Would larger tires improve the ride of 71 Matador?

On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 8:59:59 AM UTC-5, wrote:
> dsi1 wrote: "....Narrow tires are better on wet roads and snow ..."
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> Narrow tires are actually better overall.
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> Combine with a tall rim so you have, say, a 60 sidewall, and you'll have less sidewall latency(flex), higher weight per contact patch and better straight-ahead stability(less twitching and correction).
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> A wide tire requires aggressive amounts of caster and SAI(kingpin angle) to travel in a straight line, and are more sensitive to pull if one side differs even a little from the other. Plus, they'll hydroplane more readily in anything more than a shower due to lower weight per contact patch.

Narrow tires are better on wet roads? I don't think so.

m6onz5a > wrote in
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> On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 8:59:59 AM UTC-5,
> wrote:
>> dsi1 wrote: "....Narrow tires are better on wet roads and snow ..."
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>> Narrow tires are actually better overall.
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>> Combine with a tall rim so you have, say, a 60 sidewall, and you'll
>> have
> less sidewall latency(flex), higher weight per contact patch and
> better straight-ahead stability(less twitching and correction).
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>> A wide tire requires aggressive amounts of caster and SAI(kingpin
>> angle)
> to travel in a straight line, and are more sensitive to pull if one
> side differs even a little from the other. Plus, they'll hydroplane
> more readily in anything more than a shower due to lower weight per
> contact patch.
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> Narrow tires are better on wet roads? I don't think so.
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I believe he means it won`t hydroplane as soon with narrower tires, and
that is correct. KB