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@kerley
knew you would bite :-)
Tyres are made from rubber as rubber provides the grip. Forming the rubber into rails lowers the amount of grip for the given size of tyre as less rubber is in contact with road and also introduce flex.
Just the same applies when putting knobs on the tyres, great off road but shit on tarmac.
You understand it really, don't you?