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...apart from a harder ride,
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Not so...play with the tyre pressures!
mine rides better on 18s and handles better, turns in better, is less fidgety etc...
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possible increase in unsprung weight and therefore worse handling,
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Yeah, if you fit cheap-*** replicas. Stick with properly engineered lightweight wheels and decent tyres and you'll save weight.
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more risk of bending your wheel due to less sidewall,
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Sossibly so...again, light, strong wheels will reduce this risk. You'll still bend a 17@ if you drive like an idiot on bad roads!
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more expensive tyres, etc.... IMO /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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OK...you got me.
It'll cost you about a tenner more per tyre! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif