Submitted by
ian jo
a Downhiller
from vancouver Date Reviewed: May 6, 2009
Favorite Trail:
seventh secret
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Price Paid:
$25.00
Purchased At:
snowcovers
Strengths:
absolutely incredible, its too bad kenda doesnt make this tire anymore. I've been riding this tire for 14 months with NOT A SINGLE FLAT. I've also been riding trials for 17 years, this tire is beyond perfection. I've even intentionially tried to pinch flat it and it still won't budge. If the kenda rep sees this this, the kollosal rocks beyond my career.
Weaknesses:
none
Similar Products Used:
klein/tioga/wtb/panaracer/shcwalbe/kenda rocks!
Bike Setup:
norco manifesto/signature hans no wey rey 05
Bottom Line:
I've been riding 17 years primarily in trials.I bought the kenda kollasall 2.6 14 months ago and it NEVER FLATTENED, If the reps are reading this, please contact me I_johansen@yahoo.com.
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Submitted by
dhaddict
a Downhiller
from Reno, Nevada, USA Date Reviewed: July 13, 2008
Favorite Trail:
Livewire
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Purchased At:
Came with bike
Strengths:
Amazing grip, The tred design helps it just mow through anything you point it at. WILL NOT PINCH FLAT
Weaknesses:
They wear extremely fast but other than that, none.
Similar Products Used:
WTB Velociraptor, Specialized Chunder, Nevegals
Bike Setup:
2004 Azonic Force 1, Manitou Xvert carbon fork, and Fox vanilla shock
Bottom Line:
Great tires except for the fast wearing their awesome.
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Submitted by
Micah Radnich
a Downhiller
from Norco, CA Date Reviewed: April 7, 2008
Favorite Trail:
fullerton loop
Duration Product Used:
2 Years
Price Paid:
$35.00
Purchased At:
mike's bikes
Strengths:
point and shoot, pick your own line, make your own trail toughness. Pretty resistant to flats. Floats and grabs in the sand, pass your buddies while they get off to push! Honestly air down, and aim for the sand just to show off. They're incredible.
Weaknesses:
Tires are Heavy! feels like i'm peddling a motorcycle. side walls cracked right about where the sidewall rubber and tread rubber would join. Made my tires get wider and rub on the frame.
Similar Products Used:
WTB moto-raptor
Bike Setup:
Giant DS3 Warp, Fox float RL rear, blown out front suntour fork, mostly stock.
Bottom Line:
Jump off anything you want. Ride through the same stuff you'd point a dirtbike through, bushes, baseball size sharp rocks or whatever, 2 reliable no flat years. All this tough has a price though, weight. The bikes pretty fat at 37 lbs. Handles the big stuff, would go much smaller and lighter for x-country.
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Submitted by
Eli
a Weekend Warrior
from Somewhere, CT, USA Date Reviewed: October 8, 2007
Favorite Trail:
Killington
Duration Product Used:
More than 3 years
Price Paid:
$5.00
Purchased At:
Kenda's website
Strengths:
Decent grip and cornering.
Weaknesses:
Horribly screwed up sizing... my 2.35 measured around 2'
Similar Products Used:
Special-Ed Enduro
Bike Setup:
C-dale Super V with 6 inches of travel rear and 5 front.
Bottom Line:
Decend tire for your money but you can't get it any more!
What a useless review
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Submitted by
Paul
a Weekend Warrior
from Santa Barbara Date Reviewed: June 3, 2005
Favorite Trail:
Wissahickon
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$5.00
Purchased At:
Kenda Direct
Strengths:
SUUUPER grippy. SUUUPER cheap! tough sidewalls offer great stability on everything. Climbing (yes, climbing) is excellent in most any condition, except for wet and loose mucky stuff.
Weaknesses:
Heavy for FR, but average weight for DH. an aramid or kevlar version would be very nice.
