Originally Posted by
davei1980
Thanks for showing you are as clueless about racecars as you are about bikes. They run wide tires for CORNERING TRACTION. Not longevity (they change tires frequently).
And don't worry, you obviously lack the chops to debate with me! The friction equation doesn't control for NUMEROUS variables at work in a tire's interaction with the road in real-life conditions.
I have already said that mechanical grip and traction are not the same. You still don't seem to get this. Traction involves much more variable than just tire width. It involves tire carcass, weight of car, wheel camber, surface, etc.
But hey like you said, it's a free country, so you're free to babble on without any evidence.