Originally Posted by
Vicegrip
then using your terms dynamic friction will be a good bit less. a tire has the most grip just before it starts to slide across the road surface at the design slip angle.
Precisely.
Originally Posted by
Vicegrip
Big tall lug tread tires have large slip angles in the 15 deg or more range. DOT R rated tires in the 3 or 4 deg and slicks in the 2.5 to 3 deg range. The slip angle is the difference between the geometric line the car is drawing and the line the tires are. Again all this side bar discussion is for fun. anyway you slice it the car format of getting a human around a corner as quickly as possible wins over the the bicycle format.
That's the question! There are some advantages to both formats.