Originally Posted by ItsJustMe
I have no specific experience with those tires, but I finally had to replace my stock Kendas that my $300 Giant came with. I estimate they had about 3800 miles on them, and they were < $10 crap tires (Kenda Kraps?) I don't think any tire should be ready for replacement at 1000 miles; it's probably just coincidence.
What kind of Kenda tires are those? Are they road tires? I have several models of Kenda road tires and they typically only last me ~1500 miles before the kevlar belt gets worn too thin and things get through the inner tube quite easily.