Kubuhlungu kakhulu ukucabanga ukuthi amathayi azosetshenziswa kanjani nokuthi azoba nezici ziphi uma kuqhathaniswa amathayi asemi-slick kanye ne-slick. Ithayi le-semi-slick linomumo we-tread onikeza ukuhamba kahle kanye nokuphila isikhathi eside, okwenza kube kuhle kokubili ukusetshenziswa emgqashini nasezitaladini. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, amathayi e-slick anokuthambile okuphezulu, okuhloswe ukuqinisa indawo yokuxhumana yamandla nesivinini kanye nokuhlinzeka ngezici ezinhle zokuphatha uma indawo ihlanzekile. Zonke lezi zihlukaniso zizokwenza ukwazi ukukhetha ithayi elifanele kakhulu izinjongo zakho zokushayela, kungaba ukuncintisana noma nje ukuhamba.