Timeline for What is the recommended type of tire for riding on wet pavement?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 0:00 | comment | added | paparazzo | A slick with soft rubber. It does not hydroplane but wet pavement still has less friction. At the microscopic level it is still wet pavement. I ran an analysis and I think a bike would hydroplane at about 130 mph. Not going to post as my tech analysis just gets down votes here. | |
| Aug 16, 2014 at 12:44 | comment | added | linguamachina | Gators aren't exactly the grippiest of tyres, especially in the wet. Reduce your tyre pressure a little to gain a bit more grip, at the expense of efficiency (rolling resistance) and puncture resistance. | |
| S Aug 15, 2014 at 18:52 | history | suggested | Cristian Ciupitu | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 26, 2012 at 16:54 | answer | added | Dave | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 23, 2012 at 15:24 | comment | added | Useless | Learn to modulate the front brakes and you can stop faster, without flipping, and with less chance of skidding. Of course, if you do skid the front wheel, it's less recoverable. | |
| Nov 7, 2011 at 5:20 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackBicycles/status/133413499878653953 | ||
| Oct 12, 2011 at 23:10 | history | edited | Ash Machine | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 12, 2011 at 16:36 | vote | accept | Ash Machine | ||
| Oct 12, 2011 at 16:31 | comment | added | Ash Machine | I am skidding on the back (and I carry a pannier there) but go light on front brakes, else I'd flip. | |
| Oct 12, 2011 at 15:31 | comment | added | anton2g | I am from Seattle too and have the same problem now. Skidding only in the back though. | |
| Oct 12, 2011 at 13:26 | answer | added | Angelo | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 12, 2011 at 12:17 | answer | added | Wilka | timeline score: 29 | |
| Oct 12, 2011 at 5:22 | comment | added | Ash Machine | Looking online, Kojaks seem very slick with no tread also. And they get great traction. | |
| Oct 12, 2011 at 5:04 | comment | added | Goodbye Stack Exchange | I have various tires on my various bikes, and I can say that the bike with Schwalbe Kojaks gets great traction in the rain. (The dual pull caliper brakes may also have something to do with that.) | |
| Oct 12, 2011 at 2:02 | comment | added | ChrisW | Are you skidding the front or only the back? | |
| Oct 11, 2011 at 21:48 | answer | added | Daniel R Hicks | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 11, 2011 at 20:28 | history | asked | Ash Machine | CC BY-SA 3.0 |