[USMA:34941] RE: Bicycle salesman can't handle bars

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In a message dated 2005-10-18 04:29:46 Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't wish to appear rude, but how many people would really go to such detail? When I had a bike I used to pump my tyres (tires) up.  In fact, the pump didn't even have a scale. That's exactly what I was thinking.  If I have to know how to calculate the area of a piston and the pressure that exerts by calculating it in my head (or even on paper) to know metric than I'll never no metric (not because it is beyond me to learn that but because I really could care less how to do that).  I wouldn't expect the average person to know how to do that in metric or 'US customary'.   I'm happy just using my metric pressure gage and filling up my tires with the correct kPa of air.   >bars or kilopascals or both. How does he expect to do his job if he doesn't >know metric?   >The dimensions of tires are metric. The tires have their pressure indicated >in >bars or kilopascals or both. How does he expect to do his job if he doesn't >know metric?   I hope by this you mean he needs to know how to inflate tyres with the metric side of the gauge and know the millimetre size of the tyres, and NOT that he should know how to do the calculations you did.