Re: useful dimensions to know

Michael O'Hair

2008-08-31

It was brought to my attention that most bicycles come with metric
dimensions these days, so for the sake of completeness,and to be politically
correct, I include the following easy to remember conversions:

.005" = .127mm
.006" = .1524mm
.033" = .8382mm

------

>
> Some useful dimensions every bike racer should know:
>
> The standard aluminum beer/soda can has walls that measure .006" thick.
>
> Black plastic electrical tape is .006" thick, (when stretched, it goes to
> .005" )
>
> A dollar bill is .005" thick.
>
> A typical credit card is .033" thick.
>
>
> Feel free to add to the list.
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> OBRA mailing list
> obra@list.obra.org
> http://list.obra.org/mailman/listinfo/obra
> Unsubscribe: obra-unsubscribe@list.obra.org
>