Topic: Freedom ThickSlick™ review
Meta started this discussion 8 years ago #66,890
They finally came in from Performance Bike. I was a bit nervous because they have absolutely no tread at all.The bike does look a bit gayer with slick tires. I'm signalling to everyone that I have absolutely no intention of leaving the asphalt. I popped them on for the ride tonight and they have SO MUCH FUCKING GRIP ? cornering is like on rails.They also have no rolling resistance. You can coast forever. I can now go twice as fast, twice as far with half the effort. It's hard to describe but everything feels much sharper, like the bike is on crack. I could feel the knobby off-road tires "squirm" when I would turn or accelerate. These don't.Cornering is like on rails, even leaned way over.
Slick tires are fucking AWESOME why do they even put tread on bike tires at all?
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 5 minutes later[^] [v] #820,527
hell yeah
Congrats, man.
slicks can plane on water and slip easily on leaves
Congrats, man.
slicks can plane on water and slip easily on leaves
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 42 seconds later, 5 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #820,529
Anonymous B replied with this 8 years ago, 16 seconds later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #820,530
Anonymous C replied with this 8 years ago, 23 seconds later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #820,531
Meta (OP) replied with this 8 years ago, 6 minutes later, 12 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #820,536
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 45 seconds later, 13 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #820,537
They put treads in the tires for wet roads.
Meta (OP) replied with this 8 years ago, 6 minutes later, 20 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #820,539
@820,527 (B)
Also Sheldon says it's not humanly possible to hydroplane a bicycle https://www.sheldonbrown.com/tires.html#hydroplaning
Also Sheldon says it's not humanly possible to hydroplane a bicycle https://www.sheldonbrown.com/tires.html#hydroplaning
Anonymous B replied with this 8 years ago, 13 minutes later, 34 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #820,551
@820,536 (Meta)
> The crushing of Portuguese millipedes is suspected to have caused a crash between two trains at Clarkson near Perth, Western Australia, in September 2013
The fuck?! ?
@previous (Meta)
Oh! I stand corrected. Thanks, bud.
> The crushing of Portuguese millipedes is suspected to have caused a crash between two trains at Clarkson near Perth, Western Australia, in September 2013
The fuck?! ?
@previous (Meta)
Oh! I stand corrected. Thanks, bud.
Meta (OP) replied with this 8 years ago, 27 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #820,567
@previous (B)
Aussies BTFO ?
@previous (B)
You're welcome! It doesn't mean much though because I'm a fair-weather recreational cyclist.
Aussies BTFO ?
@previous (B)
You're welcome! It doesn't mean much though because I'm a fair-weather recreational cyclist.
Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 5 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #820,570
@OP
Upgrade to Freedom ShtickSlick™ (pronounced as one word). Thanks.
Upgrade to Freedom ShtickSlick™ (pronounced as one word). Thanks.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 9 hours later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #820,674
Lol you are going to slip and fall