Similar Products Used:
Nokian Gazzaloddi, WTB Weirwolf, Panaracer Fire
Bike Setup:
AS-X, Fox 36RC2, hope m4's, Atomic hubs, Intense rims
Bottom Line:
I have a hard time justifying the use of any other tire for my rides. It's a great stiff yet forgiving tire that will last a long long time(unless you were to get the lower durometer tire). So far I've been running very low pressures without any flats. This tire will help you climb most anything. For some reason doesn't seem as wide as a 2.6 should be; maybe it's just a perception issue, as the Intense inner diameter rim size is a very wide 39mm. That surely helps in the stiffness of the already stiff tire.
And for $5/tire, it's practically unbeatable.
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Submitted by
Jim
a Weekend Warrior
from British Columbia Date Reviewed: January 10, 2005
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$15.00
Purchased At:
LBS
Strengths:
Super grippy, during icy, wet, and muddy conditions. Just flings the mud everywhere. Easy to install, bound to last a while due to the hard material.
Weaknesses:
Measured a little less than 2.5" N/P though.
Similar Products Used:
Tioga Factory 2.1" Stout 2.3" (I measured it at 3"!!)
Bike Setup:
'04 Kona Scrap, DJ3's, Doubletrack in rear, Stock throughout
Bottom Line:
Awesome tire, now on clearance by kenda for $5, Grippy, Super easy to install, going to last, KNOBBY!!(explains the grip) 5 chilli's for value as it cost only $15. Another 5 for being so damn great.
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Submitted by
Joshua Donnelly
a Downhiller
from NY Date Reviewed: August 20, 2004
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Purchased At:
accord bike store
Strengths:
It is awsome.It corners well and goes through just about everything from mud to sand to loose stone very well.It is big enough that it won't pinch
Weaknesses:
None yet
Similar Products Used:
just about everything from walmart brands to big ones
Bike Setup:
2004 Fuji Panic Pro
Bottom Line:
It is the best tire i'v tried so far and i'v been riding for 12 years.Its the best and if you can i would buy it as soon as possible and if you buy something else your going to be dissapointed
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Submitted by
Daniel
a Downhiller
from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Date Reviewed: August 16, 2004
Favorite Trail:
any freeride, jumping, or downhill
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Purchased At:
came with bike
Strengths:
Its a huge tire, its great for downhill, freeride, and jumping!
Weaknesses:
I havent found any and I dont think that I will
Similar Products Used:
Maxxis Highroller
Bike Setup:
2004 Schwinn 240 dsx, marzocchi jr t, truvative cranks, downhill/bmx pedals, vanilla rear shock, kenda tires, disc brakes and the whole package..
Bottom Line:
Its a great tire...It came stock on my schwinn 240 dsx and I love it!
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Submitted by
EDDIE NIGHTHAWK
a Weekend Warrior
from LAKELAND, FLA. USA Date Reviewed: February 17, 2003
Favorite Trail:
All of em!
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Purchased At:
Stock on my 2003 Banshee Scream
Strengths:
Great Grip!!! Mashes through Mud (and sheds it very well), Floats over sand, Stays sticky! (even in Milk!).
Weaknesses:
None!
Similar Products Used:
Hutchinson Mosquitos,(which are decent tires, but nothing like the Kendas....two different worlds!).
Bike Setup:
2003 Banshee Scream. Kenda Kinetic front, Kolossal rear,Rock Shox Boxxer Race forks, Fox Vanilla R rear shock, Mega Range rear cogs, Deore deraileurs front and rear, Rapid Fire shifters, Truvativ Hussi cranks w/bash ring. Sun Single Track wheels, Shimano sealed rear hub,Formula sealed front disc hub, Hayes 8" Hydro brakes front and rear,Funn Fatty head.
Bottom Line:
This tire will greatly contribute to your staying upright!! Great for climbing, and warp speed cornering!! As well as just cruising the flat trails. Get one!!
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Submitted by
Doug
a Weekend Warrior
from Pt.Bob Date Reviewed: January 30, 2003
Favorite Trail:
Whistler:A-Line
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$30.00
Purchased At:
www.airbomb.com
Strengths:
Best tire ever!!! Grips wicked around corners!!!
