[lukevanoort]

We're using 8" kit wheels not because of a desire for big wheels, but because we have seventeen cents in our team account (and a new drivetrain head). (but a budget of $1000... interesting math) Anyway, my point is, the bigger wheeled teams might do it for budget, or happen to have them lying around. Or, they could want a solution to speeding up their robot without gears. In previous years we used bigger wheels because we had had sucess with them. As a matter of fact or '03-'05 robots used the same wheels with minor tread pattern differences.