2015 Felt AR1 Build

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mts595
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by mts595

+2 the addition of deep dish wheels such as the new Zipp 808 nsw's... you get all the aero benefits but most of all ... Super-cool freewheeling sound effects 8)

Felt makes a great bike, I think the carbon layup makes sense since they are essentially making thinner and hardy tubes but they are using less plastics between fibers. Not an engineer but I suppose it makes sense and looks good imo. Here's a link that shows the layup: http://www.unmannedsystemstechnology.co ... gular-tow/

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newforker
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by newforker

With aero rings and carbon wheels as requested..

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Weighs in at about 15.75 lbs with chinese ti-Tune copy skewers..With praxis rings (about 100g lighter than VISION) and S works power saddle (120 g lighter than Romin EVO and on order) would be looking at around ~15.2..

There is also a Fouriers RD cage that will be thrown on at some point..

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BeeSeeBee
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by BeeSeeBee

Curious as to why you've sprung for fairly trivial efficiency items (e.g. aero chainring & cage) while keeping the standard round bar, just prefer the shape that much more?

newforker
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by newforker

Aesthetics on both counts to be honest..like the look of the solid rings and find most "aero" bars quite ugly i.e Aeronova, Cervelo, etc..

Although I have been considering the Aerofly and the EC 90 Aero...or Vibe 7 carbon for the added stiffness

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by bencolem

I've got the enve smart bars on my Nitrogen and couldn't recommend them highly enough. Comfortable but I simply can't flex them when hammering on the drops, they're amazing. Great looking bike and a great weight, I'm impressed how much lighter it is than my aero bike.

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newforker
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by newforker

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new deda superzero bar and stem and s works power saddle..7.15 kg..

mannequinforce
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by mannequinforce

Incredible.

peted76
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by peted76

Looks mean and surprisingly, the s works saddle seems to suit a bike! Very nice bike.

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