Summary: Been riding Colnago for years and decided to pick up this Felt bike as a second weekend ride. This bike has a super smooth and responsive feel. Sure, some weight savings could be achieved with some component upgrades but the bottom line is this bike rides great with the 105/ultegra components that it is originally equipped with. I highly recommend Felt carbon!
Strengths: smooth responsive ride
Weaknesses: none
Similar Products Used: Colnago, Trek
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Bike Setup: Stock Frame & Wheels, FSA carbon Seatpost, K wing Handlebars, SL-K carbon crank, I also upgraded to Ultegra components, Spcialized Alias saddle Speedplay X Pedals
Summary: The bike is a great alround bike. Its flexible enough to asborb plenty of vibration. But some of the stock parts had to go The handle bars, seat post, seat & 105 components. afterwards the bike became more responsive. I could not believe how much wieght I lost between the handle bar and those stock cranks
Strengths: It has potential and is a good value for the money. After a couple of changes it became a great bike that I enjoy riding. I had a bad crash a year ago and I'm still riding it today. So something has to be said for the frame.
Weaknesses: The weight with all the stock parts. It was like riding with sand bags
Similar Products Used: I Have riden Specialized, Schwinn, Klien and Fuji
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Summary: Overall this is a pretty crappy bike. The frame is ultra heavy!! The 56 weighs in at 1400 grams. Thats about 200 grams above the caad 9 (a cheaper and stiffer frame). What is the point of carbon if its heavier than an aluminum or steal bike? The BB isn't stiff. Comes with crappy wheels (option of aksium or alex a270). The front fork has an aluminum feel. Felt has always been considered the equivalent of a dept store name or at best a fuji. Now I know why. Finally, I would never recommend racing on this bike. The carbon is very fragile, and I've noticed not treated right. One crash and that bike will have a carbosion.
Bike Setup: 105- front and shifters
Ultegra- Rear
Dropped Handlebars and Trued wheels
Summary: Ok, so I LOVE this bike. I recently got it and in 3 months, give or take, i have put maybe 1000 miles onto, and enjoyed every one! The bike is stiff, yet flexible to the point that in a turn you will be streamline with the line your taking. I upgraded from a Fuji Roubaix Pro that I absolutely HATED!!! This bike is a good carbon bike for the money, the frame is only 1350g and is totally around 17.5lbs, and that is very light for a sub 1500 dollar bike!! I have no real complaints and recommend this bike to anyone who is searching for a good carbon entry level bike!!
Strengths: The whole bike is amazing... It has Shimano 105 shifters and front derailer and an Ultegra rear derailer... It has nice tires, Vittoria and is all around nice..
Weaknesses: The wheels are not stiff enough for me, and I feel that im going to seen have to get a new wheelset, especially a new HUB set!! Also I dont really like the BLUE paint over carbon fiber, id prefer it to be see through, but thats cosmetic and in NO way effects it performance... OVERALL IM NOT COMPLAINING!!
Similar Products Used: Fuji Roubaix Pro
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Summary: I bought this bike brand new on eBay for $960. I couldn't believe the deal I got on this, even for last year's model. When the bike came in the mail I was very happy with the overall appearance and quality. With a few adjustments, I found a great riding position and the bike (60cm) turned out to be a great fit for me at 6'5", 205 lbs.
This is a great riding bike that seems to be discontinued for the 2008 model year. If you can get your hands on any model Felt carbon bike for a good price I suggest you go for a ride and fall in love.
Strengths: For the money, I could not find a better bike. The carbon frame is very responsive and snappy to your pedal inputs, yet is compliant over rough roads. Win/win. The geometry feels great although I don't have much to compare it to.
Weaknesses: I don't really like the stock handlebars very much, they seem a bit too big. The wheels are heavy and do not have sealed bearings, however this is not a big deal on such a well priced bike...most people end up switching out wheelsets anyways.
The bike is a bit on the heavy side for a carbon road bike, but lets not fool ourselves here, it is not a top end carbon frame and the components are just mid-grade.
The seatpost was too short for me (only 250mm) so I had to replace it with a 350mm...which I didn't mind because I want to upgrade this baby :)
Similar Products Used: Specialized Allez, Roubaix, Langster
Giant TCR
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