Thread: Wheel circumference setting wrong, which way is speed off?
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Old 04-16-14 | 03:16 PM
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The circumference of the 32mm tire is larger. The wheel sensor measures rotations. A larger circumference/distance value per rotation/time means the computed speed will be higher than actual speed by the ratio of the two circumferences.
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