Booked onto this at short notice and was miffed to see the rain this morning, was looking forward to more of the dusty trails we’ve had recently.
No worries though, gave me an excuse to take off the hateful Ardent that had been causing me no end of bother and I replaced with a Minion DHR-2…..yes you read that right, they’re like hens teeth but I have one and this would be its first ride!
On the front went a Magic Mary and off I set. Spoke to a few lads waiting by the uplift point, said there were some puddles but the rain had made things ‘tacky’…roots were still slippery mind.
Put 25psi in the front and 30 in the rear and set off on the first run, front was great….really Schwalbe have played a blinder here, the Mary is very very good….sadly the rear was all over the place like the Ardent had been, back at the pick up point I dropped some psi from the DHR-2 and rode the same run again.
Much better, the rear tracked over everything, no pinging and sliding off of roots, the paddle type tread brakes like you’re dropping anchor and as a DH/enduro combo they’ve gone straight to the top of my list. Highly recommended!
For those who like the details, the Mary is 2.35 with Snakeskin sidewalls and Trailstar compound. The DHR-2 is Exo casing in 2.3 variety and standard Maxxis 60a compound.
(Both 26 inch…..oh the shame!)
