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obviously this is heavily opinionated… but on an enduro bike if the option was radial tires or 38 stanchioned forks, I’m absolutely taking a 38 or Zeb over radial casings. Second is mullet wheels, big fan on enduro bikes. Also would take that and Maxxis or Conti over being forced to ride full 29.

Maxxis New DH sidewalls are super thick and stiff. I ran it up in Downieville about a month ago on my ebike at 20 psi front, 23 psi rear with no flats. I had several tire bottom outs but no flat, no rim damage.

Sometimes I feel crazy, in that I dislike the assegai, but everyone seems to love it. I started with dhf's, and always liked the sharp cornering character of them. The assegai felt vague, and more like it smears itself across the top of everything instead of biting in. I much prefer the kryptotals, high roller 3, and most recently the dhx.

Today I had first ride on HR3 with new DH casing and does exactly what is says. I dropped psi by 3 to 20 and eventually to about 18 psi. It was really soft but still supporting with 18 psi. Like it so far. And the weight penalty is only 40 g compare with old casing so not bad as well. My weight is 75kg naked.

Randomly checked the Dissector webpage, now seeing 27.5 options in US, although I can't see them stocked anywhere. Good news for us mullet short travel folks. https://www.maxxis.com/us/tire/dissector-2/

To be fair the Schwalbe Gravity Pro is also quite heavy at 1400g. I'd say a 130g increase for what basically amounts to the equivalent of an insert seems like a fair trade off. It's also not apples to apples given the DHX is quite knobby so some of the weight likely comes from the tread design as well.

The sidewall support is very apparent. The "new DH" casing is like a casing beyond the old DH. Think of the difference going from double down to DH, and then apply that to old DH and new DH. I like it a lot for bike park, but it is very heavy. I probably won't be putting maxxis new dh on my pedal bike, like I would with schwalbe or conti DH.

It'll be interesting to see if the dhx translates well to a dd or exo+. I suspect the magic there is 95% new dh casing. I've been running them on my dh bike and my e-dreadnought for half the summer, and agree that they are better than the other brand's radials. Feels like you have the sidewall support in corners of a cushcore insert, but with the traction of a radial. They were great in western canada's dry conditions this year. Kind of unique conditions in that there's the usual loose over hardpack, but certain corners were full on deep...

I got my hands on a DHX and DHR2, both in the New DH casing, and have some first ride thoughts. Two words: holy shit! The gist of it is, the feel of this casing is what I wanted from radial but couldn't get. I weigh ~150 lbs, and am on a ~49 lb ebike, riding totally dry and blown out trails about an hour north of Santa Cruz. I started with lower pressure than what I run with DH, but kind of hedging a bit - 18 front, 20 rear. With old Maxxis DH or Conti, I usually run...

Currently running through a tire a week so have a pretty good feel of Maxxis tires from new through clapped out. Finally got a batch of 'New DH' casing tires in. Wowza. Alright, that was more noticeable of a change than I was expecting! BIG FAN

Sick! Thanks for the detailed answer on both questions!

I really like these tires after just one ride on them this past weekend. I live in the bay area of California, so read very dry conditions. I rode in Santa Cruz and they were so good. I was running HR3 and DHRII previously at 23 psi in the front, and 28psi in the rear. The DHX at 20psi in the front and 25psi the rear feels perfect. The new casing is so supportive and traction is all time. I'm no reviewer hence why I was saying the Brian Cahal review is the best I've seen on these tires. Everything...

The last time I posted in this thread I glazed the Kryptotals pretty hard for their long life, but I've been sucked back into Maxxis world by the DHX. Initial thoughts on DHX after two days in the park Maxxgrip rubber has confidence inspiring grip on rock slabs. I don't think I have ever been able to go so slow down renegade or captain safety as I did on these tires. The new DH casing is noticeably more supportive and impact resistant as expected, these tires are heavy I don't feel the need to run the tannus pro inserts I...