Continental just made its stickiest rubber a lot easier to buy. On August 6, 2026, Continental added 13 new casing-and-compound combinations to its Gravity mountain bike tire range, spreading Enduro SuperSoft and Trail Soft options across the Argotal, Kryptotal Front, Kryptotal Rear, and Xynotal tread patterns. That’s a real expansion, not a marketing refresh.

We’ve mentioned Continental before on this site. Our front/rear tire pairing guide covered the Kryptotal Fr Enduro SuperSoft in detail. But we’ve never given the brand a proper writeup of its own, and that’s an oversight. Riders cross-shopping the Maxxis Assegai and Schwalbe Magic Mary put Continental in the same conversation constantly. This expansion is a good excuse to close that gap.

Quick Take

What changed	13 new casing/compound combos added to Gravity range
Tread patterns affected	Argotal, Kryptotal Front, Kryptotal Rear, Xynotal
New compounds	Enduro SuperSoft (grippiest) and expanded Trail Soft
Sizes	27.5” x 2.4” and 29” x 2.4”
Trail Soft price	$88.95 / €73.95 / £63.99
Enduro SuperSoft price	$104.95 / €86.95 / £74.99
Best for:	Riders already sold on Continental’s grip who want that compound in more tread and casing options
Skip if:	You want years of real-world wear data before you buy. Half these combos are five days old

What Are the 13 New Continental Gravity Tire Combinations?

Continental didn’t just add SuperSoft and Trail Soft everywhere. Availability varies by tread pattern and size, which is how you get an odd number like 13 instead of a clean multiple of four:

1. Xynotal — Enduro SuperSoft and Trail Soft, both in 27.5” and 29” (4 combos)
2. Kryptotal Rear — Enduro SuperSoft and Trail Soft, both in 27.5” and 29” (4 combos)
3. Argotal — Enduro SuperSoft in 27.5” only, Trail Soft in both 27.5” and 29” (3 combos)
4. Kryptotal Front — Enduro SuperSoft and Trail Soft, both 27.5” only (2 combos)

Notice Kryptotal Front is the only tread pattern where this wave adds just one wheel size. That’s not a hole in the lineup, though. Kryptotal Fr has offered both Enduro SuperSoft and Trail Soft in 29” (ETRTO 60-622) since Continental’s March 2025 launch. This August wave fills in the matching 27.5” versions, so Kryptotal Front now has both compounds in both wheel sizes, just spread across two release waves instead of one.

SuperSoft vs Trail Soft: What’s Actually Different

These aren’t two versions of the same idea. They’re built for opposite priorities.

Enduro SuperSoft pairs Continental’s Enduro casing with SuperSoft, the stickiest, grippiest rubber compound in the Gravity lineup. Until this expansion, SuperSoft mostly lived on Continental’s DH casing: heavy, race-day rubber. Getting it on the lighter Enduro casing is the same move Continental made when it first brought SuperSoft to the Enduro-casing Kryptotal Fr and Argotal back in March 2025. Take the compound built for downhill grip and put it somewhere you’d actually pedal it.

Trail Soft is a different animal entirely. It pairs Continental’s Trail casing, the lightest in the Gravity range, with Soft compound, which Continental positions as descending-focused but noticeably faster rolling than SuperSoft. Trail Soft isn’t new to this August wave, either. It debuted on Kryptotal Fr alongside SuperSoft back in March 2025. What’s new is seeing it spread to Kryptotal Rear, Xynotal, and Argotal instead of staying a one-tire option. Think of Trail Soft as the tire for riders who want more grip than an all-day XC tire without paying the weight and rolling-resistance tax of Enduro SuperSoft.

If you know the Maxxis compound ladder, this maps reasonably well: SuperSoft plays the role MaxxGrip plays for Maxxis, and Soft sits somewhere between MaxxTerra and MaxxGrip depending on casing. It’s not an exact match, but it’s close enough to translate if you’re coming from another brand.

Where This Actually Started

This isn’t Continental’s first move into softer trail-weight rubber. Back in March 2025, Continental put SuperSoft on the Enduro-casing Kryptotal Fr and Argotal for the first time, and introduced Trail Soft on Kryptotal Fr in the same release. Our trail tire pairing guide covered the Kryptotal Fr SuperSoft in depth and reported a real, if not dramatic, grip advantage over a Maxxis Assegai MaxGrip, along with a trade-off in durability: center knobs wearing faster than an Assegai at the same mileage. (That guide’s “What’s New for 2026” framing and its six-week mounted-time claim describe when we got fresh saddle time on the tire, not when Continental launched it — the compound has been on the market since March 2025.)

That single Kryptotal Fr SuperSoft option, plus the Trail Soft launched alongside it, was the proof of concept. This August expansion is Continental taking that same idea (grippy compound, trail-legal casing) and rolling it out across the rest of the lineup instead of leaving it as a one-tire experiment. Kryptotal Rear, Xynotal, and Argotal all get the same treatment now, extending both SuperSoft and Trail Soft well beyond the single tread pattern they launched on.

