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Home > Trainers > Kenda K838 Slick Wire Bead Bicycle Tire, Blackwall, 26-Inch x 1.95-Inch
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Kenda K838 Slick Wire Bead Bicycle Tire, Blackwall, 26-Inch x 1.95-Inch
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- The K838 has a flared top portion and deeper siping
- This product is K838 Slick
- 26-Inch x 1.95-Inch
- This product contains Blackwall
- Contains Wire bead
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Product Description:
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40-65psi
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Customers' Reviews:
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 Very Quite and Fast!, September 3, 2010
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I only wish i had change my MTB tires sooner!
Love these things; most of my riding is done on the road or hard-packed.
love the handling, ride and quietness of these tires; they look good too.
Great price as well.
Will buy again
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 Great tires, August 31, 2010
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These are great tires for the money i have about 40 miles on them now, they were easy to install this was my first set of tires i have ever mounted no water or soap just deflated the tubes(not all the way about 10psi)and slip them on about 5-6 mins for each tire. They are a great tire to convert your mountain bike fast shipping in a big box but the tires dont get bent that way so dont complain my friend just ordered two tires and they came all folded up in a bag so whoever ships theses cares about the product.
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Sweet tire, August 18, 2010
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I purchased a pair of these tires to use on my MTB for a smoother ride on the city streets than the Kenda K53's I was using.
The K53's were nice tires and offer very little rolling resistance compared with full-on knobbies (and are smoother going straight) but still have good knobs on the sides. But when you are turning they have that knobby growl, so I figured that I'd try the 838's as they had seemed to be highly regarded by some.
The tires are pretty smooth-riding and feel very sticky in the corners unlike the knobby K53's which tended to squirm at higher speed corners with large lean angles. The 838's seem to stick like glue to the tarmac (but not so much on dirt trails -naturally). I put the whole wheel off the bike on the slippery ceramic tile of my condo and could put all my weight against it at angles much greater than 45-degrees and the tire refused to slip or squirm which is a lot more than I can say for the K53's. I was pushing against it like a football tackle sled with all my might and they wouldn't budge. The K53's will slip out when I try this. I haven't tried using the 838's in the wet yet so I don't know how the traction will stand up in the rain. They look like they will do OK with that motorcycle-style tread pattern.
Another good thing about this tire is that I can fill them up to 60-65psi which is about 50% more pressure than you can safely fill the K53. This allows lesser rolling resistance, better road feel, and much more front brakes can be used as front tire impending lockup has much more of a controlled feel than with lower-pressure tires. I can do controllable stoppies with these tires lifting the back wheel right up with my cantelever brakes out front.
One thing about these tires is that while they say they are a 1.9 wide they are a bit wider than that in reality. I've got 26x1.75 rims and if I measure the sidewalls they are exactly 1.9" but the actual tread area is well over 2" and pushing 2.25"
I suppose if you had really narrow rims the tire would squish out and be taller but as it is the 838's have a larger circumference than the K53's had and are HUGE. I'm glad I have a lot of clearance on my old Ross MTB with planet bike MTB fenders because these tires are so large that right now the rubber mold nubs are actually rubbing on the fender. It's a good thing they are small and will wear away soon.
These things are WIDE. I've seen little asian-market 50cc motorcycles that didn't have such wide tires as my bike has now. I think I like it because there is tons of traction available and they ooze confidence when the bike is pitched over in a corner to near crank-scraping lean angles -this bike rides MUCH more aggressively on the tarmac now than it did with the K53's which always seemed to me like the bike was trying to squirm out from under me to the outside of the corner. Going from the K53 to the K838 is like going from Bias to Radial tires on a motorcycle. They are THAT much more grippy and because of the higher rated pressures you don't lose anything with rolling resistance (especially in the corners). And they are smooth as glass going straight or turning.
It's like magic.
I wouldn't put them on a rim narrower than 1.5 though or wider than 2 (max). I'd imagine they would be pinched and pointy on a narrow rim and pulled flat like a low-rider on a 2" -it's just the kind of tire they are with the built-out tread onto the sidewall like a motorcycle tire.
Cons:
You might not have the clearance for these tires even though you can run 2.25's on the K53 or other knobbies.
The picture shown is a gumwall tire but what I got were blackwall tires. Not a big deal to me but others might be disappointed. Be aware of that.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Didn't Expect To Like These So Much, August 11, 2010
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What originally attracted me to these tires was the price, as I needed something cheep for an old steel single speed mountain bike that I use for commuting and just beating around town. In the 2 months since I've been riding on them though, I've been nothing but impressed. First, they really absorb the bumps and jolts quite well, especially if you run them around 40PSI. Chalk this up to them being somewhat oversized, I guess, although they don't seem to have any clearance issues on my old-school frame (I had some concerns about this when I first saw them, due to the unusual flare that the tread has around the edges). Despite this, they're relatively lightweight, especially if you compare them to something like a Forte Gotham, which is about the same price and class at the local discount supplier. And they seem quite puncture resistant; so far they've been able to handle everything my local pot-holed and debris strewn streets have been able to throw at them. Also, they roll so smoothly that I'm considering increasing the gear ratio on the single speed. And most importantly, they look pretty darn cool, too; they've got kind of a plush beach cruiser type thing going on.
All said, the $60 Michelin 1.65's that I have on my more regular training bike are wearing out, I'm seriously considering getting another set of these to replace them.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Good Tire for the Money, August 5, 2010
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Used this tire to replace off road tire that came with bike. I was looking for an affordable tire that would work well on pavement, and this tire is exactly that. I don't know how many miles I will get off of it, but at this price point I can't go wrong.
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