You said you've got the HR II on there now... I've found a fairly significant difference between the 2.3 and 2.4 versions of that tire as far as reliability and puncture resistance. I found I punctured the ever-living shit out of the 2.3 EXO, but the 2.4 EXO was... more better. Regardless, I like those tires. Front and Rear. Good times. YMMV.
I think I have a DD Aggressor I'm gonna chuck on the SB6 (for sale!) as the EXO Aggressor I tried got like 3 holes in it within 2 rides. Short story long, I talked to some cats last week that work a shop here in town, and both ride about like I do: out of control and smashing everything they can. They actually postulated it could be a rim issue... I use EX 471s or something like that, whatever 25mm internal DT Swiss enduro rim came on the SB6. I like them because they're straight and true 2 full seasons of abuse. The shop guy's theory is those rims are too stiff/strong, and cause pinches in tires. They both had used them with similar results to me (many holes in many tires) and switched to Flows and/or some Spank rim and the problem went away, using the same tires.
**Come to think of it... I had Spank Oozy Trail rims on my SB5, prior to the SB2. And I pretty much always ran HR II EXO front and rear on that bike as well, and don't recall nearly as many tire punctures.
Sorry I was holding you up.
Heavy, but burly. You might like?
Oh you're already using the 2.4 version... yeah I got nothing else. I dig that tire.
Maybe it's your rimz?
Can confirm.
I think I found your problem... stop babying the hardtail.
