Thread: Why such large wheels?
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Unread 13-03-2006, 00:31
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Re: Why such large wheels?
After seeing the regionals, I think it's time to revisit this.

Why are all your wheels so big? We get up the ramp just fine with 1 inch wide 3.3" diamter wheels (6 of them) and 3/4" of ground clearance under our side frame rails and about 3/16" clearance under our gearboxes.

Your wheels do not need to be big. Your ground clearance does not need to be high. You are causing more trouble for yourselves. I'm sure in some cases, there is a darn good reason for it that the team thought very hard about, but in most cases I've seen, I ask and they say "oh, smaller wheels, hrrm, never thought of that"
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