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Re: Drive train wheels idea

Wedgetop wheels have narrow, tall ridges which means less of the tread transmits the same force compared to roughtop. This seems to fit the anecdotal accounts of wedgetop wearing out faster.

If wheels were a dirt road, roughtop wheels would be a dirt road where the cars pass over all of the surface evenly resulting in even ware; Wedgetop, on the other hand, would be a road where cars only travel down the center resulting in ruts in the road.
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