Has anyone used both of these combo's? Wondering how much rolling resistance is lost from running dhf/dhr over a dissector rear/dhr front. Trying to find a nice comprise between grip and rolling resistance.
I swapped a DHF/Dissector combo on my HT to Dissector/Crossmark 2. The Dissector is ok on the front, much less bite than the DHF and can push wide, especially on loose surfaces, but does so smoothly and predictably. Crossmark on the rear of a long slack bike with short chainstays makes for a lot of grin inducing rear wheel steering.
Dissector on the rear is excellent for most terrain.
Not run a DHF in quite a while, double DHR is pretty quick rolling (much quicker than a butcher T9 fr/rr). Dissector is a bit quicker again, shame it doesn't come in a decent carcass that isn't maxxgrip!
DHF/Dissector here in MaxxTerra flavour. I’d describe my riding as xc bumble with occasional bouts of rowdy. The Dissector out back is grippy whilst also being relatively low rolling resistance and climbs well. I view it as a more trail orientated DHR II.
DHF is… well, it’s a DHF.
Either way I'd not use the DHF up front, the DHR2 ironically is (imo) a better tyre. Then put either a second dhr2 or something faster behind it.
Me, I like the Rock Razor- it's a fantastic tyre, very fast but surprisingly grippy, and very controlled- when it slides, it does it pretty nicely. I didn't take to the dissector at all, it didn't fall so nicely in the grip vs speed stakes and for me at least was very all or nothing, but that could be a personal taste thing.
I didn’t love the dissector - was expecting it to be faster than it was. Definitely faster than a dhr2 but not faster enough.
Currently running a DHF front / Rekon rear on my fs 29er and a DHF front / Slaughter rear on my hardtail.
So far so good on both - the slaughter is faster but the Rekon has a bit more braking traction. Both rears have rimpact inserts in them - the Rekon is exo+ but felt very flimsy when I put it on so seeing how that survives.
If the Rekon disintegrates I might go for an aggressor next.
I'm a solid fan of dissector / rekon. I don't think the rekon gives up much to the dhf on dry trails. Wouldn't run it in the winter though - back to dhf/dissector. I don't really notice the braking grip difference betweeen the dhr and dissector (i'm a fair weather cyclist, even in winter) but it would be pronounced in the mud.
I like the Dissector as a rear only.
Faster than a DHR2, not too far behind on braking grip in the dry or the wet which for me means it has a wider operating range than the DHR2.
But - it wears quickly and doesn't seem to be available in DD or above carcass in the UK, which means its more pingy and prone to damage than I would like.
I used to flit between various setups but I now run DHR2/ Dissector all year round, had them in place since last spring. Woods/ trail type riding and it’s perfect for 90% of the time. Dissector not too dissimilar in terms of speed than the Rekon imo. Both 3C versions.
I like the Dissector as a rear only.
Faster than a DHR2, not too far behind on braking grip in the dry or the wet which for me means it has a wider operating range than the DHR2.
But – it wears quickly and doesn’t seem to be available in DD or above carcass in the UK, which means its more pingy and prone to damage than I would like.
I have a double-down Dissector on my bike, pretty sure I bought it in the UK! Do also wish there was a DD/DH casing option in maxterra/dual compound - it wears very fast compared to an Assegai maxxgrip out front (obv), and I'm running it because it's faster rolling - why stick the slow compound on?!
Dissector rolls noticeably faster on the rear, but also noticeably less traction in muddy conditions, and noticeably less grip in muddy or loose conditions. Losing traction under power, I find the Dissector spins out whereas the DHR2 will dig in after a bit of slippage and let you power through. The Dissector will skid if you're not diligent about braking properly, whereas the DHR2 lets you get away with poorer technique. I can feel the rolling resistance difference on road bits.
Slightly off topic but I was out on my hardtail last night - it was supposed to be dry and dull but what I actually got was like a tropical rain shower for an hour and sniper roots and rocks all over the place.
Had an older DHF Maxx Terra on the front (exo) and a slaughter grid on the rear.
Actually found the dhf terrible - I kept losing the front on the steeper bits. Perhaps that’s partly rider as I was being a bit hesitant and not getting it cranked over enough. However the slaughter was excellent - it was finding drive forward virtually everywhere, was good on corners, braked ok etc. Lost the back on one wet root but I think any of the tyres I run would have done that. Wished I’d had a magic Mary or wild enduro on the front - both of which I have at home!
Dissector on the back is a great tyre for general trial type riding IMO. I had been running a DHR2 on the front & an Ardent on my Spur, which in the dry, on hard pack is very fast, but still had enough when venturing down steeper stuff.
Trouble is, it keeps raining, so the trails are hard pack, with grease & the Ardent is absolutely wild in those conditions. Dissector by comparison is a nice compromise between a DHR & the Ardent - enough bite to slow down, decent side knobs so you can get good grip in the corners etc.
I’m happy running a decent compound DHF/DHR on the front of the little bike as its a balance of grip Vs rolling speed.