Price Paid:  $3600.00 at Full Cycle, Ft. Coll

Favorite Ride:
Rist Canyon-Masonville

Bike Setup:
Full Dura Ace components, Mavic R-SYS wheels, Selle Italia SLR saddle

Summary:
Long story--abreviated: Ordered a Felt F3. It arriived at my LBS badly damaged. Felt said no more in my size, so they sent and F1 for only a few hundred $ more. But that arrived with a cracked frame!! So they took all the components off the F1 and put them on an F2 frame. This is a full-on racing machine. Plenty stiff but not harsh. The ride is so true and stable I can ride comfortably no hands at 35 mph. Looks as fast as it rides.

Strengths:
Weight, responsiveness, rides smooth and perfectly true

Weaknesses:
Can be a little twitchy in tight turns, but I have a very short stem (80 mm). Vittoria Diamante Pro Light tires are indeed light but easily damaged and flatted.

Similar Products Used:
Serrotta CSI

Price Paid:  $0.00

Favorite Ride:
anything with hills

Bike Setup:
Full DA
Ksyrium SL wheels
Zipp bars and stem

Summary:
I have had the 2008 Felt F2 for a few months now and have very few complaints. The bike handles, climbs and excellerates excellently. For a bike in the 4-5k price range there are very few that come as well built as this bike. High modulus carbon fiber, full d.a components, and ksyrium sl wheels all in a package is virtually unbeatable. This is especially true when comparing it to similar Cervelo bikes in the same price range that come with sub-par components.

Strengths:
Extremely light (sub 15 lbs), stiff, and ready to race right out of the box. The da groupo and frame are excellent

Weaknesses:
The Felt 1.2 carbon drop bars and the ritchey alloy stem are not a very stiff combination and will need to be switched out. I can feel them give when I am out of the saddle. Also, the saddle will eventually have to be replaced because it is rigid in the nose.

Similar Products Used:
Cervelo Soloist, R3, and Madone 6.5pro

Price Paid:  $4000.00 at LBS

Model Year:
2007

Favorite Ride:
Roling terain

Bike Setup:
DA STI
DA FD
DA RD
DA cables
DA craks 53/39
Ultegra chain
Ultegra caset
XRP 50mm tubular

Summary:
Well it's a 2008 but that option was not available. So far great althow I have not had a chace to properly test its climing. Feather light frame and great componests. I will update further when I get more miles on the frame.

Strengths:
Great frame and superb componests.

Weaknesses:
not to crazy about the saddle. I know its an SLR mold but I think i might swich to a fizik arione

Similar Products Used:
Scott CR1

Price Paid:  $0.00 at Sports Basement-Brya

Favorite Ride:
SF Bay Area

Bike Setup:
-Full Dura Ace except for chain and cassette.
-Look Keo Classic Pedals
-Specialized Toupe saddle
Mostly stock.

Summary:
I have the 2008 model. The bike came out of the box ready to race. It is light, fast and it looks great. I use this bike for my training rides as well as racing. It is stiff in all the right places. It climbs and descends well and looks great too (nothing better than glossy carbon)! Little upgrades were required since it is full Dura Ace (except for the chain and cassette)and Kysrium SL wheels. The price is quite reasonable considering how well equipped it is. If you are looking for a well equipped road bike in the $4000-$5000 price range, definitely check out the Felt F2.

Strengths:
-Climbing
-Descending
-Lightweight
-Components
-Price
-And of course the looks.

Weaknesses:
-Very Few!
-Made in Taiwan, but better than China (what isn't made in China these days).

Similar Products Used:
Cannondale Synapse, Trek Madone, Cannondale SystemSix, Cannondale SuperSix, Fuji SL1, Specialized Tarmac S-Works, Orbea Orca, Cervelo R3 SL.

Price Paid:  $2800.00 at Wheel and Sprocket

Model Year:
2007

Favorite Ride:
Felt F2

Summary:
I considered many bikes before I settled on the Felt F2. The Felt F2 has many things going for it. 1. The ride is excellent. It is fantastic over rough terrain. 2. When you put power to the pedals you feel like it is all being transmitted to making forward motion. 3. The Dura-ace component group is excellent. Enough said. 4. The Dura-ace tubeless rims are one of the best parts that comes with this bike, and I think Felt should do more touting of this particular specification. 5. The frame on this bike not only looks great, but it is compliant where it needs to be and stiff where it should be. A good mix overall. 6. The overall handling of the F2 is excellent. The front end is tight, the stiff front triangle and new fork has a lot to do with this.

In the end I got a smoking deal at a good dealership that was reducing year end inventory. I would suggest this bike highly. The F2 has a spec that competes with bikes that are $1500 to $2000 more than the Felt F2's MSRP. I can tell you that you will get more bike for your money, and those $6000 bikes don't ride any better than the Felt. In fact most of them ride on par and some were even worse than what I experienced on the F2.

Strengths:
I would say that one of the strengths of this bike is the component group. The Dura-ace components are excellent. Probably one of the best parts of the component group are the rims. They are the new Dura-ace tubless rims. I have since changed the tires that came with the bike over to the new Hutchinson tubless road tires. This was like going from old biasply tires to radials on a car. Totally different ride and everything they are saying about tubless tires is true. Better ride, better handling, and much less rolling resistance than you current clinchers. The first time you ride these rims with the tubeless tires will be the last time you want your old clinchers back.

Weaknesses:
The felt saddle is almost too minimalist for me. Other bikes in this price level come with better saddles. I will keep this saddle for a while, but I have a feeling that I will upgrade to another once spring time comes around.