Tires swap question

[Grooticus]

There have been a lot of threads regarding tire upgrades and people’s plans on get bigger tires etc. I barely understand the need for gearing adjustments when you go from the 32” to 35” etc.
my question is the opposite. If somebody starts out squatch for the other upgrades and then when the stock tires wear out put on 33” tires, would there need to be a gear adjustment?

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[Gr8Hortoni]

I would say no. The BL is available with 33 and 4.7 gears. You’re going to notice you’ll be running a bit higher rpm at highway speeds, and your Speedo will be off (slower than what dash reads), but it’s only going to be a marginal difference (200-300 rpm @ 70 mph, which will barely be noticed on the 10 spd) and at most 5mph off on speedo.

 

[Gr8Hortoni]

Here’s where your speedo would be going down to 33” from 35”

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