S. Segal wrote:

What are the pros and cons of slick tires? What kind of traction do
they provide? Can you ride on wet roads?

Tread is entirely superfluous on a road-going bicycle. As always, Sheldon
Brown has chapter and verse: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tyres.html#tread

Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
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