MAXXIS to introduce Highroller and Minion DHF/DHR in 29″er format(… and goes tubeless ready): by c_g
Yes, all your All-Mountain/freeriding wishes are about to come true – – MAXXIS is about to release the well loved AM-Enduro tire, Highroller II and the more hardcore combination Minion DHF & DHR II in 29″er format.
Some years ago there had ben the WTB Dissent and Kodiak, pushing the limits at the time of how aggressive 29″er tires could get. But they were simply ahead of their time and so didn’t meet the sale targets, finally getting crossed off the list. Others took a more evolutionary approach like the GEAX Sturdy 2.3 or the SCHWALBE Hans Dampf 2.35 and were crowned with success almost immediately. It really was only a question of time before some really aggressive Big Wheel tires would surface again … and now MAXXIS is taking the lead.
We already had shown you the Highrolller II as a prototype (here) while covering tire news at Eurobike`12, but then it was merely shown with no release date or even confirmed production attached. Now we can get on the following information directly off the official MAXXIS site: Editor’s Note: Please click on any of the images in this post to enlarge them. You will open the image in a new window if you choose to do so.
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Another piece of news likely to raise a few brows and causing several of us to clap our hands is the fact that alongside the introduction of the above mentioned tires – Maxxis is also introducing their first ever MAXXIS tubeless ready tires – something we already saw and mentioned during Eurobike, but again without official confirmation. As such you will first see the Ikon and the above mentioned Highroller II, Minion DHR II and DHF featuring the new technology, with others likely to follow.
By direct information from the German distributor of MAXXIS Bike tires bike marketing- the tires are scheduled to hit the stores here in Germany sometime early June – no confirmed date for the US, but I would be surprised if it were much different 
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RIDE ON,
c_g
ps: We are hearing rumors of other tire manufacturers (e.g. SCHWALBE) going the same direction of more aggressive 29″er tires with their tire line-up … let´s wait and see .
maxxis and tr !! Finally! Excellent and with Taiwan rather than Indonesian quality they should give schwalbe a.good run !
The extent of my tubeless experience is the Maxxis Ikon on a Stan’s Arch rim–the original(?) versions of both–with Stan’s sealant, and the setup has been flawless for two years and counting. So in this narrow slice of experience, Maxxis’ tires were already “tubeless ready” even though they couldn’t endorse it as such. Do I seem to be reading the TR details right in that the tires with that designation are the same as their non-TR counterparts except for a UST compliant bead?
I wish somebody would make a good gravel tire! Since the Vulpine disappeared, there is a huge hole in everybody’s tire line-up.
Tubeless ready – good call
Bryan if you had a UST rim your experience would have been well, not tubeless. I bought Ardents hoping they would work no dice. So if they will work on UST rims now I’m keen
to consider them as I suspect they will be more durable than the Specialized tires I use now.
Im suspect of the sizes listed though 2.5 only in DHF? and 1000G I’ll pass
DHR – 2.3 and mid 800g interesting.
Hi Yogi,
Maybe Clement Tires will give you some satisfaction.
BertBiker
That 2.5 DHF is a huge tire and just begs you to take lines no one else has tried. It barely fit in my F29.
HR II is a great cornering front tire. Haven’t tried it in the back because I like the Ikon too much!
FWIW – the TR bead has worked well in the past on my Stan’s Flow rims.
And along the lines of all-mountain/enduro gear, lets not forgt that Magura has 160mm travel fork out.
A 160mm twentyniner fork by Magura?? Has anybody further information about that?
@ Slim & LS: Such a fork has officially been tested in German BIKE magazine´s March edition, but that is the only info existing. What is even more, the fork had the Albert Select travel adjustment.
Neither does MAGURA confirm the existence, nor is there any other info on the web about it.
Be sure, that we will let you know as soon as we find out.