CD said:Quoted message said:For a commuting tyre I'd personally go with an entirely slick design, but you've said *mainly*
tarmac, so it depends how often you're planning to go on the softer stuff?
No softer stuff as such, just a mile long stretch along the side of a river which is a hard surface
of sorts. How are the full on slicks in the wet? I don't want to be taking another tumble!
Slicks are just fine in the wet. On hard surfaces (tarmac, concrete etc) slicks will give you better
grip than treaded tyres, this is true in wet or dry conditions. Leave the hard stuff though and
you'll have to be very careful on slicks, but, adjust your speed accordingly and you can get by. I
was out exploring at the weekend and because of a closed towpath I ended up riding a rigid bike
through a load of fields on slicks pumped to 100psi. That was entertaining :o)
What I would say though is that slicks for 700c wheels tend to be of the more "racey" variety and
therefore perhaps won't last as long as other more rugged tyres if asked to cope with everyday
commuting. My commuting slicks seem to be lasting fine in terms of wear, but have been cut up in
places by all the nasty sharp [censored] that lurks in the dark on our roads. For this reason, when my
current ones are shot, I'm going to try Marathon Slicks.
You can view the full Marathon range at the Schwalbe web site:
schwalbe.comindex.plOpen ↗
Bob
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