Timeline for What is the purpose of a tread pattern on city/road tyres?
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| Jun 23, 2022 at 6:36 | comment | added | ChrisW | @RobbieGoodwin I don't know, I've only used one kind of tire (Marathon Plus). Three times I've fallen were on sheet ice, on mud, and on braking while turning on a grit-covered paving. A consensus on this site seems to be that people continue to use Marathon Plus tires after the tread is worn, so I wanted to see why that contradicts the advice from the bike shop. | |
| Jun 22, 2022 at 22:05 | comment | added | Robbie Goodwin | @ChrisW Sorry, I should have asked whether you thought all tyres showed the same performance on dry roads or wet. Do they? | |
| Jun 21, 2022 at 11:54 | answer | added | sqek | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 21, 2022 at 3:17 | comment | added | ChrisW | @RobbieGoodwin If your comment was meant for me, of course I know that roads (and certain parts of roads e.g. paint and metal) can be more slippery when wet. What I don't know is whether treads on tires help with that, at all. | |
| Jun 20, 2022 at 21:41 | comment | added | Robbie Goodwin | Do you really think tyres show no different performance on wet or dry roads? | |
| Jun 20, 2022 at 12:10 | comment | added | Austin Hemmelgarn | To start with, most urban cyclists do not ride exclusively on paved roads. When cycling around town myself, I regularly have to deal with sections of road/sidewalk that are about equivalent to a gravel trail, and I occasionally have to ride through sections of poorly kept grass. I would not even consider a racing or velodrome style for this simply because it would not give enough traction on those areas (especially if the grass is wet) to be able to safely turn when moving at otherwise reasonable speeds. | |
| Jun 20, 2022 at 9:45 | comment | added | gerrit | Not all roads in cities are paved, in particular not all bicycle roads. | |
| Jun 20, 2022 at 0:00 | answer | added | MaplePanda | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 19, 2022 at 18:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackBicycles/status/1538582397305905153 | ||
| S Jun 19, 2022 at 11:03 | history | suggested | mkrieger1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
fix spelling and terminology: tread (singular) = rubber making contact with the ground (with or without grooves aka "pattern") (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire_tread); thread = strings used in the carcass construction
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| Jun 19, 2022 at 10:15 | answer | added | Jack Aidley | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jun 19, 2022 at 9:51 | answer | added | juhist | timeline score: 3 | |
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| Jun 19, 2022 at 8:03 | answer | added | mattnz | timeline score: 17 | |
| Jun 19, 2022 at 7:05 | answer | added | Michael | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 19, 2022 at 6:08 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jun 19, 2022 at 2:22 | answer | added | Criggie♦ | timeline score: 15 | |
| Jun 18, 2022 at 20:10 | answer | added | Andy P | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jun 18, 2022 at 19:51 | history | asked | ChrisW | CC BY-SA 4.0 |