Weaknesses:
Do NOT use this tire on the front, USE ONLY ON THE REAR.
Similar Products Used:
None
Bike Setup:
2001 Kona Stuff With Alex Rims DM24
Bottom Line:
For all you North Shore Free Riders out their: Buy This Tire! It grips great when climbing wet ladders as the tread pattern grips perfectly in between the boards. Best Tire to use in the wet, and it always seems to be wet on the shore'.
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Submitted by
Tobin Sean
a Weekend Warrior
from Mission Viejo, CA Date Reviewed: October 10, 2002
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$10.00
Purchased At:
24 Hours of Adrenelin
Strengths:
Stable at high speed, impressive turn in performance. Good grip, no surprizes.
Weaknesses:
None.
Similar Products Used:
Intense 2.7(60), Nokian 2.3. Maxxis high roller.
Bike Setup:
GT DHi, Monster T, Romic shock, Kore Stictly D bars, XT/XTR.
Bottom Line:
Very impressive. I bought the set of 2.6 front and 2.35 rear at the 24 Hours of Adrenelin race for $20.00 at the Kenda booth. The performance is excellent. The stability on loose and dusty Big Bear trails was much improved over the Intense 2.7 I replaced. The 2.3 rear looks small at first, but there is no loss in performance. I run Kenda's front and rear and have no plans on returning to the Maxxis or Intense set up. Running pressure at 22 psi worked best for me@ 162 lbs. It's also nice to have equipment no one else has. You dont see these tires on many bikes. Great look with the oversize white letter logos.
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Submitted by
Mickey Dee
a Downhiller
from Everett Date Reviewed: July 18, 2002
Favorite Trail:
the Boogieman
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$40.00
Purchased At:
Cove Bike Shop
Strengths:
I DONT DH, I FREERIDE!!! They are wide and thick so its hard to get pinch flats (I havent gotten one yet), but thats expected of a D.H. tire.
Weaknesses:
They dont like to sit straight on the rim
Similar Products Used:
maxxis high roller
Bike Setup:
Norco vps launch with bombers
Bottom Line:
I paid $40 canadian a piece for them and for what they are thats a sweet deal. So if your looking for a nice dh/freeride tire and you dont have a whole lot of money, get them (if you can find them).
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Submitted by
Jake
a Downhiller
from Melbourne Date Reviewed: May 24, 2002
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Strengths:
good on hardpack to loamy dirt, and generally dry conditions
Weaknesses:
no good in the mud/ heavy mud, the tread just clogs up with mud and there is no grip at all
this tyre is good in generally dry conditions, but just does not have the tread depth to hold on in the mud
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Submitted by
Chris Davies
a Downhiller
from Cape Town Date Reviewed: February 22, 2002
Favorite Trail:
Eden, Stellenbosch
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$22.00
Purchased At:
South Africa
Strengths:
Thick rubber so thorns don't bother me, large tread knobs
Weaknesses:
No transition knobs. The bike slides on hard cornering but sometimes, if you lean further, there's better grip as the edge knobbies catch - not always though!
Similar Products Used:
Nokian Gazza 2.6", Hutchinson Squale 2.2"
Bike Setup:
Pacific/Muddy Fox DH, DNM 7" USD, Hayes Mech 8" discs, Gazza 2.6 on front, DNM Raimon 2.3" rear shock
Bottom Line:
A good price and a good tyre, but I wish I'd paid the extra 60% for another Gazza 2.6". All in all a good tyre for loamy conditions and rock terrible on loose gravel. Not tried on mud yet (winter has yet to arrive).
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Submitted by
Terry Brenton
a Downhiller
from Arvada, Colorado Date Reviewed: August 26, 2001
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Purchased At:
Mountain and Road Bicycle Repair
Strengths:
It's big and beefy. I really liked how this tire performed in wetter conditions.
Weaknesses:
Traction in other conditions is less than par.
Similar Products Used:
Any DH tire made by Nokian, Maxxis, Tioga, Intense, Conti...
