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Specialized
Eskar Control 2Bliss
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Average Rating
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3.1/5
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Description:
- 420/D1 Control Casing
- Aramid Bead
- 65a Center Compound
- 55a Shoulder Compound
- 2Bliss
- Butyl wrapped bead
- Low Rolling Resistance Tread Design
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Submitted by
presslab
a Cross Country Rider
from CA
Date Reviewed: July 6, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Annadel | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Fast rolling
Good cornering traction
2bliss
Lightweight | | Weaknesses: | Climbing traction good, but not great.
Sidewalls flimsy
Not the best in the wet | | Similar Products Used: | Nevegal | | Bike Setup: | El Guapo, 6" f/r
| | Bottom Line: | This tire is a great all-around tire. The 2bliss allows me to run it tubeless but without the weight of an UST tire. On some loose climbs this tire fights for traction but it's not terrible. Cornering is very predictable, although the bike must be laid over to really dig in the side knobs. It's pretty tough in the rocks, the same rocky trails that were tearing knobs off my Nevegal. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
marc castellana
a Cross Country Rider
from Bedford,NY,USA
Date Reviewed: May 19, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Anywhere in the woods | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$37.00 | | Purchased At: | local shop | | Strengths: | Light!!!good traction. | | Weaknesses: | Sidewalls, these tires suck you hit one rock on the side of the tire and it's over. | | Similar Products Used: | nevegal | | Bike Setup: | santa cruz cameleon,fox vanilla,X9, juicy 5 | | Bottom Line: | Do not buy these tires they are not worth it, spend a bit more and get somthing better. Very bad experience with these very fragile.... | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Grommett
a Weekend Warrior
from Phoenix,az
Date Reviewed: May 15, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | National | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$39.00 | | Purchased At: | DNA Cycles | | Strengths: | lightweight, roll pretty fast for a big tire, corner very well | | Weaknesses: | get sloppy when aired down | | Similar Products Used: | Nevegal 2.35, Resolution 2.3 | | Bike Setup: | 06 Stumpy Sworks | | Bottom Line: | Got a pair of these tires after being throughly disappointed in the Nevegal UST's. First impression was that they rolled really fast and were very confidence inspiring railing downhill, and over large technical terrain. They held very nicely in tight fast corners, even when in loose over hardpack when leaned hard onto the lugs. However, they sometimes felt sluggish and less than nimble in fast swoopy single track. I dropped the pressure to get a more "tubeless" feel and traction and that is when they fall flat. Specialized makes their sidewalls thin..this is not a UST tire and thus it is very sloppy when run at a lower pressure. I think they are pretty decent tires if you are looking to handle bigger terrain and want a large volume tire for a big contact patch and only when aired up, but they are not a nimble tire when aired down as they roll too much because of a thin sidewall. I have since replaced them with a pair of Ignitors which I am pretty pleased with after the first ride. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeff
a Cross Country Rider
from Canton, GA USA
Date Reviewed: April 17, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Blackets Creek | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$37.00 | | Purchased At: | OutSpokin bikes | | Strengths: | Weight, Speed | | Weaknesses: | Cornering in loose dry rocking trails | | Similar Products Used: | Resolution, Nevegal, Spiders, Enduro | | Bike Setup: | 06 Enduro | | Bottom Line: | These tires roll really well but I guess because of that they don't corner well at all in Dry, loose, rockying conditions. I replaced my resolution tires with these as they stopped making them and I have no where near the cornering I had with those.
