Originally Posted by royalflash
and by the way knobbies can be worse on roads- I fell off my MTB a few weeks ago in the rain when I tried to cycle up a kerb onto a bike lane. The knobbies just caught on the edge of the wet pavement and slid along the kerb and spun the bike round
Not only that, but knobbies wear out quickly on pavement. In the wetter months, I go with wider, groved tires (700x38). The grooves help with traction, and the wider width is more stable b/c there's more surface. A couple times, I've turned sharply on wet pavement when I still had my 700x26 slicks on, and they bike slid out from under me.
Fortunately, I wasn't hurt and there was no serious damage, but it's still pretty scary
