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.

ohh, and ive been drinking.


weaver

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.

ohh, and ive been drinking.


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.       

well congrats.. honestly.


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


weaver

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 

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.