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spartan
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by spartan on Thu Jun 29, 2017 7:35 pm

https://cyclingtips.com/2017/06/felt-fr ... greatness/

a honest review of the felt. even with ee brakes the chainstay brakes are SH***T. james huang is a rarity in the industry super honest advertising revenue be damned :up:
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by njyeti on Thu Jun 29, 2017 8:34 pm

I think James's review is very fair. I'm very happy with my FR2 but I purposely avoided Etap with the bb mounted bottom bracket. While less sexy, Ultegra Di2 works very well and the bb braking is much better than I had expected.
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by KWalker on Thu Jun 29, 2017 8:47 pm

Nothing a decent set of segmented housing can't fix. But definitely a downside.
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by Imaking20 on Thu Jun 29, 2017 10:32 pm

^this
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by 53x12 on Thu Jun 29, 2017 10:49 pm

spartan wrote:https://cyclingtips.com/2017/06/felt-fr1-review-a-rear-brake-away-from-greatness/

a honest review of the felt. even with ee brakes the chainstay brakes are SH***T. james huang is a rarity in the industry super honest advertising revenue be damned :up:


I use the Shimano direct mount rear BB brake for my AR. Works flawlessly. Disappointed to hear the EE doesn't work so well. I agree with KW that segmented housing is a must and will definitely help.
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by prendrefeu on Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:13 am

Has anyone modified their seatposts (beyond trimming them for weigh reduction) ?
In other words, has anyone made a custom seatpost for this frameset (ie, lighter in mass) or edited their seatpost the same way Donald would do?
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by liketoride on Wed Aug 30, 2017 4:30 am

prend i dont the FR-Frd but i have the ar-Frd and had berk come up with his own clamping system for me. Took it from 250g stock to 162g. I am 90KG so i couldn't go Donald on it. He is amazing at cutting weight out. He is also really light so he has that going for him as well.
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