Tyre slick formula 1

[Viper5]

More bonkers questions..

New bike new tyre..

Now the tyre looks fit for a formula 1 car. No tread perfect slick. How the eck will this grip?

I thought a little tread may assist but probably got that wrong.

 

[derrick]

As long as you stay on the road you will be fine,

 

[Citius]

Now the tyre looks fit for a formula 1 car. No tread perfect slick. How the eck will this grip?

Think about it.

 

[StuAff]

Tread is utterly pointless on a road bike tyre. Due to width and cross-section, it'll cut through standing water, tread or no tread. Slick tyres have more grip under the circumstances, not less.

 

[Viper5]

Think about it.

Ok thought about it just thinking wet wet slippery slip

 

[Viper5]

Tread is utterly pointless on a road bike tyre. Due to width and cross-section, it'll cut through standing water, tread or no tread. Slick tyres have more grip under the circumstances, not less.

Good point, just wanted to be sure I was not a crazy rider

 

[fossyant]

Tread COMPOUND makes a tyre stick.. Simple. Look, cycle tyres have been using complex tyre compounds for over 20 years - nothing new.

 

[jack smith]

The more rubber in contact with the road the more grip... Tread will only remove rubber giving you less grip

 

[mjr]

Slicks don't grip on leaf mulch as well and get cut up by small sharps more easily because there's no dents for stuff to get pushed into and fall out again next revolution. Slicks may have more grip on clean roads but how often do we have those in winter?

 

[Citius]

Slicks don't grip on leaf mulch

Nothing grips on wet leaves.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Nothing grips on wet leaves.

My sphincter does .....

 

[mjr]

Nothing grips on wet leaves.

You keep telling yourself that, but I'll keep on riding my treaded tyres that squish the mulch into the grooves and let some rubber reach the tarmac.

OK, if the leaves really pile up, nothing will bite through, but they're not falling that fast here this year and the council workers with the leaf blowers are doing a great job of clearing the cycle track corners where leaves tend to drift.

 

[Citius]

You keep telling yourself that, but I'll keep on riding my treaded tyres that squish the mulch into the grooves and let some rubber reach the tarmac.

good luck..

 

[MichaelW2]

Slick tyres can suffer from aquaplaning, which is why F1 drivers switch to treaded tyres in rain, and fret so much about tyre choice and when to switch.
The speed at which a tyre aquaplanes can be estimated. For normal cars, it is around 50mph. Wider tyres aquaplane at lower speeds, so F1 are very vulnerable.
Bicycles aquaplane at speeds far in excess of any attainable by a rider.

 

[Pale Rider]

Slick tyres can suffer from aquaplaning, which is why F1 drivers switch to treaded tyres in rain, and fret so much about tyre choice and when to switch.
The speed at which a tyre aquaplanes can be estimated. For normal cars, it is around 50mph. Wider tyres aquaplane at lower speeds, so F1 are very vulnerable.
Bicycles aquaplane at speeds far in excess of any attainable by a rider.

Edging over 120mph is a risk, according to Schwalbe.

"Unlike a car, a bicycle will not aquaplane. The contact area is much smaller and the contact pressure is much higher. The floating effect of aquaplaning could only theoretically be achieved on a bicycle ridden at speeds over 200 km/h."

http://www.schwalbe.com/en/profil.html