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I’ve ridden both for many years. The DHF was designed and made when tires were 2.3 wide. As the front tire has generally moved to a 2.5 width the space between the centre and side knobs opened up quite a bit and there is now a vague area of less traction at certain lean angles before you get onto the side knobs.
Pros: traction at all angles
Cons: DHF is lighter
Assegai is my favorite front tire but it is a little slow rolling. If you don't mind that then there aren't many better front tires.
Pros: many better front tires
Cons: little slow rolling
I have ridden the DHF exclusively since getting my bike. I fell in love with the grip when cornering, literally feels like the bike is on rails. I have never lost the front tire in any conditions.
Pros: grip when cornering
well, if your in japan my shop just recieved a 24x2.4 dhf. It’s s very high quality tire!
Pros: very high quality
I received and installed a set of 4 Laufenn X Fit HP tires for my '18 Odyssey today. On my 38-mile commute back home, tires are smooth, and noise is normal to very low.
Pros: smooth, low noise
Cons: difficult mounting
Vehicle:
Honda Odyssey
Mileage: 61 km
I have had laufenn z fit eq tyres for the last couple years and they are brilliant. Heaps of grip in the wet and the dry and I have had the grip to brake suddenly to avoid a couple accidents In that time.
Pros: heaps of grip
The only thing I’d add is I’d suggest them in Maxxspeed, but they are only available in 2.35. Rode them front/rear last season and they were excellent.
Pros: they were excellent
Cons: only available in 2.35
I never get punctures with EXO. Problem I have is the sidewall flops when I lean into fast corners with tire pressures under 25psi and that makes the cornering feel unpredictable.
Pros: no punctures
Cons: unpredictable cornering
I don’t have enough experience on Spesh tires other than the Sworks Fasttrack/Renegade I bought last year on a similar sale. They weigh in at around 620g each in the 2.35 size, which is much lighter than my Rekon Race 2.4WT at 780g. Feels nice to lose that much rotational weight and the grip I found to be similar. Also similar efficiency. What I didn’t like was the flimsy sidewall. There’s a reason they are so light. Lots of tire squirm and feeling of folding over in turns unless I ran high PSI (+5PSI compared to the Rekon Race). This is on a 30mm IW rim. Also, I had to use my tire plug for the first time on the front tire (Fasttrack). I’ve gone back to a slow XC setup of Rekon/Rekon Race this year but with a race or two coming up I’m debating what to do. I’m intrigued by the Aspen/Rekon Race combo but Aspen’s weigh about the same as my Rekon Race.
Pros: similar efficiency, nice grip
Cons: flimsy sidewall, tire squirm
Laufenn tires are generally pretty lousy. They're cheap, but that's about the only good thing that can be said about them. They can suffer from poor quality control in manufacturing and wear out fast.
Pros: cheap price
Cons: poor quality control
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