why do the fastest bicycles have really thin tyres but the fastest cars have very wide tyres
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Think about the front tires on a drag race car, they are very thin just like bicycle tires specifically to reduce rolling resistance. The reason cars need wide drive tires is because the extreme amount of power needs traction however just like a wide tire robs speed on a bicycle it robs speed in a car, the difference is the car has to have them for traction and the bicycle doesn’t. TLDR the cars engine makes waaaay more power than a human and cars are waaay faster so it needs bigger drive tires
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