yeah. in corners, my impression is that plus tires generate grip through increased surface area contact, vs. traditional knobby tires which generate grip by digging into the trail. it's something (i think) i can feel when i switch between my fat-turned-plus bike with rekons vs my trail bike with minions, and it influences how i ride and react. hard to imagine how you can both generate a large contact area and focus pressure directly to/through a row of side knobs at the same time; i picked up the slaughters to explore this tension, though as i mentioned they're not all that chubby really, more like the width/volume of WT tire. interesting idea about leaning a semi-slick over a bit to increase grip in steep terrain -- if i find myself losing traction under such conditions and can keep my lizard brain from panicking, i will try that trick for sure!
May 28, 2020, 8:35 a.m. - boomforeal
yeah. in corners, my impression is that plus tires generate grip through increased surface area contact, vs. traditional knobby tires which generate grip by digging into the trail. it's something (i think) i can feel when i switch between my fat-turned-plus bike with rekons vs my trail bike with minions, and it influences how i ride and react. hard to imagine how you can both generate a large contact area and focus pressure directly to/through a row of side knobs at the same time; i picked up the slaughters to explore this tension, though as i mentioned they're not all that chubby really, more like the width/volume of WT tire. interesting idea about leaning a semi-slick over a bit to increase grip in steep terrain -- if i find myself losing traction under such conditions and can keep my lizard brain from panicking, i will try that trick for sure!