Thread: Outfitting 29 inch wheels on 26 inch MB?
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Old 02-03-12 | 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by corvuscorvax
29ers don't have larger contact patches. The size of the contact patch depends entirely on the tire pressure, not on the size of the wheel.

They are a different shape, however.
Wait a minute . . . if the contact patch is longer, then, for the same width of a given tire at the same psi, wouldn't it stand to reason that the contact patch would be physically larger in sq in?
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