Comments on: Specialized Camber Expert 29er review

By: andy g

andy g — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:13:34 +0000

I have the comp 2012 version – covered around 2400 miles so far and it has only every let me down once – had to upgrade the BB to a ceramic version.. awesome bike though

By: chris-m

chris-m — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:11:11 +0000

It is a great review as always. Dave makes his reviews sound like it’s your Buddy telling you about his bike, which is very personable.
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However, Butcher, there are so many badly designed bikes out there, which have incredibly bad details such as their cable routing. It may ride nice, but if its a pain in the rear to look after then, to me, how it rides is only 70% of the equation. If you spend a lot of time replacing cables, replacing bearings, etc, then it does definitely matter.
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Technology had advanced so much, that details like these should be a thing of the past, IMHO.

By: Matt D

Matt D — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:13:24 +0000

I also don’t rate the Command post having had a Reverb previously. Asked for it to be swapped over when I bought the Camber and was told the cable at 5mm wouldn’t fit through the internal routing. Assume the Lev has 4mm cable?

By: Heihei

Heihei — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:03:32 +0000

I’ll give you a negative – I hated the command post and have switched it out for a Lev. Other than that, the review is spot-on. Since getting this bike in October, I’ve not ridden my Mojo HD and sold my On One 456. I’ve added some carbon wheels, an XX cassette, and wider carbon bars, which takes the weight under 26lbs. Set up like this, it’s a rocket both up and down!

By: The butcher

The butcher — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:29:53 +0000

I’m in complete agreement with dave on the spesh. It’s one of, if the most balanced bikes I’ve ever ridden. It manuals, jumps, rips around turns and is mega fun (for a 29er)! Ha ha. Who gives two hoots about the cable routing.

By: chris-m

chris-m — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 07:28:55 +0000

There’s not much negativity in this article, David. I would like to see you be a little more picky and give some information on overall design, including bearing design and quality, please. Are the frames guaranteed for life? Are the bearings guaranteed for life? Etc.
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It would be nice to know about fiddly things like cable routing and is it designed well enough so that there is little chance of cable contamination (as far as a bike can be, that is). Bikes like Lapierre have very poor cable routing, as do Cube bikes, so it’d be nice to know how these things on other bikes are designed, please. Thanks.

By: Matt D

Matt D — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:07:43 +0000

I totally agree with the review. Had this bike since early december and its superb.
Just got back from a week in and around the Forest of Dean/S Wales and it was amazing at the trail centres.
The momentum and speed it carries compared to my previous Five and Foxy before that, is the riding highlight.
It looks great too.
Highly recommended.