{"id":2629,"date":"2010-06-24T22:46:59","date_gmt":"2010-06-25T02:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=2629"},"modified":"2010-06-24T22:46:59","modified_gmt":"2010-06-25T02:46:59","slug":"felt-demo-at-stony-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2010\/06\/24\/felt-demo-at-stony-creek\/","title":{"rendered":"Felt Demo at Stony Creek"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Despite not feeling up for riding to work<\/a> I still went to a Felt Bicycles<\/a> demo over at Stony Creek<\/a> after work. I’d wanted to try out some of their 29er hard tails and maybe a road bike, and thankfully I had no problem doing either.<\/p>\n

I ended up trying out four bikes, a 26″ full suspension, 29″ carbon fiber hard tail, super-light (and expensive) road racing bike, and a single speed coaster brake cruiser, as follows:<\/p>\n

· Felt VIRTUE 1<\/a>: Five inch travel full suspension mountain bike. I didn’t care for this very much as it was far squishier than I would like, but there’s a good chance it simply wasn’t set up right. This was my least favorite bike of the demo.<\/p>\n

· Felt NINE Elite<\/a>: Hard tail carbon fiber 29er with Reba Race fork. This bike fit very well, and I enjoyed riding it quite a bit. It almost makes me want a 29er hard tail; a new bike that I probably couldn’t justify.<\/p>\n

· Felt F1 SL<\/a>: I asked for a 56cm road bike to try, and this $6999 professional racing level bike was the only one available. Being the first drop bar bike that I’ve taken a proper ride on made this quite an interesting experience. No matter how hard I pushed it felt like the bike could go faster, and I frequently found myself zipping down the road quite quickly with surprisingly little effort.<\/p>\n

· Felt SLANT<\/a>: Very comfortable, great looking coaster brake cruiser. This is not a bike to ride far, but just something to poke around a park on and enjoy yourself.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After the demo I took a few minutes to throw a leg over the Felt F75X<\/a> which Erik had taken for a ride, but as I didn’t really take it anywhere I couldn’t form much of an opinion on it. It seemed really nice, though.<\/p>\n

Now it’s time to get some sleep so I can (hopefully) ride to work tomorrow. Hopefully the weather will stick to the forecast and remain relatively nice and rain free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite not feeling up for riding to work I still went to a Felt Bicycles demo over at Stony Creek after work. I’d wanted to…<\/p>\n

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