What tires should someone who rides brakeless and is skid happy be using? I've been told by a friend that Freedom ThickSlick tires are the best can anyone confirm this?

Soma everwears are my skid favorite, I've managed to commute brakeless with skidding involved, because I live in the hilly part of town, on my last one daily for a year and half. The only thing I have against them is how they lose cornering ability as they wear down and tire contact surface wears flat. It's expected for all tires with skidding but you have to live with the fact longer due to the sheer amount of material on the tire. With skidding, thread material/ life is everything.
I've never tried a thickslick and I don't plan to unless I get one for free, the lettering is a bit too corny/ overly bold for me.

Thanks was really considering Everwears to, had the same toughts about the ThickSlick tires, brings a lot attention to your wheelset and not the good kind either.
Ive also heard alot about gatorskins and panracer ribmos whats the price difference with all these tires?

I've never ridden a ribmo but I can tell you that for the gatorskin you're paying for anti - flat protection, which should be the case with the ribmo too. What I do know for sure, especially with the gatorskin is you would definitely not want to skid on those too much considering the price you pay for either due to a lack of sheer thread material, the anti - flat protection does nothing to extend its durability with skidding..

Ribmos are decent for skidding from what I've heard from a friend. I use them now.

There are also Randos, the tire of choice next to Thickslicks right?

Vittoria Randonneurs are awesome for breakless riding but they are a pain in the ass to put and remove from the rims and are kinda heavy

I mean, that's the trade off right? If you want a skid friendly tire, you need to have more rubber, which increases weight.

As for mounting..

I don't how true this is, I haven't tried a wide range of tires but since the normal randonneurs are wire bead they tend to have more weight than a folding kevlar tire. I just don't know if there's a folding tire that can be as good as a randonneur...that would be awesome

and that tool works great to put it on, but to remove it the pain is the same.

I'd just assume that more rubber=more weight really.

Yeah the tool won't help with removing I've never run Randos, are they really that hard to remove even with levers and what not?

The Schwalbe Durano Plus tires on Scrod's Kagero look beefy and tough anybody have any expierence with them?

I'd say they're too $$$ for skidding tires.

8$ difference from the everwears doesnt bother me but why are they almost 10$ more?

Maybe I'm doing something wrong but I curse the heavens at least 3 times each time I need to remove this tire, luckily I only had to do it twice

The everwear only offers sheer rubber thread which is more than enough if you keep them properly inflated; even toward the end of their service life. I've not gotten a flat on my previous one and I skidded it to the casing thread.

You can always do the sharpie trick with the lettering, though the top edge of the lettering gets worn off after awhile.

Yeah I was planning to do that if I get one for free/ dirt cheap and of course run it as a front as I believe the quantity of thread material is not up to par/ as generous as on the everwear.
The everwear offers 5mm of thread, anybody know how much the thickslick offers?
/not hijacking as the OP will gain from this as well.

Thickslicks are in general just large, heavy, and meaty. Great for skidding, here's the catch. They grip noticeably better than randos or everwears, which for me was a bad thing because it took so much effort to lock up the rear, but maybe for all you seasoned vets its no sweat.

If you're trying to stop then skidding isn't going to do the job. Having a tire with lots of traction is nice

I've liked my rando a lot on the back. Using three tire levers got it mounted with little effort.

Agreed on thickslick grip.

It's been a while, but my everwear had week sidewalls. Blew under proper pressure and easy riding.