I got overly excited when my High Rollers and Minions came in

Depends on how good of a rider you are and the size of the tires. If one of them is wider, it needs to be up front. Otherwise, they're both downhill tires, you'll be fine.

>>905760
they're both 2.3s on a 27.5. I'd say I'm a novice rider. I won't be getting too sideways because I still have my 3x9 setup and I want to get some middle clearance and change it to a 1x9.

>>905764

Don't stress it. If it feels weird or you want to switch it up, go ahead, but neither is made to be a 'front' or 'rear' tire specifically. Shouldn't be an issue.

The cannondale jekel is a really good all around mointain bike. It can take really hard hits and it climbs really well.

Well it's not going to kill you or anything, but if you went to the trouble of buying new tyres you might as well have them in the right place....

>>905765
Minions explicitly come in DHF and DHR versions for front and rear respectively.

>High Rollers and Minions
>XC and light jumps

Dude what?

>>906345
Nothing wrong with that, if they're the single ply versions.

OP, you should just switch them. The DHF has larger more aggressive tread, so just put it on the front where you need it more.

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>>906310
What?

>>906326
the original dhr is garbage - everyone used dhf on the rear for years

Even the new dhr II makes a reasonable front tyre

>>905759

You're only going to notice a real difference with tyres if you corner hard, pressing and leaning the edge of the blocks and the bike into the corners. Pootling around doing xc can be done on semi slicks, you'd probably learn more about pushing grip and mastering control on them.