Hey folks welcome back!
Like everyone else I've used Minions on my bikes,
Minion DHR2 front and rear, DHR2 rear with Minion DHF front,
but these days we have the Maxxis Dissector.
Is this any good? Front or rear? Let's check it out!
These tires were designed by Maxxis with help from Troy Brosnan
and Dissector is supposed to give us better rolling resistance than the Minions
and you can see these cornering knobs being well supported very similar to that Minion DHF.
They do exist in 27.5 and 29 variants, this is the 2.4 MaxxTerra or triple compound
tubeless ready and EXO sidewall protection.
This is more of a trail version of the tire they do have a downhill version that uses MaxxGrip and beefier sidewalls.
All that info is also printed here on the right side of the sidewall
and you see 3C MaxxTerra, EXO and TR (tubeless ready).
On the other side you're gonna see this directional arrow because like most of Maxxis tires these are directional
and here there's a lot more information about this Dissector,
first of all this is made in Taiwan this is designed as a rear tire
that's what it says here, online you're gonna see that they talk about front or rear,
tubeless ready, 60 tpi casing they have 120 as well,
this is a tire for hard pack lose over hard and medium
and the key features here are usually very confusing so I'm not going to try to explain that.
And 2.4 WT means wide trail casing that's optimized for internal dimension rims from 30 to 35 millimeters.
I assume anything above Stan's Arch MK3 would be fine with these tires.
Weight of the 2.4 MaxxTerra as well as dual compound is supposed to be 915 grams
Here's your 950g for the first tire.
My second tire is right at 990g so I'm a bit disappointed by that
because that's only 25 grams less than this Minion DHF which is a 1015 grams,
this is a DHF dual compound 29x2.5 by the way.
And that makes it 200 to 250 grams heavier than this DHR2, this is an older tire in 2.3 but with quite impressive weight.
I'm installing mine on this M1900 wheelset that I reviewed on my channel recently
and they come with a 30 mm ID or internal dimension and the height of this rim is 20 millimeters .
Installing the tire on the wheelset is fairly simple even with bare hands,
start the opposite side of the valve and make sure you keep the tire in the channel.
Then you're just going to pull it over with your hands like this... here it goes.
And just repeat this on the other side remember start the opposite side of the valve.
Here on the right side sidewall you're going to get this maximum pressure mentioned by Maxxis, 35 to 50 PSIs.
In order for this tire to stretch properly when you get it installed
I would inflate it to that maximum pressure of 50 PSIs and just leave it overnight.
And I set these up tubeless from the get-go, and this year I started using Muc-Off no puncture sealant.
It seems to be better than Stan's that I've been using for the last 5years
I don't know if you guys have any experience with it.
So here they are, DHF next to DHR2, Dissector on the right,
and from the get-go you can see the L-shape cornering knobs on DHF and DHR2,
they are not used for the Dissector, this has more of a classical shoulder knobs
similar to this in-between knobs on the more aggressive tires.
However the rolling knobs here in the center are tapered just like they are on the DHR2
and they do offer, they should offer quite decent braking performance you see all those surfaces
not as good as DHR2 which is the master of braking.
Just like the other tires you have two types of cornering knobs alternating
same thing with the rolling surface here at the center
two types of knobs and the knobs are pretty tall very similar to DHF
DHF is well known for this channel in between the cornering knobs and the rolling knobs
you see it pretty clear here,
DHR2 doesn't really have it as pronounced it's just a tiny channel
and then you look at Dissector, this looks pretty much like the DHF you see that pronounced channel on both sides
meaning that you might need a bit more of an aggressive lean of the bike to make these knobs really bite into the dirt.
The widest part of the tire is cornering knob to cornering knob
and you can see almost 62 millimeters which is 2.43 inches, this is a 29 x 2.4
Again this tire stretched for a few days at 45 PSIs .
Casing alone is at 60 millimeters which is the 2.36 inches wide.
Casing height is about 54 millimeters remember my rim is 20 millimeters
and the rolling knobs here are about 4 millimeters tall.
In contrast, the cornering knobs, t hey're about 6 millimeter tall
both center and the cornering knobs are very similar to a DHF in that regard.
Keep in mind that this is a pretty tall and wide tire in the 2.4 version
check the clearance in the back of your bike before you jump on it as a rear tire.
I have 2 of these tires installed, both on 30 millimeter rims this is installed as a front tire on my Yeti.
The second one is installed as a rear tire
and we've had the chance to ride these tires in all kind of terrains
from loose, to hard pack, slightly greasy or muddy terrain.
That baldy Rekon Race shows the lack of grip
my front Dissector, no problem
a lot of front brake here
nice...
front brake again, a lot
Is this Dissector the perfect trail tire?
It could be. Front is grippy and it's really good I mean
hard to tell the difference between this and DHF in the conditions that I have over here.
As a rear tire I run it in all kind of conditions super grippy as well but most importantly
it's not as draggy as the DHR2.
So overall pretty happy with the Dissector, I wish it was a bit lighter
but other than that for me it's going to be my trail tire, an aggressive front
or a good rolling rear tire.
Hope you found this useful and if you did don't forget to like, subscribe, comment,
let me know if you're using the Dissector front, rear, front and rear,
would love to hear from you guys.
and until next time
hope to see you on the trails.
Cheers guys, cheers!