Slick tyres. Advice & reassurance needed

[ayceejay]

I think you will find that it is the composition of the tyre more than the tread that gives grip. The favoured tyre for a formula 1 car is a slick, wet weather tyres have a tread designed to get the water away from the tyre because the more rubber that hits the road the better the grip. Slicks with a heavy rubber content will wear quickly because of this.

 

[PK99]

No tread = more grip because of the narrow width

half right!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Yes. At the end of a 200km Audax.

Makes sense, I can only assume you were on an MTB?

 

[AndyRM]

Makes sense, I can only assume you were on an MTB?

Full-sus from Argos.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Full-sus from Argos.

With bags of cement in a trailer?

 

[compo]

My unicycle has slicks and I have never gone into a slide yet. So has my hybrid and it is perfectly stable in the wet or dry.

 

[AndyRM]

With bags of cement in a trailer?

Yes, as well as front and rear panniers filled with encyclopediæ.

Don't worry about these things too much Guyincognito, you'll be able to upgrade your machine to accommodate all this over time.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Yes, as well as front and rear panniers filled with encyclopediæ.

And wearing all the clothes you own all at once while eating a whole roast chicken?

 

[AndyRM]

And wearing all the clothes you own all at once while eating a whole roast chicken?

Chicken? Pah. Real men eat boar on the road. For extra taste and added weight.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Chicken? Pah. Real men eat boar on the road. For extra taste and added weight.

Ha ha, best reply. Today is your turn to win the Internet.

 

[MattHB]

half right!

No, not half right. Narrow tyre disperses water better than a wider one because it slices through it,
therefore operating better without tread.

 

[AndyRM]

Ha ha, best reply. Today is your turn to win the Internet.

I thank you sir!

 

[Dan B]

Chicks dig scars.

Common misconception, based on a really unfortunate typo. Chicks dig cars

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Common misconception, based on a really unfortunate typo. Chicks dig cars

Oh, in that case I've made some terrible choices!

 

[Guyincognito76]

Probably shouldn't have worried about the tyres killing me, as I'd rode half a mile on it when the Rear Derailleur fell, or snapped off, into the wheel.

Luckily I was going slowly, and no I didn't put it together