Timeline for How to properly calculate wheel diameter (rim+tire)?
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| May 4, 2011 at 23:20 | vote | accept | zetdotpi | ||
| May 4, 2011 at 23:20 | comment | added | zetdotpi | I wanted a pure mathematical way to calculate a wheel diameter, but it seems an appropriate way to do this. Thanks. | |
| May 4, 2011 at 14:46 | comment | added | Gary.Ray♦ | @moz - my link is to another "math" problem related to cycling - I upvoted Russ for providing both the precise method, and the proper formumla. | |
| May 4, 2011 at 2:13 | comment | added | Мסž | @Gary.Ray, that link goes to a question about calculating power output and doesn't reference tyre diameter at all. | |
| May 4, 2011 at 2:11 | comment | added | Мסž | This is actually the only accurate way to know. There are too many variables to allow you to read numbers off the tyre and get an accurate answer. @Mike Baranczak's link to Sheldon Brown is a good discussion of the issue. | |
| May 3, 2011 at 19:50 | comment | added | Gary.Ray♦ | Way to provide the physical/math answer and satisfy my math jones (see bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/1549/…) | |
| May 3, 2011 at 13:30 | history | answered | Russ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |