I must be the odd one out here. Seems like every reviewer at NSMB can't get a long with Maxterra compound in our wet Vancouver winters. I rode Maxterra DHF's all last winter and don't recall having any issues. I'm riding Schwalbe's this year with the Addix soft compound. They may be marginally grippier but I am not sure if it's a result of the rubber compound? I find the sidewalls on the Schwalbe to be much stiffer than the EXO casing on the DHF which in turn allows me to run lower pressures (18 - 20 PSI Front and 20 - 22 PSI Rear), which I attributed to be the source of the modestly improved grip. On the EXO casing tires I had to run about 2 - 3 PSI more to avoid the squirmy feeling of the tire folding over in a corner. To the author - what pressures were you running in your tires?
Having said all this I haven't ridden any Maxgrip compound tires before - so it may just be the case that I don't know what I am missing.
Feb. 9, 2023, 10:15 p.m. - Ride.DMC
I must be the odd one out here. Seems like every reviewer at NSMB can't get a long with Maxterra compound in our wet Vancouver winters. I rode Maxterra DHF's all last winter and don't recall having any issues. I'm riding Schwalbe's this year with the Addix soft compound. They may be marginally grippier but I am not sure if it's a result of the rubber compound? I find the sidewalls on the Schwalbe to be much stiffer than the EXO casing on the DHF which in turn allows me to run lower pressures (18 - 20 PSI Front and 20 - 22 PSI Rear), which I attributed to be the source of the modestly improved grip. On the EXO casing tires I had to run about 2 - 3 PSI more to avoid the squirmy feeling of the tire folding over in a corner. To the author - what pressures were you running in your tires? Having said all this I haven't ridden any Maxgrip compound tires before - so it may just be the case that I don't know what I am missing.