City Slick Mountain Tire K838,Black,26x1.95" Pair

Updating this review in January 2025. Finally replacing a pair of these after 14 years of steady use. Tread is still OK but the rubber is cracking down to the casing in the grooves. Can't complain after so many years, so much use and so much weather. These tires have a directional tread; better to channel water away from the center of the tire. See the attached photo for the sidewall marking. BTW-this is opposite from the advice of the Amazon AI Checked the Kenda website and looks like these are no longer made by the company...but are still available online from other sources. Just bought a replacement pair from "Bike Liquidators" for less than $40 for the pair. Figured I'd do it now while still available....probably no hope they will still be around when this pair wears out :-( Bike still going strong, Bafang kit still going strong, me a little slower, but new tires are great :-) Original Review - June 2024: Put a pair of these on a 1999 Cannondale F1000 with a Bafang mid-drive 750W electric motor kit. I use this bike for commuting and errands. Replaced a pair of Maxxis Holy Rollers and the Kendas are much better for pavement, gravel and smooth dirt; improving both speed and distance. Handling is great and quieter than knobbies too. I use Sunlite puncture resistant tubes, adding weight, but hey, it's got a motor. Extended hard shoulders on these tires also increase weight a little but give a wider profile on soft ground and protect the sidewalls from damage. So far, so good, knock on wood. Installed the tires many years ago and they are still rolling just fine; wear is minimal but starting to show age. Probably need to think about getting another pair sometime and will definitely replace them with another pair just like the current pair. Highly recommend.

I had Kenda 26X2.10 tubeless knobby tires on my bike. After looking at many options I decided to stick with Kenda, as it is manufactured by Kenda under their brand Sunlite. Also, my bike mechanic gave the thumbs up as his experience with Kenda/Sunlite tires was very good. I was looking for improved rolling and I got it. I feel comfortable cornering while riding mostly pavement and groomed trails. I love how my bike looks too! It's like I got a new bike! When I get the opportunity I will try a moderate trail and update my review.

Awesome tires, roll smooth on pavement. Converted my old mountain bike to a pavement cruiser. They were very easy to install

My housemates ebike of pain, which he beats the absolute hell out of needed new tires. As he is an astonishingly poor SOB who offloads all of his problems on everybody else, it fell to me to yet again repair this god forsaken pile of crap into getting him to work because he's to much of a drunken dip to have a license anymore and even if he did, he'd launch the nearest car into a ravine or a wandering pile of ducks. Since I spent a couple hundred bucks replacing the entire drivetrain, rebuilding the wheels, and using these tires as the basis for a whole Slime conversion (12oz/tube), plus fancy french cloth rim tape I haven't been bothered with random late night screams of "hey, A Human, my bike broke again pweeeeeeeze help me I won't ever pay you but you'll be a good human, right?" And for that I am eternally thankful. Buy these tires if you want smooth rollers to replace the BS mountain bike tires that every Amazon ebike manufacturer seems to insist on equipping their poorly designed festering piles of garbage with. Buy these tires if you're so sick and tired of patching tubes for someone else you'd rather huff paint thinner. The last two months of not being whined at have been worth the $45 for a pair. I don't know if they're puncture resistant and frankly I don't care. All I know is they're handling a 50lbs ebike that should otherwise be put in a smelter and my housemate, an incredibly huffy man who contorts himself into knots to make his problems everyone else's (all while complaining about his sciatica) hasn't uttered a peep. Good tires in my book. Buy em.

Easy install. I put them on my wifes bike and she loves them. Smooth quiet ride.

These tires are great and a sweet deal. I ride with my girlfriend now. We stick mostly to the road. The hum of knobby tires is gone and the roll really nice in comparison to knobbys.

Kendra 838 City Slick is an amazing alternative mountain bike tire if you’re riding mostly paved roads. Installed a set of 26x1.95 on my older 21 speed Mountain Trek replacing a great set of Boontrager LT3 knobbies.. Kendra’s have less rolling resistance and effort on pavement.. highly recommended

Have had these on my 90s Hardrock for two years and they are still awesome. HUUUGGGGGEEE improvement over the crappy hybrid tires that were on there before. Bike is literally twice as fast and way easier to pedal. These are definitely made for road only. If you have a 90s MTB and want to pub bike it look no further these are dope.

Bonito diseño y durabilidad

thanks, excellent replacement quality for the bike

Pretty good, no issues so far.

I bought these tyres for my Wife's bike, as her originals had perished. AU$27 a pair delivered is a great price for Kenda tyres. I love the tread pattern on these tyres - it seems they are designed to have minimum road footprint while upright, I assume to try and reduce the rolling resistance. They are very chunky (wide) however - the standard semi-road tyres fitted to the bike originally (have added a photo of the old tyres for comparison) were 48.5mm wide, these measure 54mm. They have caused no rubbing issues though, even with the mudguards on the bike. I expected them to be a fair bit heavier, but I weighed them, and they were only 40grams heavier than the originals (910grams as opposed to 870grams). Overall, for the money, I am very pleased.

Fast delivery and better than I expected. Thanks