of the tire patch. Anyway, that was my assumption in the statement. That said, I would not think that these vary widely. I could be wrong on that point and maybe another thread should look at this. If there is much of a difference in stopping power of tires that would certainly something I would like to know when purchasing them.

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