Originally Posted by
bhkyte
Believe me there is !!
I think the reason slicks sliP is the lack of "void space".A TEchincal term for what you have in your brain if you run slicks in the wet !!LOL
If you have tread, I believe there is less rubber touching the ground. The reason car tires have treads is to push the water out of the way so they don't hydroplane, but
bikes don't hydroplane.
Sheldon
explains this pretty well. And you can't argue with a dead guy (it's not that he has to be right, but clearly arguing with him won't work

).