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Originally Posted by deacon  Joe Let me ask you something. Am I remembering right? The size of the wheel makes no difference in the speed of the bike with a friction drive. Since the friction roller moves the wheel the same distance no matter what size Is that not right. The bike wheel im talking about not the drive wheel on the bike engine |
Well, not quite.
For a given roller size, the smaller the driven wheel gets, the faster it will turn.
However, if that driven wheel is also the drive wheel, then the smaller wheel will produce less ground speed.
So, yeah, sort.