Well, Toshiro, in first place, welcome.
Secondly, I think that choosing different tyre diameters is like choosing between using a Hawaiian shirt and using Tuxedo. Allow me to explain.
You can look horrible or very nice, no matter which one you choose. It's all a matter of how you
approach the thing.
However,
you don't ask (at least initially!) which one is better (people here answer by reflex!) but why they (that is, FIA) chose that way.
So, we could be interested here in what FIA said then, at the moment of the change.
For that, you need an historian, not a technician... and one with some years on him.
As I'm neither (I only pass the years test), I can only tell you that
the arguments given by the people that took the decision are not that easy to find.
I looked for 5 minutes and threw the towel.
Does somebody know why? I mean, does anybody knows what
FIA said when they were asked why they were changing diameters? (as opposed to explaining why
you think one of them is better).
Huge difference, even if FIA was wrong and you are right.
(yeahhhh, suuuure. On my part, I have a
good opinion of myself, I think tyres are my very good friends, I love them, they love me, but I have not
such an excellent opinion of myself as to second guess FIA here: tyres are also like sunsets, sigh... they vary in such a subtle way... beyond comprehension and memory).
Of course, I'm hearing right now a song by Héctor Lavoe, called "
Siento" ("I feel") that says something like: "las chiquitas son bonitas, son bonitas, bailan bien" ("the smaller ones are pretty, they are pretty, they dance very well").
Shake-ira. 18 inches or 332 mm? Is there a limit to the brake package? Go figure...
It is also true that the taller ones are more... cushioned? Of course, they are harder to handle around the ballroom... erm, I mean, the track. You have to anticipate their movements, they're not that fast to react.
Taller Oluchi could be slower (good!). Brake package has moved to the front but appears equally effective. Visibility? Other reasons? Is she trying to set up mifune? Hard to say.
I think my good friend bazanaius summed it up perfectly: what all the
other equal things are?
I would add that opinions are like scantily clad women: they show you almost everything, but they don't show you the essentials. Besides, sometimes they confuse some persons and they can make some people angry.
Why that happens, beats me: engineers always prefer hands on testing and actual measurements of performance.
For example,
you could compare performance or time after/before a huge change in diameter and you'll reach your own conclusions . End of discussion. You could use also the same method for tyres, now that I think about it...
After/before: larger rims won't necessarily improve your performance
I better shut up. Metaphors are not taking me far, anyway. The point, I think, is what FIA said.
No offense intended on my part toward the
numerous female readers of this forum, btw.
