XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 10/12/2025 02:20, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > On 2025-12-09 20:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >> On 09/12/2025 14:50, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>> On 2025-12-09 15:09, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >>>> On 09/12/2025 11:57, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>>>> On 9/12/2025 9:08 pm, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 08/12/2025 22:39, rbowman wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On Tue, 9 Dec 2025 00:20:38 +1100, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> I usually put it down to my Tyres being under-inflated, so their   
   >>>>>>>> diameter is less so it takes more revolutions of the tyre to   
   >>>>>>>> cover a specified distance.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> I don't think under inflation would change the diameter enough to   
   >>>>>>> throw the speed off that much. In my case the diameter of the 14"   
   >>>>>>> wheels is noticeably less than the 15". I see that in the spring   
   >>>>>>> when I'm going back to the 15". If I jack the car up enough so the   
   >>>>>>> 14" leaves the ground and I can remove it sometimes I have to jack   
   >>>>>>> a little more to get the 15" on.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>> There is no such thing as diameter on a tyre. It isn't circular.   
   >>>>>> Might as well ask yourself 'what is the diameter of a tank track'   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> What counts is circumference and the tyre is elastic enough to expand   
   >>>>>> a little under high pressure.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> .... and that pressure would get higher due to usage heating the tyre.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> And to wear a little lower.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> ... which would reduce the tyres diameter, so decreasing the Ground   
   >>>>> speed.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> THE TYRE HAS NO DIAMETER., It is not circular.   
   >>>   
   >>> It doesn't matter. We can calculate it.   
   >>>   
   >> No you cannot.   
   >   
   > Yes, we can. It is a formula with π in it.   
      
   No, it isn't.   
      
   >   
   >> Any more than you can calculate the 'diameter' of a tank tread.   
   >> You might choose to evaluate (circumference over pi), but that is just   
   >> a number that has no meaning in this context. There is no physical   
   >> dimension that corresponds to it   
   >   
   > Irrelevant.   
   >   
   Relevant   
   > We measure the actual distance travelled for a number of turns. From   
   > that we calculate the effective circumference, and from that, the   
   > effective radius.   
   >   
   > None of those have to be the apparent length seen by a measuring tape on   
   > the wheel.   
   >   
   Yes, they do   
   .   
      
   A measuring tape around the tread of an inflated tyre is its circumference.   
      
      
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