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I know they’re difficult to get hold of, anyone found one anywhere?
Enduro, Front, 27.5 flavour.
I might also want a 29er too.
Looks like the stock of everything but the front enduro is starting to come back into shops. Alpinetrek has loads now except for the one that you actually want
The link on Conti's website is misleading - redirects you to Cambrian Tyres where... it's out of stock.
Alpinetrek?
https://www.alpinetrek.co.uk/continental-kryptotal-r-enduro-soft-275-x-240-fb-cyclocross-tyre/
Oh, thats rear…
https://www.alpinetrek.co.uk/continental-kryptotal-f-trail-endurance-275-60-584-cyclocross-tyre/
oh thats Trail.
jeez theys complicated
They may turn up with the DH ones which have been delayed until June at zyrofisher!
Had a rear sat there waiting for over a month.
They may be good but they are a bit rubbish with stock
The link on Conti’s website is misleading – redirects you to Cambrian Tyres where… it’s out of stock.
and its also dearer than the conti web page price 🤔
Finally found a 29 enduro F but no xynotal Enduro to go with it at the same online vendor
$30 cad delivery so reluctant to pay 2 lots of shipping 🙁
Cambrian are the distributor. When things appear on their site, they'll be at retailers in a few weeks. That's what I told me when I asked some time ago.
Supply of these has been awful since they were released. I'm giving up on them, as can't find replacements for the F&R Enduro casing ones I got last time. They're really nice tyres, but getting used to them, then not being able to replace them is a PITA.
In short, no.
I placed an order for the 29x2.4” in the enduro casing at the start of February (being told 2 weeks lead time) this has now been pushed to mid May
My freebies that I won in the Singletrack xmas giveaway have just arrived today direct from Cambrian so you might be in luck soon....
Cambrian have the 29 , but £72.95 seems a bit steep
£72.95 for a bicycle tyre 🤯
no 27.5 but a rare as hens teeth 29'er here for the front (and they ship to UK for any value)
https://www.bike24.com/p2627568.html
I gave up, now using a rear as a front
I have considered this, I’ve heard a few people running them.
£72.95 for a bicycle tyre 🤯
Yeah I don’t want one that much I don’t think!
I’ve filled in a couple of stock notifications so maybe they’ll start to be available soon. Hopefully cheaper, I’m sure my rear was under £50.
joebristol
Full Member£72.95 for a bicycle tyre 🤯
They were £40-£50 initially, it's just scalping while stock's limited
Scrap that… it’s now 2nd June.
Have you tried icycles in Inners?
Just messaged them cheers. My wife’s over there this weekend so could even go and get it for me.
My friend got a couple for free, all you have to do is ask nicely at Atherton bikes….. oh and spend 4.5k on a frame 😬
In other news tho, the athertons like to run a front tyre on both front and rear, reckon it’s the better combo
Bit drastic! I bet they don't have 27.5 anyway...
In other news tho, the athertons like to run a front tyre on both front and rear, reckon it’s the better combo
I've heard a few comments the same, might give it a try.
Pinkbike Racing started that idea. Front tyre on the rear if you like a smoother transition onto the edge. Rear on the front for mud as it clears better apparently.
I'm on the hunt for a Front SuperSoft DH casing which also seem to be sold out everywhere. Has anyone seen one in stock by any chance?
@appltn I-Cycles Innerleithen have one in 27.5 (or they did at the weekend)
Heads up that r2 have them in stock this morning for about £56 delivered to the uk. I had a stock alert set up so got lucky, it seems they have more available.
DH casing, front, 29x2.4, super soft.
https://r2-bike.com/CONTINENTAL-Tire-Kryptotal-F-29-x-240-SuperSoft-Compound-Downhill-Casing
Looks like the shops are starting to get them back in, seen icycles and Forest of Dean posting about them today.
10 enduro softs at the distributor, so should be with retailers soon - https://cambriantyresb2b.co.uk/Catalogue/Mountain/Kryptotal-Front-M7
I just went with the trail version off CRC a few days ago, can't see there being a mega difference for what I mostly ride and should last years if previous conti tyres I've had are anything to go by.
The endurance casings roll fast and plenty strong. I used two at Dyfi in the wet and never wiped out once. If I was on my usual DHF/DHR2 I would be on my arse down the original DH lower.
^ good to hear that
I've been on the trail ones for 6 months.
