Tire Questions.

Not sure what 'racing slicks' your bike comes with but just about every tire new bikes come with are suitable for everyday riding.  I wouldn't change them.  Only time I ever change my tires is when I put the bike up on the trainer for the winter.  Other than that what I ride what I race.

From Sheldon Brown:

Tread for on-road use

Bicycle tires for on-road use have no need of any sort of tread features; in fact, the best road tires are perfectly smooth, with no tread at all!

Unfortunately, most people assume that a smooth tire will be slippery, so this type of tire is difficult to sell to unsophisticated cyclists. Most tire makers cater to this by putting a very fine pattern on their tires, mainly for cosmetic and marketing reasons. If you examine a section of asphalt or concrete, you'll see that the texture of the road itself is much "knobbier" than the tread features of a good quality road tire. Since the tire is flexible, even a slick tire deforms as it comes into contact with the pavement, acquiring the shape of the pavement texture, only while incontact with the road.

People ask, "But don't slick tires get slippery on wet roads, or worse yet, wet metal features such as expansion joints, paint stripes, or railroad tracks?" The answer is, yes, they do. So do tires with tread. All tires are slippery in these conditions. Tread features make no improvement in this.

I've also found a formula which estimates the hydroplaning speed of a tire to be approximately 9 * SQRT(Tire Pressure), so you're looking at 90+ MPH before it becomes a problem.

oooooooo Scout, dangerous to brag about not getting a flat in a year, now I will get one this weekend cause I read your post.  Thanks