Maxxis Assegai 29 x 2.5 DD 3c TR

Yesterday I went for a ride at the local trail. I pumped up my tyres to about 25 psi both front and back set up tubeless. After going through a rock garden at the end of my ride suddenly I noticed the tyre started to loose air. After stopping and inspecting the true, there was an obvious defect near the bead with a longitudinal split. I am not sure about this type at all. I have heard good things in the past, but I thought tubeless ready tyres were supposed to prevent flats! I had to walk all the way back to the parking lot the rest of the way. I am not sure I could spend 90$ on a replacement that could do the same thing in the future.

My Ibis Ripmo AF came with Assegai EXO+'s front and rear and they have been a great confidence booster for me. As a 70 year old who just started mountain biking 18 months ago I was fearful of coming upon loose gravel in the middle of a fast corner leading me sometimes to react inappropriately increasing the chance of a skid out. After switching to the Ripmo with Assegai's I now can relax in those loose gravel corners knowing that my Assegai's will "lock up". I just ordered a hard tail which comes with different tires that will come off before leaving the shop to be replaced with Assegai's. I would rather have max cornering grip over a fast roller!

Want grip? Get this tire. Period. Now to be more specific, I run this as a front tire only on my enduro bike, especially in the SoCal summer when the trails are all blown out and loose. It works just as well in good conditions and in a park, but in those situations I prefer the DHF or even the Dissector up front.The one thing with the Assegai is sometimes there is too much grip at every lean angle. Where the DHF has an open center channel that forces you to lean the bike over past that floating zone and hook up on the edge knobs, the Assegai never has that floating feeling. It just grips at every lean angle. So if you get lazy, you can find yourself not leaning the bike over far enough to corner because you feel like you have grip everywhere. Then you have to slow ... MoreWant grip? Get this tire. Period. Now to be more specific, I run this as a front tire only on my enduro bike, especially in the SoCal summer when the trails are all blown out and loose. It works just as well in good conditions and in a park, but in those situations I prefer the DHF or even the Dissector up front.The one thing with the Assegai is sometimes there is too much grip at every lean angle. Where the DHF has an open center channel that forces you to lean the bike over past that floating zone and hook up on the edge knobs, the Assegai never has that floating feeling. It just grips at every lean angle. So if you get lazy, you can find yourself not leaning the bike over far enough to corner because you feel like you have grip everywhere. Then you have to slow down in the corner because you're not leaned over far enough, where the DHF kind of forces you to lean it like you mean it. As long as you're on top of your game, you're good. Or if you just want a tire that grips, no questions asked, to build your confidence, then get this! But I would never think of running it on the rear.