Yup, Kinetics. They were craZcheap.
+1 to the Excavators. They grip like madd! They roll a little slower if you're using them for XC, but when it comes time to climbing a muddy techy chute...they just grip.
Theres a shortish (25yds) chute that's slightly graded on my local trails that's eroded pretty bad. Cross-rooted, shelfed, slick rocks. When it rains, the nice brown dirt turns to slick silt. I was accustomed to running the 2.35 Nevegal and spinning a bit getting up that chute. My maiden ride on the Excavators was a muddy one and I was freaked out b/c I didn't even slip a tire climbing that silly chute. My riding buddy had just gotten the same tires and when he reached the mouth of the chute, he shouted "OMG dude!!!"
Great meats.
I don't run them on the back of the Komodo b/c the 2.35 Excavator casing is slightly larger than the 2.35 Nevegal casing. I'll be switching back to a Nevegal R / Excavator F when the Conti's give up the ghost fer sure!
Last edited by ed; 11-06-09 at 08:37 AM.