User talk:Slickrock

The word "slickrock" was said to be derived from the metal-shod horses owned by settelers. The horses found the expanses of barren rock slick to cross. The rock is porous and sandstone, so for rubber mountain bike tires the opposite of slick is true because the naked sandstone is as "slick" as coarse sandpaper. Slickrock 05:33, 2 March 2007 (UTC)