Kenda Small Block Eight

Could not beat the price even on eBay, plus these tires can be used for 95% of MTBing, don't let anyone fool you!

Bought this tire for the low rolling resistance, but still w knobs. Got these tires when I built my new bike. I'm in the city most of the time, but still ride on dirt on the weekends, I comute to work on good days when I have time. these tires have great exeleration, and grip well on pavment and hardpack dirt. they are very bouncy with a thin cross contry rim at lower preasher so I switched to a wider freeride wheel because i'm very hard on wheels. When on pavement they will slip when you hit and turn on sandy dust, but what tires won't at high speed. But overall a good tireAnd they will diffinitly pinch flat easy at low air presh.

they'll pinch-flat if you look at 'em funny.

They're awesome for folks who are used to keeping around 45-50 psi, and especially if you're running suspension. All my buds who run high psi andor suspension absolutely love this tire for its quick acceleration and talon-like grip. They'd make a great xc race tire.

I found them to be too bouncy at that psi though, and extremely prone to pinch-flatting at anything below 45psi. This is not a good tire for rigid SSers who are looking for a squishy, shock-absorbing tire.

Finally, when these break traction, it's a sudden thing. Some tires let go gradually, others more quickly - this'd be one of the quick ones!