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How to measure things like a Canadian (lemmy.nz)

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[-] blackshirt@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

[ is it displays? ] -yes-> [ inches ]
 ↓ no
[ is it screws? ] -yes-> [ inches ]
 ↓ no
[ is it tires? ] -yes-> [ inches ]
 ↓ no
[is if flight altitude? ] -yes-> [ feet ]
 ↓ no
[ metric ]

FTFY

[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

[ is it tires? ] -yes-> [ inches ]

both for car and light truck tires. inches for wheel diameter, millimeters for tread width,

[-] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Even in the US we use metric tire sizing apart from a select few offload tires, which is annoying because its not even actual dimensions but more of a ratio or percentage of the overall width of the tire (in addition to the wheel size being in inches as you mentioned).

[-] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 points 2 days ago

Also, floppy disks.

[-] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Road bike tires? Metric. Mtb tires? Imperial. Car tire inner diameter? Imperial. Car tire width? Metric.

[-] boonhet@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Car tire height? Neither. Fun fact.

[-] Chrobin@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago

I agree on the tires, but at least in Germany, we measure flight altitude in meters.

[-] MatSeFi@lemmy.liebeleu.de 2 points 2 days ago

And if you don't know for sure you can always default to a "Saarlands"

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