TBF for me this is mostly about the argotal being completely ****ing awesome. I’m using the enduro/soft rather than the trail on the front and I think that’s worth the tradeoff, but it’s the first true “all year round” tyre I’ve ever had, it can do winter #enduro slop and bone dry trailcentres, it makes no sense how quickly it rolls considering what it is. In fairness this horrible winter has flattered it, but it just makes an awful lot of tyres pointless. Really looking forward to them getting out more carcass/rubber combos.
Assegai kind of does the same job but nothing like as well, I know people rate it but for me it’s just not good enough in the wet to be a wet tyre, and really not that brilliant of an allrounder, and cloggy to boot unless you’re going really fast. No thank you DHF, for me it just became completely pointless the day the dhr2 came out, but then the DHR2 is a really good option, especially as the stickier versions don’t have much drawback- I bloody love the maxxgrip exo, it’s the perfect “lightweight carcass/downhill grip”, really not much draggier than the maxxterra but so much gripper, on wet green rock and stuff like that it’s like cheating. But still, it doesn’t cut it when things get really soft.