Bike Setup:
Free ride Santa Cruz Bullit.
Bottom Line:
Usually I wouldn't say I have a good enough base to write something on a tire I've only used less than a month. But I had to warn others about this tire.
The price was unbeatable, for DH treads. I paid $20. For $20, I can't whine too much. However, the performance outside of wet stuff was so bad for this tire there is no excuse. Case and point, it's cheap mans DH trends. The new KHS less than $2000 fully equipped DH bike boasts these tires. You get $20 worth of performance out of them. They kinda gave a vague gripping feel in fast corners, not giving me the confidence to really get over on the side lugs fearing the whole bike would whip out from underneath me. The treads did brake well, and seemed to be fairly durable.
If you need a tire but don't have the money to take out a loan for a DH tire, this will get you through. But if you've ridden on good quality DH treads before, you won't be satisfied with the tire performance.
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Submitted by
kyle
a Weekend Warrior
from kitchener, ON, Canada Date Reviewed: August 23, 2001
Favorite Trail:
Ottawa St. trail
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$60.00
Purchased At:
east side cycle
Strengths:
Great tread pattern gives grip on hardpack, mud, loose dirt, and technical terrain: basically anything. huge size acts as extra suspension on my hardtail @ 45 psi, a very very hard tire that will take some serious abuse and keep you from getting pinch flats
Weaknesses:
It is extremely, extremely hard to install this tire. It took the effort of two people to install this thing after i got it, but the effort was worth it :)
Similar Products Used:
intense 2.35 dh, tioga factory 2.1 dh, some kind of maxxis 2.4 (didnt look or feel like 2.4"), intense 2.1 comp 70
Bike Setup:
black '01 balfa minuteman frame, sun mammoth rear wheel tied to parralax rear hub, kenda kollosal rear tire, lx bottom bracket, race face forged cranks, race face 32t ring, blackspire ring god, DK iron cross pedals, shimano deore derailleur, shimano rapidfire shifter, stx-rc v-brakes and cheapy shimano brake levers, radical ingot dh stem, bontrager crowbar, combo oury bolts/yeti grips, horrible rst 281 el fork (to be swapped with 5" z3 qr20), cheap front wheel of some kind (soon to be switched to azonic butcher rim on formula hub), tioga factory 2.1dh tire, and a specialized body geometry seat on a cheap kalloy steel seatpost
Bottom Line:
if you want a dh tire that performs for a VERY good price, get this tire.
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Submitted by
madmike9
a Downhiller
from Veradale WA usa Date Reviewed: August 2, 2001
Favorite Trail:
bernard peak Athol ID
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$25.00
Purchased At:
Bicycle Butler of Spokane WA
Strengths:
thickest damn tire anywhere and look at the price
Weaknesses:
hard
Similar Products Used:
Wtb velosaraptor, and other useless junk
Bike Setup:
GT LTS 2000 DS, Marzocchi Z3 5" Qr20plus, areya rims Kenda kollosal DH tires, XTR this and that, Avid mechanical disk front, Avid dial7 rear.tomac riser, generic block cnc stem.
Bottom Line:
The best tire for the money, thickest sidewalls bar none.
A freerider's dream
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Submitted by
Clint Parsons
a Downhiller
from Melbourne Date Reviewed: July 8, 2001
Favorite Trail:
at dandy`s national park
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$40.00
Purchased At:
Cycle Science
Strengths:
Nice tread pattern, holds well on very loose soil and is a awsome controller in hardpack and the well profiled knobs awsomely shred mud
A madass tire, with awsome holding and stopping power, i highly recommend this tire to downhillers and Dual Slalom riders, also get the kenda DH tube(altimate combo)
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Submitted by
Dicko
a Downhiller
from Tasmania Date Reviewed: June 20, 2001
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Strengths:
pretty light
Weaknesses:
compound may be a bit too hard
Similar Products Used:
not much
Bike Setup:
KHS Fettish
Bottom Line:
these are OK. they give good grip on moderatley loose surfaces but tend to slide a bit in the mud.
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