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Re: pic: 114 wheel concept....again.

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Originally Posted by 114ManualLabor
I picked this width because .5 is too small, and we used ecaxtly one, and it was too much... so I picked a medium.

I am interested to find out why .5 is too small? Traction is not affected by surface contact so is there another reason this width was too small? I would think making wheels as small as possible while still giving them strength enough to survive competition, would be the way to go.
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