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yes feeling of heavier steering is normal

i would also add worse acceleration to bad news due to heavier tyres and rims (unsprung mass) unless you bought ultra light high performance forged rims and and reduced overall weight of tyre/wheel combo

 

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True, true...

first hole i hit this spring, week after going from 17" to 18"
quite a big and sharped edged one, lots of them after polish winter