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Kenda Tomac Nevegal DTC 29er 29er Tire


  • Average Rating: 4.22/5
  • MSRP: $ 42.99
  • # of Reviews: 23
  • Weight: 800 grams

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TheTomac Nevegal features aTread patternThat was voted #1Tread pattern 2 years in a row by Mountain Bike Action Magazine. Ramped center knobs provideTraction and speed whileTall side knobs are designedTo penetrate and hold on looseTerrain. DTC (DualTread Compound) - L3R Pro compound (60a durometer) in middle and Stick-E rubber compound (50a durometer) on sides/cornering knobs L3R (Low Rolling Resistance Rubber) Pro compound has longerTread life, less rolling resistance and improved grip St


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Overall Rating:3
Value Rating:3
Submitted by Stoneybaloney a Cross Country Rider from Durango, CO

Date Reviewed: July 2, 2011

Strengths:    Grip, stability, reliability, long wear, tough sidewalls

Weaknesses:    Multiple knobs ripped off the sides, the same side, on both tires - the identical problem described by several other prior reviewers on this page.

Bottom Line:   
Great tires, except for the multiple knobs tearing completely off and leaving gaping holes in the tread.

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Favorite Trail:   Hermosa Creek

Duration Product Used:   2 Years

Price Paid:    $35.00

Purchased At:   a local bike shop

Similar Products Used:   Kenda Nevegal 26"

Bike Setup:   GF Rumblefish II xxl


Overall Rating:1
Value Rating:1
Submitted by sd_sparky a Cross Country Rider from San Diego, CA USA

Date Reviewed: September 29, 2010

Strengths:    Great traction & cornering in loose or firm conditions.

Weaknesses:    Doesn't grip as well as other tires on slickrock... Wears quickly... Had the knobs rip off the side of 4 fairly new tires. It has happened twice on the front w/ normal mounting & twice on the back w/ the tire mounted backwards. The knobs always ripped off the same side of tire (relative to the tread pattern, not the bike). While the 26" version is an awesome tire, it seems there's a Mfr defect in the 29er version. Too bad too. It was my favorite tire. I use Stan's and so don't expect support from Kenda...


Bottom Line:   
Used this tire on my 26" for years with great results. The 29er version performed very well until they started falling apart after less than 25% wear.

Great tread pattern, lousy product quality control.

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Favorite Trail:   The one I'm riding!

Duration Product Used:   More than 3 years

Price Paid:    $35.00

Purchased At:   online

Similar Products Used:   You name it...

Bike Setup:   Turner Sultan


Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by jimbsport a Weekend Warrior from quebec

Date Reviewed: September 24, 2010

Strengths:    great grip

Weaknesses:    weight

Bottom Line:   
i tried the stumpjumper fasttrack and the didn't grip, the next day i put the kenda nevegal in front and i was going mach 5 downhill without loosing grip when cornering or going over a humid roots, this is my favorite front tire

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Favorite Trail:   J-bar

Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Price Paid:    $35.00

Purchased At:   jenson

Similar Products Used:   kenda nevegal 2.1 26" and maxxis ignitor 2.1

Bike Setup:   gary fisher hi fi plus 2010


Overall Rating:3
Value Rating:3
Submitted by Buggyr333 a Weekend Warrior from San Diego, California

Date Reviewed: August 7, 2010

Strengths:    Great Grip, Looks cool

Weaknesses:    High rolling resistance, punctured too easily

Bottom Line:   
These tires are fine for rough trail riding if there are no thorns present. I have had these tires for 3 days, and I have had 3 flats already (one on the first day, two on the third T_T) from thorns puncturing. I am not riding any particularly intense trails, and my other Mtb's Wtb Mutano Raptor tires ride the same trails a lot more often and they have never been popped by thorns. I took the Nevegals out twice and both times thorns pierced right through them. For some reason they seem to attract thorns.

They handle great though. Great if you don't have a whole lot of thorns on your trails.

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Favorite Trail:   All of the trails in the Balboa park area

Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Price Paid:    $1.00

Purchased At:   Came stock on bike

Bike Setup:   Stock Motobecane Outcast Disk


Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by muddytire a Cross Country Rider from memphis, tn

Date Reviewed: June 26, 2010

Strengths:    Great traction on everything I throw at it. I don't ride a lot in the mud...it's mostly a mix of hard packed trails, loose gravel, roots etc.

Weaknesses:    I've only had it about a month or so...no weaknesses yet.

Bottom Line:   
Like others have said, this tire inspires confidence. It simply doesn't wash out in corners. It doesn't slip when climbing out of ruts either. Very good tire.

