Windhond Posted April 6, 2010 Share Hi. I recently had a set of Kenda Karma tyres fitted. After about 2 weeks the bike was standing in my spare room when at 3 am the rear tyre exploded. Cleaning Stans Sealant from walls floors and ceilings at 3 am is not my idea of fun. Anyway took the bike in and the shop recieved immediate permission to replace the tyre by the suppliers. They also appologised and said that there has been a problem with the tyres. Anyway two weeks later and straight after a ride the sidewall of the front tyre collapsed. It just blew this massive balloon out of the side wall. Right so back to the bike shop we go. Call the suppliers and they tell the bike shop to replace the tyre they also confirm that the problem tyres are sorted and the tyres at the bike shop are 100%. On Friday 80 km into a 120km training ride I have a spectacular failure of the rear tyre. Big sidewall failure. Im 40km from home on some gravel road and my wife has to fetch me. It resulted in my having to carry my bike for 5 km to a recognisable tar road otherwise my wife would never have found me. Bottom line is Im fitting other tyres today. Have any other hubbers had such negative experience with Kenda? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsxr Posted April 6, 2010 Share Had mine for few months and Love them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAAD4 Posted April 6, 2010 Share Does this not have to do with the so called warning from Kenda that sealants like Stans can cause delamination of their tires? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewie911 Posted April 6, 2010 Share What about the issua with kenda not being able to tack some kinds of slime. Kenda spesifically states that one should not use slime in the tubeless tyres, but it is only slime containing some ingredient.(Can't remember which one) I've been using Stans sealent in my Kenda Nevegals for 2 weeks now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAAD4 Posted April 6, 2010 Share As fas as I can remeber, it was ammonia based sealants like Stans and Joes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windhond Posted April 6, 2010 Share Jip this could be the problem, just spoke to bike shop and it is possible that the GEAX sealant that I am using is stuffing them up. Anyway I put Conti tyres on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Face Plant Posted April 6, 2010 Share wich contis did you put on Windhond? i have the speed kings on my hardtail at the moment and i cant say im very impressed im looking at putting new tyres on and till now i was gonna put the Karmas on. maybe i must go with the racekings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pietermtb Posted April 6, 2010 Share If you wanna go Conti, you can look at the mountain king or race king. I had Race King back and Mountain king Front for S2C and it worked pretty well. Not much grip in the mud with race King though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windhond Posted April 6, 2010 Share Ja I put a Race King on the rear and a Mountain King on front. Been raining here so I will go test them this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_mil Posted April 6, 2010 Share I think the Conti's also have a disclaimer regarding sealant, so make sure you use the right one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldron Posted April 6, 2010 Share I've used Race Kings and Joe's sealant with no issues whatsoever. I used Race Kings front and back for S2C and I think the lower rolling resistance more than made up for the "fun and entertaining" handling in the mud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pietermtb Posted April 6, 2010 Share LOL, especially on day 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weight Weenie Posted April 6, 2010 Share AFIK kenda doestn endorse sealant use with their tyres.I only rode a set once and cut the tyre so bad that it was totally flat in about a meter or so, sealant sprayed everywhere. couldn't find what caused it though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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