Farhat

Well, I made the decision to buy myself a new bike, and sell my old one. I got this last week and I could not be more happy. The fit is absolutely amazing. I got it professionally fit so that it would be comfortable for me. As you will see, the stem is quite the opposite of "slammed" but thats alright. haha.

Its awesome what having the right bike for you will do. All I want to do is get out and ride it!

Enjoy.

P.S. I haven't seem much FELT love, so if you have one. Post it up.

bt

that stem is happy to see you

Farhat

Haha, very much so. But with getting out riding more. I imagine I will lose some of this gut and gain some flexibility. Then maybe next year adjust it down a little next season. Lucky its an adjustable angle stem.

PepeM

Not enough pink.

Farhat

Pink??

dtrain

Congrats, that looks great! My wife's bike is a Felt.

Pink:
https://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycli...e-i-liked.html

Notice the similarities in the thread title.

TexMac

Awesome. I had a felt F5 in 2013..what an amazing light, comfortable bike. Had to sell it due to some flexing.

patrickgm60

Adjustable angle stem?

I like the black and yellow.

There is a thread from a few weeks/months back, titled "Felt Up," or some such, where folks posted photos of their Felt road bikes.

RPK79

I know a few Felt riders and they seem to be really happy with their bike choice.

Farhat

yeah you can take the stem off and adjust the tilt of it, up or down a certain amount of degrees.

Thanks!

Dang it, I must have missed that.

Thanks man, I really like it.

oh yeah. I forgot about this thread.

Maybe next time.

Lazyass

Nice bike, but for the love of Fred move your shifters down at least so your levers are vertical to the ground like they should be. You look like a total newb with them the way they are.

RPK79

+1

10 Wheels

Felt Fun...now have fun trying to wear it out.

Lazyass

It's cool how the front brake cable goes inside the fork leg. Hey OP, do you know how much it weighs?

Farhat

I might have to try that. But right now, it's very comfortable. So I'll probably ride it like that for awhile. At the expense of looking like a fool.

Lazyass

Shifting and braking in the drops would be near impossible unless your fingers are six inches long. Looks like you're riding a chopper with suicide bars

Farhat

lol. So would you recommend just rotating the bars down a little. Or adjusting the shifters themselves down?

NILS14

Got a used 2011 Felt F85 a few weeks ago. One thing led to another and now it can hardly be called an F85 anymore, at least once the repairs will have been completed (new bar tape, new cables and housings, new shifters, new chain, new wheels, new tires, new cassette, new calipers, new saddle and new temporary pedals and toe clips).

I'll post it once it's done.

Glad you're loving yours !

Farhat

Nice! I look forward to seeing it.

Lazyass

You want the tips of your bars pointed generally towards the middle of your seatstays. Yours looks correct but it's kind of hard to tell since your bars are so high. But like I said before, with your shifters so high it has to be hard to shift and brake from the drops. You should be able to grab the brake lever with one or two fingers in the drops so you want them verticle to the ground like this one:



Bar height is another subject but I would think anyone would be comfortable with the bars no higher than level with the saddle, it has to be impossible to get into an aero position with as high as yours are. It looks like your steerer tube has already been cut. You bought it used?

cjowo

I love my Felt! It's a 2013 F75. It's a great bike that I got for a good price.

NILS14

Here it is (apologies for the bad picture).

2011 Felt F85

Changes made:

Saddle: Specialized Avatar Comp Gel
Bar Tape: Specialized Roubaix
Shifters: 105 5700
Cables: Shimano PTFE
BB: FSA Square Taper (7420ST I think)
Calipers: Some Tektro that came from a 2014 GT GTR Carbon Team
Chain: Ultegra CN-6701
Wheels: Mavic Cosmic Elite S (Got these brand new with a brand new ultegra cassette installed for $400 cad)
Cassette: Ultegra 6700
Tires: Vittoria Rubino Pro
Computer: Cateye Strada Wireless cadence/speed

I plan on switching to 105 calipers, Shimano SPD pedals and new crankset/BB.

doug59

Nice looking bike !! Enjoy.

Farhat

You're correct, it is a little challenging to reach the levers from the drops, so I might start thinking about changing that a little. But as of right now, I don't use the drops all that much.

I got the bike brand new so I doubt that anything was cut down already. I do understand that my handlebars are pretty high, but right now, its set up for comfort, because being aero is the least of my worries at the moment.

Thank you for your input! I'll be thinking about my lever placement a little more on my next rides.

Rook24V

2016 Felt Z5.


This is when I Just got it, I'll have to take some updated pictures soon, but I've been too busy riding it!! Out and loving it.