Comments on: Specialized “Captain Control” 29″er Tires: Out Of The Box

By: mjbrox

mjbrox — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:28:36 +0000

I am still waiting for mine, the LBS keeps ordering the wrong tire.

What do you think about it?

By: grannygear

grannygear — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:51:49 +0000

Well, I still have a lot of riding to do before I pronounce anything definite, but I was thinking it made a super front tire so far, at least on this one ride. We shall see how that feeling lasts.

grannygear

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:19:10 +0000

I’m curious how it performed on the rear. I wouldn’t run one on the front, but the rear might be another story.

By: grannygear

grannygear — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:36:45 +0000

Well, only one ride so far, but it was 4 hours of sandy, VERY twisty and demanding singletrack and they had a definite personality, but performed admirably. A few more rides in other condiitons and I will post up.

grannygear

By: sthrnfat

sthrnfat — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:36:50 +0000

Ran a set of the 2.0 Captains and liked the handling – very predictable, but felt they would be a better tire with a bigger casing. I must not have been the onl one thinking that! Looking forward to hearing how you like them.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:15:18 +0000

Bring on the Eskars!

By: grannygear

grannygear — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:24:21 +0000

Definitely smaller than the Rampage. It really is a good, overall size, but I see where you are coming from. Perhaps the Eskars will hit that mark you are shooting for!

grannygear

By: dave

dave — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:17:30 +0000

Thanks for taking the measurements. Pretty much confirms what I suspected… and confirms they’re too small for my tastes. Specialized needs to make a set of these in 2.4 or 2.5 for me to consider them. The Rampage is about as small as I like to go.