Submitted by Crusad3rr t3_10pkx9y in mildlyinteresting
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mongrelsmithers t1_j6l2ffa wrote
Tire treads are measured in 32nds
[deleted] t1_j6l42je wrote
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RegularAmbitious t1_j6lkp72 wrote
Most tread depth gauges are marked in 32nds of an inch. Conversions would complicate things unnecessarily.
throwradoodoopoopoo t1_j6lrok2 wrote
my brain read this as “thirty toonds”
WatermelonWithAFlute t1_j6lzk6z wrote
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Crawlerado t1_j6ms0c9 wrote
Tire measurements are a fucking mess
“I’m down to 1/8th of a 32nd of tread on my 205mm 55% 15 inch tires.”
winne_bago t1_j6mtwrw wrote
My guess is that it’s more accurate to measure remaining tread depth in 1/32 than 1/16 thickness
RecedingQuasar t1_j6l2ewg wrote
It's a bit more straightforward to use a single basis for measurement, here a 32nd of an inch, rather than "simplifying" the fractions. Granted, it's not very hard to realize that 1/8th of an inch is twice as much as 1/16th of an inch, but it's even easier to see that 4 of something is twice as much as 2 of the same thing.