Kenda Nevegal Tires

[BigMac]

Who has tried them and what do you think?
1> rolling
2>climbing
3>cornering
4>all around:confused:

[BigMac]

I have a feeling that this thread will get a large informational posting by Superbman L O'brian.
any miniute now.

[mdc]

I've run the 2.1 Stickee non UST version, converted to tubeless via Stans:
1.) Rolling- Slow- Stickee rubber grips awsome, but it always felt like I was working way to hard to keep any speed up
2.)Climbing- Incredible grip- if you can't make a climb it's your fault, not the tire giving out
3.)Cornering- same as climbing
4.) All around- great trail riding tire- Stickee rubber wears fast but grip etc. is awsome.

[Superb Man]

MaRK,
You know my opinion here-great performing tread-crappy sidewalls-which, they've apparently addressed with a new 'reinforced' sidewall model this year so that is probably a fairly awesome tire. I'd also reiterate-if you use the nevegals go with the bonafide "STICK_E" compound over the DTC for western massachusetts wet root riding!

Liam

[DT]

I'm a big fan of the Kenda Nevegal tire. I've ran it from about 10-30 psi, depending on what the conditions were at the time. It handled any of the east coast riding I could put it through - rocks, roots, sandy hills, etc. - it stuck to all of them. Probably wears a little faster, but once you wear it down it makes a nice hardpack summer tire.

DT

[Jisch]

I ride Nevegals - love the stick, but they wear quickly. I need a new rear tire right now, not sure if I'm going to go Nevegal or not - I got about 6 months out of the one on my rear.

My old fav was the Tioga factory DH. great traction if you run low PSI (30 or so). They are heavy though.

[Quo Fan]

I just wore out my first tire, and it is a Nevegal Stick-E 2.3

[heckler19]

My favorite all around do everything tire; just pick the right size and compound for your application and you can't go wrong. If you're hard on sidewalls but don't want to go to a full DH casing, try the UST version with tubes.

[BigMac]

Thanks to all for the info.
Mark,

[grnbkr]

Mark, i just got a nevegal 1.95 DTC for my Azure and raced it last weekend at Hop Brook Dam. From this race i have come to these conclusions.
1) plenty of traction in all conditions (mud dry off camber)
2) rolls plenty fast (at 50 psi for racing)
3) cheesey sidewalls (higher psi solves this)
4) heavier than front only 2.25 schwalbe albert
5) can't complain about price (cheaper than schwalbe)
6) if you plan on running lower psi than I would recomend getting the reinforced sidewall version. (i'd go for it anyway, don't know about availability)
Matthew