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    mcnuggets300
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    i was just wondering what the numbers on the side of my uni tyre stand
    for
    i think ive figured that the 20 x 1.95 means
    the 20 being the final size of the wheel + tyre in inches and the 1.95
    being how long/tall😕 the tyre is
    but whats the width, or is that simply not listed
    confused much?
    i am

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    20 is the diameter, 1.95 is the width. Right?

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    Ill take your word for it

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    the 1.95 is the tyre width

    20" is the final size of the wheel and tyre for an average sized tyre.
    E.g a big fat muni tyre and a skinng racing tyre can both be called
    24", but the muni tyre will be probably atlerast 2" bigger diametre.
    They both fit around the same sized rim. It's an awful system.

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    thanks
    and indeed sir, indeed it is

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    The width number is called "section width", which is the horizontal line
    across the fattest part of the tire, usually in the middle of the
    casing. As section width increases, tire volume increases somewhat
    exponentially, although you'd have to ask someone like Harper or some
    other rocket scientist for the formula.

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    unisk8r said:

    The width number is called "section width", which is the horizontal line
    across the fattest part of the tire, usually in the middle of the
    casing. As section width increases, tire volume increases somewhat
    exponentially, although you'd have to ask someone like Harper or some
    other rocket scientist for the formula.

    Well if you assume the tyre has round section then it increases as the
    square of the width.

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