I am taking this tire of the front and will put a Nevegal up front and leave the Eskar in the rear. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
nate
a Weekend Warrior
from colorado springs, co
Date Reviewed: April 16, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | ute valley | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$37.00 | | Purchased At: | criterium cycles | | Strengths: | phenomenal grip, 2bliss | | Weaknesses: | none so far... looks like a maxxis clone? | | Similar Products Used: | kenda blue groove, nevegal, etc. | | Bike Setup: | '07 enduro sl (with '08 suspension), running eskar 2.3 front, the captain 2.0 rear, ghetto tubeless with stan's | | Bottom Line: | from the very first ride i found this to be the most confidence-inspiring tire i've ever ridden on. i've been railing flat, dusty corners like never before. i think most modern trail tires have pretty good grip, so the best you can hope for is a tire that makes you trust its grip. the eskar does that for me. i read some reviews before i bought it, and i worried a little about the sidewall weakness, because the trails here are pretty rocky. so far i haven't had a problem, and i have skimmed the sidewalls on some nasty-looking rocks. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeff
a Weekend Warrior
from Laguna Hills
Date Reviewed: January 20, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Noble Canyon | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Strengths: | Serious grip, cornering, rolls decent for a big tire. | | Weaknesses: | SIDEWALLS!! | | Similar Products Used: | Maxxis, Kenda. | | Bike Setup: | S-works Enduro SL. DT Swiss tubeless conversion. | | Bottom Line: | I was recommended this tire by the local shop because they offered exactly what I was looking for. The traction and cornering are phenomenal. All was good until I went through 2 s-works versions of this tire and 1 Control within a month of riding. All 3 had sidewall sliting issues. I liked the tires so much that I stuck with them thinking I had bad luck. After the last one that tore at mile 8, I've given up and I'm going back to Maxxis or Kenda. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
gary
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from laguna beach, ca
Date Reviewed: January 19, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$37.00 | | Purchased At: | revocycles | | Strengths: | Lightweight, true to size, tread pattern, cornering | | Weaknesses: | weak sidewalls, even under the tread. | | Similar Products Used: | hutchinson barracuda, schwalbe fat albert | | Bike Setup: | heckler | | Bottom Line: | this tire performs very well on the rear, lihjt, accelarates and brakes well, corners on a dime. however, not durable. Sidewalls are paper thin, cut easily, and if you even get a nailhole between the tread, the casing will tear a little next to the hole and stan's won't really seal it. too bad because I really like the way this tire rides. i wouldn't mind if it was a little heavier with stronger casing. i wish they made it in a true UST version, the "2-bliss" thing isn't the same. I'm still giving it a decent value rating because of the price. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Orlando
a Weekend Warrior
from Belgium
Date Reviewed: November 12, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Came with the bike | | Strengths: | Great traction, great cornering | | Weaknesses: | ...still waiting to see one | | Similar Products Used: | WTB weirwolves and nanoraptors (not very similar though), Michelin wildgrippers, IRC Mythos XC and Tioga's | | Bike Setup: | Enduro SL 2008 | | Bottom Line: | ...what can I say? Best tyres I've ever riden. These grab on to anything in wet or dry, packed or loose. I love them! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve Gosselin
a Racer
from Golden, CO
Date Reviewed: November 8, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Colorado Front Range Rides - Apex, Enchanted, Dakota Ridge, White Ranch | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Traction/hookup, tread pattern | | Weaknesses: | Casing | | Bike Setup: | 2008 Enduro SL Expert | | Bottom Line: | A pair of these tires came on my sweet new Enduro SL, and I really liked them, until I blew out a sidewall (I'm guessing on a sharp-ish rock) yesterday on a ride. I've only ridden them about 8 times so far. The sidewalls are touted as "lightweight", and I really think that had something to do with it. I've never blown out a sidewall before and have ridden Maxxis, WTBs, and Kendas on this same trail many, many times. A great tire traction-wise, but questionable sidewall/casing durability. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Daniel Abernethy
a Racer
from Santa Cruz, CA
Date Reviewed: October 25, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Dirt Trails | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | Trail head cycles | | Strengths: | Fast Rolling, Cornering bite,2Bliss, Light for it's size, supple casing, HUGE Volume. | | Weaknesses: | Made by the great Satan, possible fragile casing, semi-knock off of Maxxis tires. | | Similar Products Used: | Ressies, High rollers, Minions, Nevegals, Michelin, Continental | | Bike Setup: | Trans Blue Blur LT, Talas 32 130, 819's Hope hubs,XTR 960 cranks, Heim 3-guide, XT755 4-pot calipers, Hope Floating discs, Maverick Speedball R, DX pedals | | Bottom Line: | I'm a MOUNTAIN BIKER through and through and have been since 1982. I race XC, Super D and DH, I was a top 20 Expert BMXer in the 80's.
I've been using the Eskars for about a month and this is my initial opinion on these tires....
They are a cut above the Ressies which I had been using, I race Dville XC with Ressies. - The Ressie's were huge volume, and fast rolling due to the center row of knobs, they hooked up in Duff, Hard pack, Rocks, they were mountable with a Floor Pump. They only lacked in hard cornering grip in certain conditions.
I'd been in THC mentioning how I liked the Ressies but wanted a little more loose traction and cornering power, and lo and behold the Big S delivered this tire to market in the weeks prior to Interbike.
The Eskar's are also a dual compound tire, but the center row has been replaced with a similar tread as the Maxxis Advantage, but with the shoulder knobs of a High Roller.
I've been using this tire in Demo, Wilder, and on my homeward bound goat trails. I've yet to find a limitation on the tire, It just plain RIPS. Sickeningly hooking up, it has the traction of and the predictable drift of High Rollers, plus the fast roll of the Ressie. I can make my pavement cross town(SCruz)warm up, easily pulling 13-15mph. These tires roll like Semi Slicks! and grip dirt like Velcro.
Try'em!!!!
It's inexpensive, seems durable, has huge volume and is 2bliss.
I'm buying a couple sets of these. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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