hello all, my name is bethany. i have decided that i want to buy a road bike. next week i am headed to a bike shop in akron to get fitted! i am so excited. i have been lurking on your site for days now. for my first bike, i don't want to spend more than $800. anybody have any suggestions? what are everyone's thoughts on the felt fw40?

i am happy to be here and learn more about road bikes!

welcome to Bikeforums. I am not familiar with that particular model but Felt makes a very nice bike.

thanks for the welcome, garysol1. that felt model is a lower-end women's fit. i guess i won't know which bike is best for me until i go get fitted. i have seen a lot of felt bikes on this forum so i checked out their site and like the orange frame! the color, go figure, right? i am not too familiar with which bike would give me the most bang for my buck because i am not sure which components are better than others. any insight is greatly appreciated!

You will find that most all of the bikes in a certain price range will be equipped very similar. At this point in your cycling I would be more concerned with fit than anything else.
I just looked at Felts website and I do not see a Fw40. I see a FW4 that is blue and a FW3 that is orange. Both look really nice with the FW3 a BIG upgrade in components and frame. The FW4 is a 8 speed with Aluminum frame while FW3 is a 10 speed with carbon rear frame. In another words the 3 will ride nicer and have more gears to pick from when going up hills.

Hello Bethany, Gary is right--the fit is the most important thing for you if you have a set budget, because realistically there isn't going to be that much difference at that price range.

Sometimes it comes down to which colour you prefer!


Welcome to BF!

East Hill

Do you mean a FW4?
https://www.feltracing.com/products/p...catid=18,19,26

here is the link for the felt fw40. thank you everyone for your input! hey East Hill- that is why the felt caught my eye...i really like the orange! my mountain bike is grey and baby blue...very pretty. but i want my road bike to have a little color if it works out that way.

Oh, that is very pretty!

East Hill

Nice Bike: Enjoy it.Great Color. Smile when you ride.

Nice choice, I really like the orange frame on that. Makes it look fast just looking at the picture. The other bonus, if you ever have to meet up with folks for a ride, you'll be easy to spot.