Originally Posted by godspiral
Can you then say that as a tire wears, it rides like a wider version of the tire? It might even improve handling?
Well...I guess you could say that as the tire wears the contact patch remains exactly the same (straight line - again I don't want to guess about the deformation changes seen in cornering). In essence then you could say that it doesn't ride like a wider version of the tire, but rather it rides just like it always did.
As for improving handling I would expect no handling change (riding straight) - again I can not speak for cornering.