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Originally Posted by ard
Interesting thread.
Back in the day, race teams went to lower profile tires and bigger rims- ALL to get bigger brakes under the rim.
People saw this design feature on cars, and pretty soon everyone was upsizing rims- the bigger the better- with ZERO interest in WHY.
So went I see someone wanting to fill the wheel up with brakes, go for it. Better than stupid puny rotors sitting in huge rims.
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Race teams also did it to get a bigger contact patch.
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