The Excavator is a gripper. The first time I rolled with EC, it was a loamy day at the Mansion. I climbed a rutted out, rooty, wet'n'muddy section that the Nevegal would normally slip on at least a few times. With the Excavators front and rear...I didn't slip a wheel. Just grip. As far as "high speed" cornering...as little high speed KS has to offer, I notice that the Excavator grips really well up front.

I'm hoping DMinor will step in here and give some insight on true high speed cornering from the Excavator....eh, hemmmm...D?



Regarding the Nevegal as a front tire? Yell hyeah, man! It's a great all'rounder. If you put any stock at all in the AM tire shootout that MBAction does...it's been the shootout winner more than a couple of years. It's fantastic. Not quite as grippy as the Vator, but it rolls a bit better and it's slightly lighter. I prefer the Nev'Scavator setup b/c I get excellent cornering grip and front bite out of the Vator with a good rolling Nev'e rear. The 2.35 Nev is slightly narrower than the 2.35 Vator as well. That was my orig. motive for the setup b/c my 2.35 Excav. was rubbing slightly on my seat stays.

Now that I've gotten used to this setup, I could't be happier.