I think Brigade Bill has it, being that they're smaller, using a smaller measuring scale gives u a better idea on actual size & how to relate visible differences. Example- 52s vs. 54s, different widths ect., ect.
Using that logic risers should be in millimetres too then..imperial measurements are so old school..when are you Americans going to catch up with us super advanced aussies? lol..if only I could get clear mobile reception in the city I live in..still living in the 3G dark ages!
Lol sorry slippery, their is areas of our country that dont get great reception or any at all. If you tend to live in a moutainous area such as me, once you travel far enough into a valley...you don't get a signal.
Haha ripper..I live in a city of 3 million people and my phone drops out all the time. Not a huge metropolis but you'd (well I would) think that the 3rd largest city in Australia would have decent and fast mobile and internet coverage..but that's an issue for some other non-skate related forum