On Tue, 05 Jun 2018 00:08:22 +0200, Emanuel Berg
wrote:

Perhaps just lack of
standardization/normalization behind those
"more than 8 eights" fractions...? Some of
the decimals seem to be unexpressable
(cleanly) as eights or sixteenths tho?

Is this [1] the correct algorithm?
It translates 1.75 into 1-3/4 at least :P

Wrong. A 26x1.5 tire and a 26x1-1/2 tire are different tire sizing
systems:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html
See charts of fractional and decimal sizes.

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