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Ran Asse' front/rear last year, def slow rolling but the grip was amazing. Tried Asse front and high roller 2 rear after a certain mountain decided a rusty nail was going to punch through my sidewall. Adding 2psi was a noticeable increase for speed on jump trails.
Trying adding a wee bit of tire pressure and brake less.
I'm running a slaughter grid 2.3 on the rear and it's fantastic, rolls really fast, hasn't ripped on very rocky trails and grips well in socal but I might sing a different tune when the trails are blown out and dusty in the summer
How should you set your suspension or riding stance be for loose steep terrain?
I keep almost eating shit on loose gravel terrain going moderately fast would like to go faster but the tire below me wants to slip under me and has once already very unexpectedly when I felt I had a little traction left but going so fast it just slipped Abruptly from under me
How should you set your suspension or riding stance be for loose steep terrain?
I keep almost eating shit on loose gravel terrain going moderately fast would like to go faster but the tire below me wants to slip under me and has once already very unexpectedly when I felt I had a little traction left but going so fast it just slipped Abruptly from under me
ca rider to ca rider. low tire pressure, very low, balanced stance, and supple-starting but very progressive suspension
How should you set your suspension or riding stance be for loose steep terrain?
I keep almost eating shit on loose gravel terrain going moderately fast would like to go faster but the tire below me wants to slip under me and has once already very unexpectedly when I felt I had a little traction left but going so fast it just slipped Abruptly from under me
Embrace the drift, weight the front, live sideways....
How should you set your suspension or riding stance be for loose steep terrain?
I keep almost eating shit on loose gravel terrain going moderately fast would like to go faster but the tire below me wants to slip under me and has once already very unexpectedly when I felt I had a little traction left but going so fast it just slipped Abruptly from under me
Funny wheel washing out? If so, stay centered neutral on the bike instead of leaving back. If the grunt end is too light from putting all the weight on the rear it's going to be runnaway train effect
Currently running Aggressor Rear Assi Front... But I don't rate the Aggressor, probably the worst tyre I've used. Doens't really cut into loam, and anything slightly wet it's suicide. Rolls good and 'grips' on siltly hard pack where anything works. Has a reasonable puncher resistance due to close spaced knobs...
110% agree. I didn't realize how bad the aggressor was until I put on a dhr2
That’s like saying the shorty is bad on hardpack, of course when you put it in conditions it’s not designed for. The aggressor is awesome in dry and hard conditions.
Horses for courses. If you are riding steep loose terrain the Agressor is probably not the tire for you. I would say it punches above it's weight especially in the cornering dept. I came off of a minnon ss to the agressor and I would choose the agressor every time. Now if I jumped back on it after riding my current Big Betty it would take a few rides to get comfortable but lean it over and let the side knobs grip and it holds a line really well.
I think of the aggressor as like the big brother to the ikon or rekon. It's fast, but it can take a lot of abuse too.
If you need some sort of efficiency or feel like a DHR/Assegai is bogging you down then the agressor is worth a shot. In dual compound they last forever.
If where you live is wet or it rains, don't do it. It's a great tyre for us Australians where it's dry AF and hardpack.
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