Kenda

Kross Supreme 700 x 35 Folding Tire

I've used this tire for over a year. It is not a great cyclocross tire, but I have raced on it plenty. What it is, is a tall high volume true 35mm tire. It has a lot more tread than most cyclocross tires, which makes it very flat resistant. It works great on sandy dirt roads, leafy trails, and the high volume and thick tread give good flat protection on rooty and rocky trails. I did a 50 mile mountain gravel race on these tires, no flats. The ones who brought minimal tread cyclocross tires had multiple flats. I also did an actual mtb race on them with no flats. The downside is they are heavier than a minimal tread cyclocross tire. Also the tire profile is very square. There are good side knobs, but the result is when the bike is pushed hard in corner, there is a bit of looseness before the side knobs dig in. These are supposedly 110 thread count side walls, but they feel stiffer. The result is that they tend to squirm, rather than hook up, when run at low pressures like 25 psi. I am 140 and run them at 32 for CX, 40 for rocky trails. The weight shown at 320 is not at all correct, I don't remember exactly what they weighed, but it's in the 450 range. On the road the flat profile means they are fairly fast, but the profile and side knobs can make high speed cornering, unpredictable. In sandy mud they shed well enough and grip well, in grass they are very grippy, in thick peanut butter clay mud they will load up like most tires, but the amount of mud they hold is just huge and I could feel the weight. I struggled to even get it out with a hose after the race. All that said, if like me you race CX on clinchers, and are on a budget, and have had problems with pinch flats, this could be a great choice. If you want to go tackle mtb trails on a CX bike, great choice. If you are getting into gravel grinders, great choice. If you just ride a CX bike and want to look cool, these are some chunky, rugged looking tires. These may be the cheapest CX non wire bead tire you can buy, but they perform as well as or in certain conditions better than tires at twice the price.

Billi1905 above has a great review of these tires and I'd agree with him after using these tires essentially to turn my cyclocross bike into a mountain bike. Great value for an aggressive tire with a large volume. I weight 155lbs and use 30psi front and back on trails with little to no rocks but lots of roots, mud, gravel and sand. I haven't had a pinch flat and I've been pushing the pace. Again I'd say read Billi1905's review and believe what he's saying.