I've got about 20 hours on an EXO pair and only about 5 of those are in snow. Its been mostly singletrack and multiuse trails while I wait for winter to arrive in Canada. It starts out small when you first pull it out of the packaging and has a few creases in it from being folded that makes tubeless inflation difficult. Better to seat it with a tube first. I brought the pressure up slowly in 3psi steps to let it stretch out evenly. 20 minutes at 20 psi was enough for me to air it up tubeless first try with a hand pump. It measures small at first but give it two weeks and it will stretch out to 4.7 inches on a 90mm rim. Fits in a Bluto perfectly.
Its a very good tire for just about anything besides mud, it wasn't horrible on the little bit of ice its been on. That useless looking tread on the sides of the tire flattens out into the trail nicely at low pressure. The tire still rolls OK and steers normally. No really deep snow yet but it seems to have better snow traction than my snowshoe Xl's. Unless the snow gets really deep I won't be putting the bud on the front, the Colossus doesn't seem that far behind in snow traction and seems better at everything else. It has made my Chao Yang's obsolete. Quieter, faster rolling, more grip and no self steer. Faster than they look on pavement. They just shine on singletrack. No self steer, leans into corners naturally, carries speed well and has lots of grip. Sidewall is well damped, seems to ping and bounce less riding over rocks and roots.
Maxxis labels it as a snow tire but I plan on keeping it on the front year round, I have no need for
Minion levels of grip and I can't imagine them rolling any faster. The tread seems too soft for a summertime rear tire so I hope
Maxxis comes out with a harder compound version or a big Icon based on this tire casing. Its just too good of a tire to only use a couple months of the year.
und die vier schmalbereiften im Keller 
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