Bought a new bike today!
I've been shopping for a bike for a while, and I was having trouble deciding. One week ago, I was 90% sure I would end up with a cannondale synapse tiegra for 1229. In fact, I was at my parents house working on some plumbing, and I picked up some white zip ties to install my speed/cadence sensor, since the cannondale would be white, I was 95% positive thats what I would be buying
On a whim, I decided to check out Craigslist and see what was for sale. I saw a 2013 felt Z85 54cm for sale for 1100. I'm 6'2, so I instantly knew I wasn't going to buy a 54cm, but off to Felt's website I went, the specs looked and it looks like felt gives you a lot for your money. Felt was never on the radar before, I had totally missed it. So yesterday I went to the Felt dealer, and test rode a 56cm, and 58cm. The reach was too long on the 58cm, and the 56 felt better. Since I'm used to my Trek 7.2 FX, I thought that I am just not used to a more aggressive riding position, and I would find the 56 too small in the future, so I left without buying anything (but leaning towards getting the 56).(their price was 1300, pretty much no discount) I get home last night, and find other felt dealers, and there is one a bit closer to me. They have the Felt Z85 for sale for 950.00. That is one hell of a deal for a new bike with shimano 105. So I knew I would check it out after work today, and while at work, I thought that I should probably try the 58 with a shorter stem. I get to the Felt dealer, explain my predicament, I didn't tell him that my idea was to try a shorter stem, since I wanted to see what he thought first. He said that his recommendation was to try the 58 with a shorter stem. He wanted to check what size stem the felt currently had. He was a bit surprised when I told him it has a 110, and I wanted to try a 90, and I told him that I was thinking the same thing and had already researched it. He installed the 90, and it fit like a glove. Just like I want, handling is not twitchy. I know that I won't want a smaller bike, but if after a few weeks/months riding, if I want to stretch out a bit more, I can go back to the stock stem, or even 100 or 120. I imagine as I loose weight, a lower position will be more comfortable, so I will want the longer reach. So here are some pics. I am a bit worried about the rims (I weight 270), but It was a potential problem with any bike I bought. I had a 300.00 budget for rims, but due to savings on the bike I wouldn't mind spending 500 if I had to. I'll only spend what is necessary, and only if I have problems, so I will just take it day by day. Here is a pic as a reward for the wall of text. http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/3909/1ixv.jpg |
Congratulations. Very nice looking bike!
$500 will get you some nice wheels! Want to kill some time, go play around on www.prowheelbuilder.com |
I had a 2003 Cannondale R800, the one with very few spokes. Sure enough, I blew the back wheel out climbing a hill. so I had 36 spoke tri-laced. They were tanks, and I lost all start up acceleration!
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Yeah, its good to know I have a budget for wheels if needed, but if these don't give me issues then they are not going anywhere. I would rather spend the money on some Easton EA70 wheels in the spring, hopefully a lot lighter, than spend the money on heavy wheels now, that I would probably replace when I loose the weight. I'm hoping that even if the back wheel has issues the front will be fine, so I don't anticipate spending much on wheels.
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VERY sweet deal on a bike w/ 105s for under a grand and even better that it fits!! Felt makes great bikes. my 1st roadie into this game was a 05' Z90.
$500-600 will buy you custom built wheels w/ nice white industry hubs, what ever alum rim you want and in what ever spoke count you want. http://www.prowheelbuilder.com/veloc...-packages.html with option 12 or 21 for the spoke count would be the ticket. |
Originally Posted by jsigone
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VERY sweet deal on a bike w/ 105s for under a grand and even better that it fits!! Felt makes great bikes. ..
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Nice Bike. I have never been on a Felt but I have friends that ride them. They love them.
This may be something to consider. I bought a set of wheels from them and was happy with my purchase. It is a good set of wheels and would leave $$ left over for some other things. http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Shimano-...ht_3623wt_1089 Good Luck. |
Nice bike! :thumb: Enjoy your new ride! :)
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Rims should be fine as long as spokes are tensioned properly.
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Originally Posted by dm83
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Rims should be fine as long as spokes are tensioned properly.
EA70's you say? Not sure if this is still valid, but worth a look: All closeout Eastons at 60% off. http://www.nashbar.com/webapp/wcs/st...3-_-Affil_Item |
Originally Posted by dm83
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Rims should be fine as long as spokes are tensioned properly.
Your LBS would probably give you a good deal, since you just bought the bike from them. Do it sooner than later. |
OP...go with these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Shimano-...ht_3623wt_1089 I have put 40,000 miles on my F-85 |
Hmmm....next year I plan on getting a new roadie, and that Felt looks sweet. Never thought of Felt honestly, but we will see.
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That is a sweet ride....
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Originally Posted by dm83
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Rims should be fine as long as spokes are tensioned properly.
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Nice bike. Congrats and ride it in good health!
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Awesome Ride!
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nice ride. i would not worry about the wheels, just have them checked out. you'll be surprised as to how strong they are.
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I finally got my first ride in today. Got rained out thursday, and I was too busy on Friday.
The seat was a bit too far back, so I stopped and fixed that, but it doing so, the reach was shortened a bit, so I'm thinking I might need a longer stem. I'm going to put 100 miles on this stem, and one of my friends has a 100mm stem I can try out. I like the bike, it feels a lot faster, so with a bit of trial and error, I should have the fit dialed in after a week or two. |
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