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Title: how wide is a 150 tire
Post by: weaver on July 24, 2006, 09:07:34 PM
how wide is a 150 tire in inches?          150mm = ?

10 mm in a cm and 2.5 cms in an inch?  = 3inches                         that is way wrong and i feel stupid now.  the only reason why i am going to leave this stupidity shown is because i want the children of the future to learn from my mistakes. :icon_mrgreen:

ohh, and ive been drinking.

:cheers:
weaver
Title: Re: how wide is a 150 tire
Post by: runsilent on July 24, 2006, 09:14:21 PM
Quote from: weaver on July 24, 2006, 09:07:34 PM
how wide is a 150 tire in inches?          150mm = ?

10 mm in a cm and 2.5 cms in an inch?  = 3inches                         that is way wrong and i feel stupid now.  the only reason why i am going to leave this stupidity shown is because i want the children of the future to learn from my mistakes. :icon_mrgreen:

ohh, and ive been drinking.

:cheers:
weaver

One inch equals 25.4 mm.  So 150/25.4 = 5.9"

Answer is same drunk or sober, but you make me glad I haven't had a drink since 12-20-78.    :laugh:   :thumb:
Title: Re: how wide is a 150 tire
Post by: weaver on July 24, 2006, 09:20:27 PM
well congrats.. honestly.


but it is so much fun lowering your mental cognition to a childs.  ignorance is bliss as they say.

:cheers:
weaver
Title: Re: how wide is a 150 tire
Post by: vtlion on July 24, 2006, 10:08:06 PM
this is all interesting, but isn't the width of tires expressed as a fraction of the wall height?  i.e., a 60-150 is narrower than a 70-150.  at least, that's how I always thought it went  :dunno_white:
Title: Re: how wide is a 150 tire
Post by: pantablo on July 24, 2006, 11:06:18 PM
wall height is factor of width. a 150/60 is 150mm wide, and 60% of 150mm tall.

However, keep in mind that a 150 series tire will vary greatly between manufacturers. So a michelin 150/60 wont necessarily be the same width as a Bridgestone 150/60, etc. They could vary as much as 5-10 mm from one to the next. Also, what width rim you mount it on will affect the final width.