Sea Otter 2012: Kenda Tyres

Here’s the latest tyre from Kenda’s signature series. It’s the Eric Carter Nexcavator, complete with super soft 42A sticky rubber.

Could they get the hot patch any bigger?

This compound will also be available on the Nevegal, the Happy Medium and the Slant Six in widths mostly of 2.35 and 2.5in for some too.

In case you were wondering about where to get tyres for your new 27.5in bike that you didn’t know you needed until now, then Kenda is one of the companies stepping up and making them in the medium size. This is the Karma in 2.0, but there’ll also be a Slant Six available.

See the next issue of Singletrack for a debate on this new size...

KHS has been one of the companies championing the middle way

Kenda also has two new tyres in the works. One is a complete secret, but the other one at least has a name. It’ll come in 26in and 29in and has the great name of ‘Honey Badger’… Stay tuned for that one.

Mr. Chipps Chippendale

Singletrackworld's ex-Editor At Large

With 25 years as Editor of Singletrack World Magazine, Chipps holds the record for the longest-running mountain bike magazine editor in the world. He started in the bike trade in 1990 and became a full time mountain bike journalist at the start of 1994. Chipps stepped down as Editor in April 2026 after 25 years at the helm. He's now wondering what to do next, while riding his bike in the French Pyrenees, where he also runs some gites.

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