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Favorite Trail:   Stanky Creek

Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Price Paid:    $45.00

Purchased At:   Bikes Plus

Similar Products Used:   Bontrager LT3 tires came stock with my bike and they sucked. They punctured all the time, the side walls wore out very easily, and you quickly learned that they didn't like to corner at all.

Bike Setup:   Stock Trek 4500.


Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by Mike.the.Spike a Cross Country Rider from Los Angeles, CA USA

Date Reviewed: April 9, 2010

Strengths:    Massive Grip in loose rocky conditions, especially in the 29er size. More than acceptable weight for the grip it provides. Wears long enough to even satisfy me.

Weaknesses:    Seems to work better with tubes as compared to going tubeless with Stans fluid, gets a little seepage.

Bottom Line:   
Greatest tire ever made, PERIOD. Grips extremely well here in the loose, sandy, rocky conditions of SoCal. Also, when it does rain, the tire sheds mud very well. This is the best all-around tire I have EVER used. When you couple a great tire like the Nevegal with the size of the 29er wheel, you essentially feel like your sticking to the trail with serious bite!

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Favorite Trail:   All SoCal Trails!

Duration Product Used:   2 Years

Price Paid:    $40.00

Purchased At:   Everywhere

Similar Products Used:   WTB Stouts, Schwalbe Racing Ralphs, WTP Mutano Raptors, Kenda Small Block 8's, Specialized Captains, Specialized Eskars, Specialized Chunders, Maxxis Advantages, etc

Bike Setup:   Specialized Stumpjumper 29er, Full Suspension, size XXL.


Overall Rating:1
Value Rating:1
Submitted by bsdc a Weekend Warrior from Austin, TX

Date Reviewed: January 24, 2010

Strengths:    Knobby

Weaknesses:    Knobs come off easy

Bottom Line:   
I've got a fairly new set of Kenda Nevegals with the knobs starting to come off along one side. It seems as though the knobs on one side are not set on the tire properly. There are about 9knobs that are tearing off along the inside edge of the knob, just on one side. The knobs on the other side are fine. I found someone reported the exact same problem here:

http://www.socaltrailriders.org/forum/workshop/4815-nevegal-tire-knobs-coming-off.html

My tire looks exactly the same. I am using them with sealant, which I just learned voids the warranty, but I don't see how the sealant could be responsible for the problem I'm having. The tire is holding air and there is no sign of blistering. That and the problem is only happening on one side of the tire.

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Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $55.00

Purchased At:   Local Bike Shop

Similar Products Used:   Panaracer Rampage has similar aggressive knobs and held up well.

Bike Setup:   GF HiFi 29


Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by mtnbiker72 a Weekend Warrior from Rainier, OR

Date Reviewed: January 19, 2009

Strengths:    Grip, Grip, Grip. Nice and fat. Easy to set up Ghetto Tubeless.

Weaknesses:    Its been said before, rolling resistance and weight

Bottom Line:   
Ran them for five months with tubes, they worked very well at about 35psi. Converted them to Ghetto Tubeless and they are even better now. I run them at 25-28psi and they are glued to the trail. Plus, because of their large casing, they feel like they add an extra 1" of travel. My aluminum hardtail feels like a soft tail now. I have a OEM set of wire beads (still 60 tpi) which are a tad heavier than the folding bead ones, but I also feel more secure using wire beads with a tubeless setup.

I ride lots of singletrack with logs and roots, but no sharp rocks so hopefully the tread will hold up.

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Favorite Trail:   Stella Ridge

Duration Product Used:   6 months

Purchased At:   Stock on my bike

Similar Products Used:   IRC Mythos II 29er...lots of 26er tires

Bike Setup:   Windsor Cliff 29er Pro with upgrades


Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:4
Submitted by wes m. a Cross Country Rider from SF bay area

Date Reviewed: December 17, 2008

Strengths:    it goes where you point it

Weaknesses:    rolling resistance

Bottom Line:   
This is my new favorite front tire for slippery conditions. Mud, muck, sand, piles of leaves and needles, whatever. Its slower in the straights but it allows you to go so hard through the corners that it evens out. It has enough volume to smooth out the trail a little too. Sometimes its loud, you can here it biting the ground. 5 out of 5 overall for use as a front tire in gnarly conditions. 4 out of 5 value because I paid full price at the lbs.

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Favorite Trail:   any santa cruz single track

Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Bike Setup:   rigid ss 29er


Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by cormactooze a Weekend Warrior from Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA

Date Reviewed: October 2, 2008

Strengths:    Great traction (2.35" version), they never want to break free

Weaknesses:    Not best on road-but then it is a super wide(2.35" version) tire at low presure

Bottom Line:   
This is the best (2.35" version) tire I have ever used, its got loads of traction and absorbs alot of shock.

