I found the Minion SS a lot of fun on our flatter local trails but the lack of braking grip scared me too much on the steep ones. However more skilled/braver riders than me manage to make semi-slicks work for them locally, some of them year round.
I swapped back from the Minion SS 2.3 to the DHR2 2.3 on my hardtail, both in the harder dual compound. Amazingly that DHR2 doesn’t roll much slower and it’s miles better for traction uphill or braking grip. The DHR2 2.4 is quite a lot slower though - much more difference than the 0.1” increase in nominal width would suggest.
May 29, 2020, 1:49 a.m. - a.funks
I found the Minion SS a lot of fun on our flatter local trails but the lack of braking grip scared me too much on the steep ones. However more skilled/braver riders than me manage to make semi-slicks work for them locally, some of them year round. I swapped back from the Minion SS 2.3 to the DHR2 2.3 on my hardtail, both in the harder dual compound. Amazingly that DHR2 doesn’t roll much slower and it’s miles better for traction uphill or braking grip. The DHR2 2.4 is quite a lot slower though - much more difference than the 0.1” increase in nominal width would suggest.