Originally Posted by
rpenmanparker
No problem, but Hillrider was saying much the same thing as I did. I was sure I was relating the accepted belief with regard to benefits of wider rims with same tires. That the resulting lower tire profile gave better stability in cornering and allowed running lower pressures. Perhaps I had misunderstood all that.
If you sketch the possibilities, you'll see that you reach maximum height when the rim inside width approaches the tire's outside width. Narrower than that, it's as I described, and wider than that your scenario applies.