2019 Felt AR Disc

[robeambro]

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Well, it should be announced soon.

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Here is the old one for comparison. Seems to be an evolution s revoltion. Disc brakes. Frame hugs the wheels more, redesigned head tube. Massive stem (looks like a deep airfoil). Slightly dropped seatstays. But given it was within a few watts of the best before, and hidden cables saves 3w... i suspect it will stay near the top at least.

That cockpit looks awful, seems like a Venge Vias cockpit on steroids.
Honestly, internal cable routing is nice and all but I think not all manufacturers have learned how to do it well.

[spud]

the mockup could've at least bothered with a usable front wheel, rather than one radially spoked...

[RocketRacing]

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Well, it should be announced soon.

A1DEEEBF-C7CD-45A6-8DE3-70508C3290BD.jpeg

Here is the old one for comparison. Seems to be an evolution s revoltion. Disc brakes. Frame hugs the wheels more, redesigned head tube. Massive stem (looks like a deep airfoil). Slightly dropped seatstays. But given it was within a few watts of the best before, and hidden cables saves 3w... i suspect it will stay near the top at least.

That cockpit looks awful, seems like a Venge Vias cockpit on steroids.
Honestly, internal cable routing is nice and all but I think not all manufacturers have learned how to do it well.

I reserve full judgement until i see more, but i agree. It looks like a shower head attached to a top tube, or an old school phone reciever cut in half. Far too beefy looking.

The venge imho gets the award for nicest looking aero bike. Addict wins for the semi aero bike segment.

[joejack951]

the mockup could've at least bothered with a usable front wheel, rather than one radially spoked...

I could forgive the marketing/graphics people for missing that detail on the front wheel. But they appear to have copy and pasted it for the rear as well.

[cajer]

Wow that looks a bit awkward. Also no rim brake variant it looks like

[mrlobber]

Holy cow, for that catalog it looks like they employed a guy who took basic Photoshop lessons just a couple of days ago

Probably it would be better looking IRL, however, that stem does look too suspicious to be nice.

[RocketRacing]

I am just posting this again. This is a slightly better version that the lbs now has access to. You can see how heavily photoshopped it is. Who knows if the silouette is accurate. Hopefully not, as both the stem and rear seatstays look visuslly off. One would hope that if the design is accurate, it was done out of function over form.

If it is an accurate silouette, felt seems to be continuing with the trend of frames that sail. So i will bet it is not tops at zero yaw, but gets there around 10+ degree yaw.

Update: Dates for the bikes are nov/december. Pricing inline with current AR offerings give or take. Frames shipping dates TBD but pricing is inline with current AR frames. Should be announced by the end of August.

[binsey30]

There is a felt AR disc being launched in October. I've seen it I've a photo but it's under embargo until then sorry.

[Jereb]

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I am just posting this again. This is a slightly better version that the lbs now has access to. You can see how heavily photoshopped it is. Who knows if the silouette is accurate. Hopefully not, as both the stem and rear seatstays look visuslly off. One would hope that if the design is accurate, it was done out of function over form.

If it is an accurate silouette, felt seems to be continuing with the trend of frames that sail. So i will bet it is not tops at zero yaw, but gets there around 10+ degree yaw.

Update: Dates for the bikes are nov/december. Pricing inline with current AR offerings give or take. Frames shipping dates TBD but pricing is inline with current AR frames. Should be announced by the end of August.

[RocketRacing]

That bike looks great. What year/level was that frame?

I would highly doubt the new ar will do much more than meet the aero performance of the current AR... if trends of current aero bikes gone disc are any indication.

Is the wire entry at the top of the frame standard?

[RocketRacing]

There is a felt AR disc being launched in October. I've seen it I've a photo but it's under embargo until then sorry.

Cool. Sounds about right from what my lbs told me on shipping dates (nov-dec).

I opted to order a 2020 felt ia disc in the meantime which i should get next month. I figure an ar disc will be a spring thing for me.

[binsey30]

3 models in UK


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[Jereb]

That bike looks great. What year/level was that frame?

I would highly doubt the new ar will do much more than meet the aero performance of the current AR... if trends of current aero bikes gone disc are any indication.

Is the wire entry at the top of the frame standard?

Hi
Rocket

It’s a 2017 AR 2
I got it to replace a first year Cervelo S5.
It takes 28 mm wide tires the old man cannot take the tar and chip anymore.
Everything is stock not modified just pulled the stuff off the S5 and put it on the AR.
It’s got me PRs on everything but super a hilly course than I get my 13 lbs bike out.
Jere B

[RocketRacing]

Hi
Rocket

It’s a 2017 AR 2
I got it to replace a first year Cervelo S5.
It takes 28 mm wide tires the old man cannot take the tar and chip anymore.
Everything is stock not modified just pulled the stuff off the S5 and put it on the AR.
It’s got me PRs on everything but super a hilly course than I get my 13 lbs bike out.
Jere B

Quick bike for sure. The deep wheels will help also!

I will likely get a 2020 ar, but for the time being will play with an IA disc for the flatter stuff around where i live. Vs my light climbing f1, it should be near a good 10lbs heavier, and if felt data is to be believed, be a solid 30w more efficient at 30km/hr independant of rider position gains.

[Jhomewood]

Any updates?