Pricing: SuperSoft Costs More, and the Gap Is Consistent

Option	Casing/Compound	USD	EUR	GBP
Trail Soft	Trail casing + Soft compound	$88.95	€73.95	£63.99
Enduro SuperSoft	Enduro casing + SuperSoft compound	$104.95	€86.95	£74.99

That’s a $16 gap between the two, roughly 18% more for the grippier casing-and-compound combo. For context, a Maxxis Assegai in EXO+ 3C MaxxGrip runs around $90 at most retailers, per pricing referenced in our front/rear pairing guide. Trail Soft lands right in Assegai territory, and Enduro SuperSoft sits a clear step above it. Schwalbe’s Magic Mary sits in a similar band to the Assegai in its standard Super Gravity casing, with the radial version covered in our separate review running well past $100. Continental isn’t trying to undercut anyone here. It’s pricing SuperSoft like the premium option it is.

Continental vs. Assegai and Magic Mary: The Real Cross-Shop

	Continental Enduro SuperSoft	Maxxis Assegai MaxxGrip	Schwalbe Magic Mary (standard)
Positioning	Grippiest compound, trail-legal casing	Default aggressive front tire	Wet/loose grip specialist
Price	$104.95	~$90	Comparable to Assegai
Track record	Days old on most tread patterns	Years, proven at scale	Years, proven at scale
Wet grip reputation	Strong, Continental’s rubber has led here for a while	Very good, slightly behind Continental in the wet	Excellent, arguably the wet-conditions benchmark
Wear rate	Faster than Maxx Terra-class compounds	Moderate	Moderate to fast in Ultra Soft

The honest read: Continental was never really absent from this conversation, just under-covered by us specifically. Riders in the Pacific Northwest and UK have been running Kryptotal fronts against Assegai and Magic Mary for a couple of seasons now, and their reports line up with what our earlier coverage found. Continental’s wet-weather compound work is genuinely ahead. What this expansion changes is choice, not the underlying grip story. You can now get that SuperSoft compound on Kryptotal Rear, Xynotal, and Argotal instead of just the one front tire, and you can get a lighter Trail Soft option if SuperSoft’s weight and wear rate don’t make sense for how you actually ride.

Who Should Run Enduro SuperSoft

Enduro racers and gravity-focused trail riders in wet or mixed terrain. If you already know you want maximum grip and you’re not precious about tire wear, SuperSoft across the whole tread lineup, not just the front, is the more coherent setup than mixing SuperSoft front with something slower out back.

Riders who found the original Kryptotal Fr SuperSoft convincing. If the results in our earlier coverage match your own experience or reputation you’ve heard from other riders, the expansion to Rear, Xynotal, and Argotal just gives you more tread pattern options at the same compound.

Skip it if you’re budget-conscious or ride mostly dry, hardpack terrain where SuperSoft’s extra grip goes mostly unused while its extra wear cost doesn’t.

Who Should Run Trail Soft

Trail riders who want more grip than a fast-rolling all-day tire without Enduro SuperSoft’s weight and rolling resistance. Trail Soft on the lightest casing in the Gravity range is built for exactly that middle ground—people who pedal a lot and don’t want a DH-weight tire doing it.

Riders building a lighter trail bike who still want Continental’s wet-weather rubber advantage. You’re trading some outright grip ceiling for a tire that doesn’t feel like a tax on every climb.

Skip it if you’re running bike park laps or genuinely rough enduro terrain—Trail casing isn’t built for that abuse, and Enduro SuperSoft or Continental’s DH casing is the more honest choice there.

What We Don’t Know Yet

This is a five-day-old expansion as of publication, and that matters more than any spec sheet.

Long-term wear data on the new combos. We have wear reports on the original Kryptotal Fr SuperSoft, covered in our earlier guide. We have nothing yet on SuperSoft on Kryptotal Rear, Xynotal, or Argotal, or on Trail Soft in any tread pattern. The compound and casing story is consistent across the lineup, but consistent doesn’t always mean identical in practice.

Whether the new 27.5” Kryptotal Front combos hold up like the 29” versions have. The 29” Kryptotal Fr in both SuperSoft and Trail Soft has been on the market since March 2025 and has a real track record. The 27.5” version is five days old. Same compound and casing, smaller diameter — worth confirming it rides the same before assuming it does.

How Maxxis and Schwalbe respond. We noted back in April that Continental’s SuperSoft move would likely push the other two majors to react. An expansion this broad raises the stakes on that prediction.

The Bottom Line

Continental took a compound that worked—the Kryptotal Fr SuperSoft Enduro we covered favorably in our earlier guide—and stopped treating it like a one-off. Thirteen new combos across four tread patterns and two wheel sizes is a real commitment to putting SuperSoft grip, and a genuinely new lighter Trail Soft option, in front of more riders in more setups.

None of that changes the fundamental calculus against Assegai and Magic Mary: Continental’s wet-weather grip reputation is strong and, based on our earlier coverage and rider reports, deserved. What changes is that you’re no longer locked into one front tire to get it. If you already ride Continental or you’ve been curious based on other riders’ results, this expansion gives you a real reason to build a full front-and-rear setup around SuperSoft or Trail Soft instead of bolting one Continental tire onto an otherwise Maxxis or Schwalbe bike. If you want proven, multi-season wear data before you commit, give this wave a season to prove itself first—that’s not skepticism for its own sake, it’s just how new rubber earns trust.

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Pricing and specs sourced from Continental’s official press release and launch coverage from Bikerumor and BikeRadar. Kryptotal Fr SuperSoft Enduro details referenced from our trail tire pairing guide.