Tire performance in the rain is all about the rain grooves, not as much about tire compound. The 016's have a decent amount of rain grooves along the center of the tire and very few near the outer edges. So, unless you planning on taking agressive twisties on your knees when it's wet the 016's handle the rain perfectly fine. For what it's worth I've been running a set of 016's since the begining of this season and haven't had an issue with them wet or dry. Sticky a$$ tires is the phrase that comes to mind. The wear has been pretty good too, as good as any other sport tire at least. I really like these tires, and will be buying another set when these wear out and will be putting them on my sig others ride as well. You can find them on ebay for around 250 or so for the full set, hard to beat that price.