For Sale: Colnago Super SL road bike

Sheldon says aquaplaning isn't an issue for bicycles

Although that's no excuse for sloppy mechanics, Ed. :-P

Ah, but I'm a salesperson, not a mechanic, it's our job to make it harder for the mechanic to fix a bike that we've fiddle with.

That bike looks sooooooooooo nice

so ed would you completely recommend these bars? im thinking of getting them to do some light touring?

Yes, I highly recommend them, and the Randonneur bar.

Go for the Noodle first, the sweep back on the top section is comfortable to hold onto, and the hood & drop are both flat (drop nearly so), very comfortable at least for me.

Sheldon says aquaplaning isn't an issue for bicycles http://www.sheldonbrown.com/gloss_ho-z.html#hydroplaning

Sheldons wording is very very selectively written,...it talks of tread, only within the context of dry roads...he doesn't mention water once in that write up...

Slicks are better in the dry...obviously, though in the wet, absolutely not.

Wouldn't bicycle tyre (road one especially) slice through the water like knife unlike car tyres which need the thread to push the water away from the middle to gain traction?

Considering how little rubber actually touches tarmac on road tyres, I don't think it matters.

Edit - Pretty much what Ed said above.

I don't cycle when it rains. It helps a lot with the grip.

Thank you Kris, but it been sold.

Look like the "aquaplaning" on tyres of bicycle didn't discourage the seller.

TPB rep

We should organise a moose test in the wet.

Forget aquaplaning. It is simply harder to stop and grip on corners in the wet. Any help you can get from the tyre is a surely good thing.