@dancingwithmyself Personally, I've had one wheelset where cushcore pro wouldn't sit evenly in the carbon rim bed and the tire had a bad wobble. More recently I had a bead fail on a maxxis DD casing tire. I was not running cushcore, but the tire had been previously installed with cushcore and the bead/sidewall seemed to be permanently deformed, and got worse over time
I've spoken with some pro riders who did time testing and found they were faster in corners when running DD/DH casings w/o cushcore, vs exo+ with cushcore.
I'm no pro, but it's only worth the hassle on hardtails IMO.
June 23, 2023, noon - Scott Smith
@dancingwithmyself Personally, I've had one wheelset where cushcore pro wouldn't sit evenly in the carbon rim bed and the tire had a bad wobble. More recently I had a bead fail on a maxxis DD casing tire. I was not running cushcore, but the tire had been previously installed with cushcore and the bead/sidewall seemed to be permanently deformed, and got worse over time I've spoken with some pro riders who did time testing and found they were faster in corners when running DD/DH casings w/o cushcore, vs exo+ with cushcore. I'm no pro, but it's only worth the hassle on hardtails IMO.