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Favorite Trail:   Pats Track

Bike Setup:   29er HardTail, Wide tires, 5" Fork-20mm thru axle, King Headset & Hubs, Stans Flow Rims, Stans Kit, SRAM X-0, Carbon Post & Bars, Disk Brakes


Overall Rating:4
Value Rating:4
Submitted by Miker J a Cross Country Rider from PA

Date Reviewed: September 2, 2008

Strengths:    Grip. Can be run as tubeless.

Weaknesses:    A bit finicky when setting up as tubeless. Where is a designated tubeless Nev!?!

Bottom Line:   
Great front tire for aggressive riding. I'm a bit worried about rolling it off the tubeless rim during hard cornering but so far this tire has held on well.

I think this tire in a 2.1" tubeless version would be the ideal front 29er trail tire. A 2.2 is probably more than most people need, or at least I'd rather have a 2.l with thicker sidewalls.

Give me a tubeless 2.1 with meaty sidewalls and I'll give it 5 flames.

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Favorite Trail:   Not road

Duration Product Used:   6 months

Price Paid:    $40.00

Purchased At:   online

Similar Products Used:   TNTC

Bike Setup:   A few.


Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by Charlie Roscoe a Cross Country Rider from Cheraw, SC, USA

Date Reviewed: February 11, 2008

Strengths:    Lots of traction, beefy knobs, corners and climbs very well.

Weaknesses:    None.

Bottom Line:   
This tire is the dog's bollocks. I caught them on sale at Unicycle.com for 25 bucks each. You can throw the bike into corners and the big side lugs will bite into the soil like it ain't no thang. Not any worries of washing out unless you're really pushing it. This tire inspires confidence!

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Favorite Trail:   In the woods.

Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Price Paid:    $25.00

Purchased At:   Unicycle.com

Similar Products Used:   Exiwolf... more like Exilame compared to this tire.



Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by Grommett Mcfly The origianl Napster! a Weekend Warrior from Phoenix

Date Reviewed: January 17, 2008

Strengths:    It is a Nevegal..so we know it grips and rips like no other...Tigga Please this is the ultimate MTB tire in rough conditions!

Weaknesses:    It's a Nevegal so the usual..little slower on the flats and a few more grams...get over it

Bottom Line:   
All the usual good and less of the bad you typically hear about this tire. I ride a lot of rocky and more technical singletrack so the tire gave me much more confidence on a single speed. They never even considered loosing traction while out of the saddle on steep climbs and they corner like you are in a slot car on a track. Yes, they are slower than the Kharma LR3 Pro, which I use on smooth and when I race, but I never worry or think twice about traction with these and that is important to someone 200+ trying to corner and climb in loose trail detritus! One last thought...the 29" wheels make these feel far less sluggish than the 2.35 Nevergo I had on my 26" trail bike.

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Favorite Trail:   Trail 100

Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Price Paid:    $36.00

Purchased At:   Jenson USA

Similar Products Used:   26" Nevegal 2.35

Bike Setup:   Niner Sir 9, Fox F29, Industry 9...


Overall Rating:4
Value Rating:5
Submitted by Greg a Cross Country Rider from New Jersey

Date Reviewed: November 25, 2007

Strengths:    Traction is amazing. Grips like mad. Beefy sidewalls. Large volume helps float over rogh stuff and enables lower pressures.

Weaknesses:    Weight and togh to get rolloing at low speeds(but you knew that already). I was willing to live with that until I ripped three lugs clean off the rear tire on a particularly rocky ride, with an additional 2-3 lugs still hanging on by a few threads of rubber. The soft side lugs are definitely not meant for places with sharp-ish rocks, so beware.

Bottom Line:   
these tires are awesome if you dig traction and are willing to live with the weight penalty. Just be careful when riding rocky terrain (smooth rocks/rock faces OK, sharp-edged rocks, no good...your side lugs will be toast in no time).

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Favorite Trail:   Pudgy's, MA

Duration Product Used:   6 months

Price Paid:    $35.00

Purchased At:   The Path Bike Shop, Tustin CA

Similar Products Used:   Mythos, Fire XC, Mutano (26'er)

Bike Setup:   Ventana El Rey


Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:4
Submitted by nek a Cross Country Rider from ogallala ne usa

Date Reviewed: November 16, 2007

Strengths:    great grip in mud and dry stuff, sliped on one thing, cow manure

Weaknesses:    a little more work gravel grinding

Bottom Line:   
need a tire that bites this is it

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Duration Product Used:   3 months

Price Paid:    $35.00

Purchased At:   cycle sportgreat

Similar Products Used:   exiwolf

Bike Setup:   vassago jabberwocky reba 4 in. hope pro 2 hubs, truvative crank 32t x 18t salsa pro moto 11 degree, thompson stem and post wtb seat



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