*Edit - more intelligible response...
Most of the deformation is happening where the tire hits the ground not at the arch/crown but I think what Wayne is saying is the sidewalls will expand all around the tire (like a balloon) with a spike in pressure at the trail. I think that makes sense.
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Interesting point re. overinflating. I wonder what the pressure inside a tire is in a bottom out situation?
Say 2.5” rubber at 30-psi to rim strike? It would be greater in a tire like DD where there is much less sidewall flex but even then it probably isn’t even double?
Nov. 6, 2017, 4:29 p.m. - Andrew Major
*Edit - more intelligible response... Most of the deformation is happening where the tire hits the ground not at the arch/crown but I think what Wayne is saying is the sidewalls will expand all around the tire (like a balloon) with a spike in pressure at the trail. I think that makes sense. ... Interesting point re. overinflating. I wonder what the pressure inside a tire is in a bottom out situation? Say 2.5” rubber at 30-psi to rim strike? It would be greater in a tire like DD where there is much less sidewall flex but even then it probably isn’t even double?