Originally Posted by
RubeRad
I think the ThickSlick looks really cool, and it's cheaper, but would it be problematically slippery on light trails? Once in a blue moon I take the CC off the pavement.
Yes. I sometimes travel on short stretches of mostly dry, hardpack dirt which is about the only dirt surface that my 25mm slicks can handle. Forget going up steep hills as there is no traction. For mud or soft dirt a slick will also be mostly useless unless you're Peter Sagan.