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Marathon Racer is good, mid-weight, good protection.
Marathon Supreme is what we are using, midweight, foldable (for travelling), minimal tread maximum grip.
Both the above tyres are half the weight of Marathon Plus, so you will save nearly a kilo of rotational weight from your bike if you are running M+ front and rear. This is noticeable.
I wouldn't think that a kojak will be less grippy than a tyre with tread in the wet. If you are playing on a flat surface then you want as little tread as possible. I read somewhere, and I trust it, that tread is makes no difference on bicycle tyres as they are not wide enough or you don't travel fast enough to aquaplane. So unless you are on lose terrain, you should be running slick tyres for maximum grip. Assuming the tyre compound is the same.
*is this bullshit?