Monte de pneu

00:32 Jul 14, 2010 

one speaks of mounting the wheel and I found this UK/NL/ES site which refers
http://www.tirewheelmountingcenter.com/

20:52 Jul 13, 2010 

Not quite, I'm afraid!

The '45' actually refers to the 'depth' of the tyre, expressed as a percentage of the width; so 45 represents a very low profile tyre.

Oh, and I have a feeling that a certain Mr Dunlop had something to do with the early days of tyres too...

I've always assumed that mixed dimensions were used a) to avoid confusion, and b) to make the width sound more impressive: "My X is fitted with 240s!" sounds so much better than "9½s"

However, way back in the early days of my youth, I do have a fant recollection that tyre widths used at one time to be expressed in inches too; presumably they were metricated at some point in order to foster European harmonization...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire_code

19:49 Jul 13, 2010 

195 is the width of the tyre in mm, 45 its height (sort of) in mm and 15 the rim diameter in inches.
Tyres were invented by Michelin. Were rims invented by the Brits? I've always wondered why tyre sizes mix imperial and metric units...
To answer the question, tyre size should indeed fit the bill.

19:09 Jul 13, 2010 

They seem to be talking about the size of the tyre. In the US/British English, it is fine to say "size" talking about a multi-dimensional object; the French seem to be generally shy of sayng "taille" in this context.

Take a read:


Inventaire des pneus avec monte compatible Stelvio :

- Bridgestone Battlax Bt-020
- Continental Road Attack
- Dunlop Sportmax roadsmart
- Metzeler Roadtec Z6 => AV + AT ou AV Z6 et AR Z6 Interact
- Michelin Pilot Road => AV + AR ou AV PR et AR PR2
- Pirelli Scorpion

Also:

http://www.mtk-tuning.com/pneu_jante/jantes.php

Note "monte d'origine" and "nouvelle monte". The phrase appears everywhere where they talk about modifications of the original design.

http://www.ninja250r.fr/forum/viewtopic.php?f=95&t=918&start...

18:59 Jul 13, 2010 

Is short of "pneumatic" (pneumatique) - and I guess it refers to the inner part (tube) that is filled with air under pressure. Tubeless are now in fashion, but the tyre is probably still called "monte de pneu"