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Meanwhile, I started cutting the rear tire at alarming frequency - I guess my riding skill was in "know enough to be dangerous" level, I could ride reasonably hard trails and features but I wasn't skilled enough to be smooth. Also the bike I was riding at the time (Nomad V3) was wildly unbalanced in loose turns and I had to compensate it by running less sticky rear tire. Maxxis still had single-compound DH tires in their catalog then and they were cheap. I got a DHR2 as it was lighter than DHF variant. I liked this tire a lot. The edge knobs didn't get under-cut at the root like 3C and DC tires. The tire pictured had 500 miles. Unfortunately, Maxxis quit making them. I guess it doesn't make much business sense to sell cheaper. longer-lasting tires when you can sell faster-wearing tires at 40% premium.
