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Kenda Slant Six Reviews
Mountain Biking > Mountain Bike Gear > Tires
Description
The perfect blend of John Tomac's two most winning tires - The Small Block 8 and the Nevegal.
Designed for speed, grip, and cornering assurance; this tire has it all for intermediate to hard-packed terrain
Downhill version veatures 2-ply constuction and Stick-E rubber; Cross-country versions feature light-weight single-ply casings and DTC rubber
Front and Rear application
The perfect blend of John Tomac's two most winning tires - The Small Block 8 and the Nevegal.
Designed for speed, grip, and cornering assurance; this tire has it all for intermediate to hard-packed terrain
Downhill version veatures 2-ply constuction and Stick-E rubber; Cross-country versions feature light-weight single-ply casings and DTC rubber
Front and Rear application
Reviews
Pros: No doubt a fast and pretty light tire.
Good in sand and hard pack with good cornering capability.
Cons: Tread isn't tall to begin with, but it dissolves faster than a SB8.
PINCH Flats! A freaking disaster on slippery roots and moist trails.
Not always predictable.
Recommendation: I grabbed this tire to use on a 50mile race on mostly hard pack with a sprinkling of granite obstacles up and down. Pinch flatted twice in one race over the granite technical sections.
Helped me make my mind up to head into tubeless.
Good in sand and hard pack with good cornering capability.
Cons: Tread isn't tall to begin with, but it dissolves faster than a SB8.
PINCH Flats! A freaking disaster on slippery roots and moist trails.
Not always predictable.
Recommendation: I grabbed this tire to use on a 50mile race on mostly hard pack with a sprinkling of granite obstacles up and down. Pinch flatted twice in one race over the granite technical sections.
Helped me make my mind up to head into tubeless.
Model/Year: 29/2.0
Pros: Great hard pack, smooth rolling and light debris tire.
Cons: Mud shed is practically non-existent, amazingly the tire only lightly suffers, but it's still bad enough to notice.
Recommendation: Good tire if you mainly ride hardpack.
Pros: Great hard pack, smooth rolling and light debris tire.
Cons: Mud shed is practically non-existent, amazingly the tire only lightly suffers, but it's still bad enough to notice.
Recommendation: Good tire if you mainly ride hardpack.
Pros: light, rolls fast,great on the right terrain
Cons: Scary in the wrong terrain
Recommendation: I would reccomend this tire for hard pack. it is also ok in light/loose sand over hard pack. Grips better than you would think but, may be best suited for experienced riders or those who race. That is not me tho.
Cons: Scary in the wrong terrain
Recommendation: I would reccomend this tire for hard pack. it is also ok in light/loose sand over hard pack. Grips better than you would think but, may be best suited for experienced riders or those who race. That is not me tho.
Pros: great rolling tire, very light compared to the nevegal
Cons: not for anything loose
Recommendation: overall good tire for xc, very hard pack or wet and tacky trsils, definetly not for any loose gravel or sandy trails. I got it maily to commute but still be able to hit a trail or two on the way home..
Cons: not for anything loose
Recommendation: overall good tire for xc, very hard pack or wet and tacky trsils, definetly not for any loose gravel or sandy trails. I got it maily to commute but still be able to hit a trail or two on the way home..
Recommendations
Crank Brothers Eggbeater c (100%)Kenda Small Block Eight (100%)
Kenda Nevegal (100%)
Jelly Belly Sport Beans (50%)
Specialized XC Lite (50%)
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Cons: good for only hardpack
Recommendation: good tire. like it better than the nevagal