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Re: Help with wheel size

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Originally Posted by PAR_WIG1350 View Post
The reasons most teams tend to use smaller wheels are:
  • smaller wheels are easier to find (at least in recent years)
  • Larger wheels are heavier wheels
  • Larger wheels also require a larger, heavier gear reduction to get them to the appropriate speed/torque
True, but this year there also happens to be a very specific and beneficial reason to use a larger diameter wheel.
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