Tires Nokia or Maxxis

I run a DHR II and an Assegai for downhill. I love the hookup of the Assegai for varied conditions. The DHF and Assegai are both great tires but I find the Assegai more aggressive with better traction overall.

I’ve ridden both for many years. The DHF was designed and made when tires were 2.3 wide. As the front tire has generally moved to a 2.5 width the space between the centre and side knobs opened up quite a bit and there is now a vague area of less traction at certain lean angles before you get onto the side knobs.

Assegai is my favorite front tire but it is a little slow rolling. If you don't mind that then there aren't many better front tires.

I have ridden the DHF exclusively since getting my bike. I fell in love with the grip when cornering, literally feels like the bike is on rails. I have never lost the front tire in any conditions.

I have used both all-weather tires (Nokian WR) and winter tires (Continental Viking Contact 7). The all-weather tires are adequate to handle the worst parts of Westwood Plateau and snowy days on My Seymour.

I have these on my SUV. They are All Weather with the snowflake symbol. Excellent snow traction and excellent in the rain.

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But for the price if try Nokian one.

80k miles and phenomenal in ice slush and rain.

Have an AWD with studded Hakkapeliitta 10 and they are incredible tires. Have them on our FWD van too. They are an amazing tire, honestly its crazy how good they are.

I would skip the encompass aw01s. I had a set WR G3s and then a set of WR G4s and they were great with low noise and great traction. I then tried these since they were on sale, and I didn’t find them as good as the prior two sets of nokians. They seemed noisier and only excelled in standing water traction. Otherwise snow conditions seemed just average.

Yesh they suck. I put Nokian WRG4’s on at 5,000 miles when I got my ‘22.