Originally Posted by
panoply
Awesome, his & hers! I have been thinking about getting a gravel/adventure/whatever bike and have primarily been looking at the Diverge, but when I finally went to test ride the Elite DSW, I was really not impressed with the brakes. The sales guy had me try a Felt VR30 with hydraulic brakes, which felt awesome. I love that it has a 46/30 crankset as well, but I'm worried that without any rack attachment points the Felt wouldn't be as versatile as the Diverge. Anyway, the VR30 seemed super quick and fun, if not quite as smooth as the Diverge. On my around the block test, at least.
Thanks for the feedback, that's some great info. One thing that was mentioned in the Felt research I did was that some vibration was noticed in the front on hard downhill breaking. You didn't notice anything squirrely in the braking, did you? Thanks again..