Comments on: Specialized Tires: Final Review From The West Coast

By: Guitar Ted

Guitar Ted — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:15:04 +0000

Nevada 29er: The Conti is super grippy. It will have some increased rolling resistance in harder packed soils/rock, so if you are riding on this sort of stuff, The Captain may be better. The Captain rolls really well and is an excellent “all ’rounder” in my opinion. Not really great at any one thing, but pretty darn good everywhere.

The width of my 2.2 Captain Control 2Blis tires is pretty close to a MK 2.4. I would call it a wash. I have the Captains on some Gordos now and they look really fat on there. I think if I measured both on the same rims though, the Captain would be a bit narrower, but not by much.

By: Nevada 29er

Nevada 29er — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:20:35 +0000

How does the 2.2 Captain compare to the 2.4 Conti MK? Looking for a trail/AM type tire for high desert conditions, everything from hard pack to rock, to loose sand.

By: Guitar Ted

Guitar Ted — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:07:28 +0000

Nevada 29er: We only ever got the Captain with the 2Blis Control casing in the 2.2″ size. They weighed in the 720-730gram range.

Specialized lists a weight on the plain Captain 2.2 at 660 grams. I would be willing to bet all the range is between 660 and 750 grams, based upon my experience.

By: Nevada 29er

Nevada 29er — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:32:30 +0000

GT,

Do you have the different weights for the Captain 2.2 Armadillo vs Control vs S-Works? Kind of confusing with all the choices and no weights given…

By: Guitar Ted

Guitar Ted — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:58:06 +0000

CaliBerlin: All reports on Twenty Nine Inches are for The Captain 2.2 inch wide tire.

By: CaliBerlin

CaliBerlin — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:50:54 +0000

Captain 2.0 or 2.2?

As Nick said, 2.0 used to be the only option.

So are captain reports on this thread for the 2.0?

Thanks. Would love to know before I drop $65.00 on a tire. ($130.00 a pair!). At least there won’t be swapping anymore…

By: Guitar Ted

Guitar Ted — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:12:33 +0000

Nick: Getting back to your East Coast question: I think the Captains would work fantastic on your terrain. I am very impressed with the traction with the Captain tires. We have some roots and embedded rocks here, plus our soil gets “greasy” with moisture, so I am familiar with slippery trails! The Captain worked super well on a few climbs with the single speed and again; it was without a slip.

I ran tubes in mine. I think traction would only be improved tubeless. As far as I am concerned, the Captains are keepers for conditions like you describe.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:17:11 +0000

Just to confuse the situation

Oderus, I believe originally Wish I Were Riding was asking how the new 2.2 width compared in size to the old 2.0 width. Correct me if I am wrong.

By: Oderus

Oderus — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:58:27 +0000

Wish I Were Riding, it is a new as it was first produced in 2008. It only came out this past year to clarify. It has not been around (like the Fast Track) to see a second generation so to speak.

By: Wish I Were Riding

Wish I Were Riding — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:53:27 +0000

Oderus, that is not true. I have been riding on a Captain 2.0 for many months now, so this is not a new tread design. What is new about it is that it also now comes in a 2.2 size, as well as 2Bliss versions.