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Why did you put the winners in the title!!! C’mon folks that’s incredibly disappointing. There is NO reason you need to do that within 24 hours of the race :( you totally blew it for me

Unrelated: thoughts on swapping spur for smuggler?

I’m just like you on this, and a dremel is your friend. I dremeled an extra cm or two out of my crank bros mallet shoes and it worked like a charm

Hey Travis, really hoping you will make these in the tall inseam soon. I have 2 pairs of DP4s in large tall, and they fit amazing. However they do run warm and would LOVE to be able to have a pant to wear deeper into the summer for general trail riding. Fingers crossed you release tall sizes soon!

Mine was chainstay too, sorry OP said it was seatstay so that’s what was on my mind. But it was my chainstays that sheared. Ended up snapping the shock and bending the linkage too. 

Again, GG was really awesome with replacements, but yeah, id rather just not break shit. 

Meanwhile, I’ve hurled my G1 off of multiple cliffs and not a single thing has gone wrong. Still haven’t even needed to replace spherical bearings on the storia after 3 seasons

@andrew, now you know two. I had an AL smash with awful alignment, snapped 3 seat stays, the last of which resulted in a crash that basically totaled  the bike. GG support was great through it all but I jumped ship after that. After snapping their “redesigned” version, I had 0 faith in their engineering at that point. Seems like their bikes are kind of an afterthought for them with all the revved parent company stuff. Got a geometron and never looked back

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Awesome AJ thanks so much for chiming in. Seems like it’s an aggressor that does a bit better in the loose. I’m keen on trying it! Maybe spesh finally has the rubber figured out

HAHAH thanks for the info! Yeah, I wish they made it in a dual compound but guess we can't all get what we want. MaxxTerra is better than MaxxGrip, thats for sure, but still will go through ~4 of them per season if run in the rear. I've managed to eek out a whole season on only two dual compound aggressors though!

Unrelated comment, only because you mentioned you are riding the Spesh eliminator......How are you liking it? I assume you are on the new T7/T9 version?

I'm particularly interested in comparing against a DHRII and aggressor. I live in Utah, so ride mostly loose-over-hard moondust and lots of slickrock when desert riding.

Unlike you north shore riders, wet is rare here, so my ideal rear tire is reasonably fast rolling, has maximum sidewall support and puncture resistance, and a durable rubber compound.

Only thing I've found that satisfies those requirements is Maxxis Aggressor in Dual Compound and DoubleDown casing.

The Aggressor is....fine....pretty adequate at everything but doesn't exceed either. Would rather run a DHRII or a Dissector out back, but Maxxis seems allergic to making any of their other tires in a DH/DD casings in harder rubber (dual compound), which sucks because it's very necessary when riding in the desert. I'll get maybe 10 rides out of a MaxxGrip tire in the rear before it starts to wear. Maybe 3-4x that with MaxxTerra.

This spesh tire looks like it could have some potential in the Grid Gravity casing. Would love to hear how you are getting along with it in the rear, and a comparison to it's Maxxis equivalents.

Bumping this thread for the new T7/T9 version....has anyone ridden on it? I'm particularly interested in comparing against a DHRII and aggressor. I live in Utah, so ride mostly loose-over-hard moondust and slickrock when desert riding. Current set up in the rear is a 29x2.4 Aggressor in Dual Compound and DoubleDown casing. Looking for fast rolling with good cornering and durable compound. Maxxis seems allergic to making any of their other tires in a DH/DD casings in harder rubber (dual compound), which sucks because it's very necessary when riding in the desert. I'll get maybe 10 rides out of a MaxxGrip tire in the rear before it starts to wear. Maybe 3-4x that with MaxxTerra. This spesh tire looks like it could have some potential.