Thanks Pscylepath and Thorn. I checked out the other thread and I will look into getting some new shoes for my trusty bike. My hubby’s bike has knobbier tires than mine and it does make a difference. He had switched from Old Blue - his trusty old drop handle, ten speed racer, to his new hybrid so it was quite a change for him. He does love the fact that he can now ride on hard pack trail as well as paved trail - but the speed is the biggest difference for him. I had switched from my mountain bike which was never fitted to me (I bought it on a whim and it was the wrong size) to my new hybrid in 2001, but barely got 100 mi. on it when my knee went bad. So the bike just sat in our living room for several years while I spent most of my time recovering with walking only. So my bike is practically new, but yet, still an older bike. We had our local bike shop go over it stem to stern and tune it up before riding it again. I will ask my bike shop guy about the slicks. You folks are the best!!!