Side knobs v. Plus, do you mean in terms of leaning the bike over to engage them?
I had this issue with the 3” DHF (worst DHF Maxxis makes) as its center to side gap is huge but on the 3” SE4 (very round) and 2.8” Vigilante I’m over on the side a fair bit (I mean, I haven’t experimented with cutting off side knobs or anything but they show wear and I feel like I’m engaging them).
Unfortunately Specialized is not making a 29x2.8 Slaughter as I’d try that for sure. 27x2.6” I found when I was in trouble in steeps I could lean the bike a bit and get a healthy increase in grip where the SE2 and Ranger Plus semi-knobs I’ve ridden don’t have that feature.
May 28, 2020, 8:10 a.m. - Andrew Major
Side knobs v. Plus, do you mean in terms of leaning the bike over to engage them? I had this issue with the 3” DHF (worst DHF Maxxis makes) as its center to side gap is huge but on the 3” SE4 (very round) and 2.8” Vigilante I’m over on the side a fair bit (I mean, I haven’t experimented with cutting off side knobs or anything but they show wear and I feel like I’m engaging them). Unfortunately Specialized is not making a 29x2.8 Slaughter as I’d try that for sure. 27x2.6” I found when I was in trouble in steeps I could lean the bike a bit and get a healthy increase in grip where the SE2 and Ranger Plus semi-knobs I’ve ridden don’t have that feature.