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#1,642 ·
cacatous said:
Ah ok nice, have you tried or going to try a Xynotal? I do a lot of pedally bits so I'm thinking it might be the smarter choice.
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I haven’t, I do a lot of climbing and pedalling and feel like the Kryptotals do well. A friend of mine that has tried a ton of combos recommended these to me and I’m not disappointed. On his enduro he runs the Fr both front and rear.
 
#1,645 ·
I'm thinking of change the stock tyres on my Specialized Turbo Levo (Butcher T9 Grid Trail / Eliminator T7 Grid Trail) to Kryptotal Front and Kryptotal Rear (maybe Xynotal for rear). Is there any advantage to go with the Enduro casing against the DH casing with an ebike? If I will get the DH casing I will chose the supersoft for front. Do you think the Xynotal is enough for an ebike on techical climbs?
 
#1,646 ·
szabokristof said:
I'm thinking of change the stock tyres on my Specialized Turbo Levo (Butcher T9 Grid Trail / Eliminator T7 Grid Trail) to Kryptotal Front and Kryptotal Rear (maybe Xynotal for rear). Is there any advantage to go with the Enduro casing against the DH casing with an ebike? If I will get the DH casing I will chose the supersoft for front. Do you think the Xynotal is enough for an ebike on techical climbs?
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I don't own an ebike but I think the DH casings are a no brainer for you.
 
#1,647 ·
szabokristof said:
I'm thinking of change the stock tyres on my Specialized Turbo Levo (Butcher T9 Grid Trail / Eliminator T7 Grid Trail) to Kryptotal Front and Kryptotal Rear (maybe Xynotal for rear). Is there any advantage to go with the Enduro casing against the DH casing with an ebike? If I will get the DH casing I will chose the supersoft for front. Do you think the Xynotal is enough for an ebike on techical climbs?
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I have Turbo Levo with KFR SS front and KRR enduro soft, but in future I will buy KFR SS also for the rear, It has more rounded profile than KRR.
 
#1,649 ·
Just a tire review update. I haven't ridden much this year, only about 900 miles and not nearly as challenging terrain due to a move. Xynotal, enduro soft, tires have about 700 miles on them. Rear shows a bit of side wear, front still looking good. I've been very happy with them (desert conditions). My main interest in them was paying $60-ish dollars vs $80+ for Maxxis tires. They ride a lot like a more aggressive dissector. I'll probably stick with the Xynotals unless the prices get crazy. Zero flats, pinches, or punctures. I also have the dh casing ones on my other bike. I've also not found any loss of traction in the back going up loose stuff vs a dhr...which was a pleasant surprise.
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#1,651 ·
foggnm said:
Just a tire review update. I haven't ridden much this year, only about 900 miles and not nearly as challenging terrain due to a move. Xynotal, enduro soft, tires have about 700 miles on them. Rear shows a bit of side wear, front still looking good. I've been very happy with them (desert conditions). My main interest in them was paying $60-ish dollars vs $80+ for Maxxis tires. They ride a lot like a more aggressive dissector. I'll probably stick with the Xynotals unless the prices get crazy. Zero flats, pinches, or punctures. I also have the dh casing ones on my other bike. I've also not found any loss of traction in the back going up loose stuff vs a dhr...which was a pleasant surprise.
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how is the xynotal as a front? Was thinking about running dual xynotals on the lighter bike for faster rolling. Really liked the KRF/xynotal DH combo on my enduro rig but not sure how a xynotal front would fare
 
#1,652 ·
foggnm said:
Just a tire review update. I haven't ridden much this year, only about 900 miles and not nearly as challenging terrain due to a move. Xynotal, enduro soft, tires have about 700 miles on them. Rear shows a bit of side wear, front still looking good. I've been very happy with them (desert conditions). My main interest in them was paying $60-ish dollars vs $80+ for Maxxis tires. They ride a lot like a more aggressive dissector. I'll probably stick with the Xynotals unless the prices get crazy. Zero flats, pinches, or punctures. I also have the dh casing ones on my other bike. I've also not found any loss of traction in the back going up loose stuff vs a dhr...which was a pleasant surprise.
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Enduro soft Xynotal on rear doesn't look much different at about 1500 miles which includes (I think) 8 days in bike parks. The Conti compounds last a long time. My last Der Kaiser got over 1800 miles and more than 20 days in bike parks, and was also cheaper than Maxxis.


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#1,654 · (Edited)
I've mostly been using the Kr Front and Xynotal both trail casing as my light duty set up in good Norcal dirt conditions the last couple months and I've been loving them. Keep expecting them to break traction early but it hasn't been bad. Still haven't ridden them in super wet/muddy conditions.

Recently put an enduro rear back on the rear and was obviously draggy in comparison but loved the extra grip yesterday for rock rolls and they took a lot of hard hits picking bad lines through rock gardens that were new to me.

Thinking I will run a Xynotal enduro rear next summer. Only have one small rim dent so far when running the Xynotal trail with lower pressure but I've been running 27psi rear now and liking it at 170lbs
 
#1,657 ·
Availability does indeed suck, cancelled my order after waiting almost 3 months and went with WTB Vigilante and Trail Boss. If you keep your desire for Conti's I would suggest you put the DH SS on the front, the Enduro doesn't have the best grip.
 
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#1,658 ·
LVLBTY said:
Availability does indeed suck, cancelled my order after waiting almost 3 months and went with WTB Vigilante and Trail Boss. If you keep your desire for Conti's I would suggest you put the DH SS on the front, the Enduro doesn't have the best grip.
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Plenty of availability in Germany! How are you not finding the Soft compound grippy? I thought it was meant to be very good?
 
#1,659 ·
cacatous said:
Plenty of availability in Germany! How are you not finding the Soft compound grippy? I thought it was meant to be very good?
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I was coming off an Ass-Guy and the Kr just didn't cut it for me. I truly wanted to try the DH SS, but can't find them anywhere in the US and back orders are being cancelled due to no delivery updates.
 
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