The 235/85-16 tire is 9.25" wide. A 750x16 is (as far as I understand) 7.5"
wide. The diameter is the same.
You can still get 750x16 tires in North America. I'm not sure exactly why
the different measuring systems, but since Canadian Tire offers them it's
obviously not extremely rare :)
Keith Tanner
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