Great tyres and pretty tough. Probably site between maxxis exo+ and DD
10 enduro softs at the distributor, so should be with retailers soon
No little ones though 😢
The endurance casings roll fast and plenty strong.
It’s not the casing I’m worried about, it’s the softness I want.
A trail casing with soft rubber would probably suit a lot of us.
It’s not the casing I’m worried about, it’s the softness I want.
A trail casing with soft rubber would probably suit a lot of us.
Somewhere in I think this podcast episode they say that they're using a trail casing supersoft compound and that it's coming "soon", for whatever that's worth.
just a bump - has anyone seen a Front Soft Enduro Kryptotal anywhere in stock 29er? not full RRP at ludicrous 74.99?
yeah sadly no longer viable to post from r2 bike - gutted as this was my goto place for tyres
need to order a minimum of £165 now and then you'd get customs charged too - bad times for random tyre testing sadly 🙁
Seems to be a common theme with tyres at the moment, been struggling to find anything by Schwalbe in a 29 x 2.6 Addix super soft
Chainreaction have DH Supersofts in 27.5 if that’s any use to anyone
Aren't there some post-brexit issues with both those sites now?
I finally got one from Bikeinn last month,
£116 for two of them, delivered.
having been on the lookout since last summer (when I ordered a front from them but couldn't find the rears. Bought a rear in the spring only to find out the Bikeinn had sent me a rear last year, and not the front I ordered). They got it right this time.
Only a few rides in but really liking them so far.
I got a front 29er from Bikeinn https://www.tradeinn.com/bikeinn/en/continental-kryptotal-enduro-29-tubeless-front-mtb-tyre/139652459/p?utm_source=parcellab&utm_medium=email&utm_content=any&utm_campaign=any
and then put a rear 27.5 on the front of my other bike. Hopefully at some point I’ll find a front 27.5 and then move the rear on to the right end. I doubt I’ll even notice any difference though.
Put a stock notification on them here with the UK distributor: https://cambriantyresb2b.co.uk/Catalogue/Mountain/Kryptotal-Front-M7
When you receive it, wait a couple of weeks for them to appear at retailers at hopefully lower prices.
or buy from Bikeinn, bought F&R for fitting later in yr
does bikeinn allow postage to the uk? no customs etc like r2/bike24 used to under 135 euros?
good shout on the stock notification
Woohoo. My DH front super soft argotal turned up yesterday. Only 6 months after ordering!
I’m a convert, 2.6 Argotal/2.4 Kryptotal-r through winter then 2.4 Kryptotal-f/r since.
All have been the enduro/soft versions and been impressed. Predictable, roll fast, sensible weight, seem to wear at a sensible rate.
Out of interest had anyone tried a Kryptotal-f front and rear?
does bikeinn allow postage to the uk? no customs etc like r2/bike24 used to under 135 euros?
Yes mine are now in the hands of RM
Out of interest had anyone tried a Kryptotal-f front and rear?
No however I was planning to, to replace DHR2 which I use as a summer front and winter rear.
From what I have read (including Blister) and heard:
- Front has a smoother transition from centre to edge
- Rear is a squarer, so side knobs engage at shallower lean angles
- Rear has a firmer cornering hold
- Rear clears mud better
- Rear rolls "even better" but gives up some braking bite
Relevant article: https://bikerumor.com/aasq-107-what-tire-profile-is-best-for-cornering-rounded-or-square/
In the comments at the bottom of the Blister article are rolling resistances, from a Bike Magazin lab test:
No mention of Xynotal but must be better...
19W Kryptotal F Trail Endurance
21W Kryptotal R " (maybe the F/R numbers are the wrong way round?)
25W Dissector Exo MaxxTerra
28W Assegai "
29W DHR II "
29W Shorty "
(and more)
Thay entire test looks to be wrong way round.
I think it's some basic rolling barrel test, so probably not accurate enough for small differences in watts. I'd trust it on Contis - Dissector - other Maxxis though, as it's consistent with reviews and things people on forums say.
The rest from the comments (I think there were more in the test, but that's not free to view):
32W DHRII DD MaxxTerra
34W Kryptotal R Enduro
36W Kryptotal R DH Soft
40W Kryptotal F DH Ultra Soft
50W DHR II DH MaxxGrip
52W Assegai DD MaxxGrip
Don’t think I could live with the logos not being opposite each other!
Maxxis tyres are the same, but it's less noticeable because there's a lot more details about casing and compound etc. following the model name. Still, doesn't make it right!
