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With the rear tire I have on this bike, it has a fairly limited application. As you can
see, this tire is pretty much the ultimate when it comes to rolling resistance. It's
what you call a semi-slick tire. It's just got these little herringbone-style knobs,
very low side knobs, and just these little knobs everywhere. You'd think a tire like
this would be really scary to ride, but because someone's put in hundreds of hours designing
this thing, all these little knobs deform and give you a lot of traction. And the reason
I run a tire like this is because it's really fun. It helps me climb faster, it rolls faster
everywhere, and when I'm really riding hard, it makes it easier for the back end to just
sort of naturally find the line and sort of drift around without a lot of excessive force
on my hands -- and heavy-handed braking and stuff like that. But that's the type of tire
that I would choose for just a general riding.