Felt B2 Pro review

Price Paid:$5,000.00
User rating:

(4.6)
Would buy again from this company: Yes
Used product for: 2 years 3 months
# of logged workouts: 0

"For reference. I set it up with a 172.5mm crank. Because I was living in Switzerland (think mountains) when I bought the bike I opted for a Compact (50/34) and a 12/25 in the rear. This combination lets me ride anything. Now that I am in Thailand (flat) I am looking to replace the crank with a 53/39."Eidman

(4)

Quality of Construction

This is very well made carbon tri bike. At several races, people much more knowledge than I have often stopped and commented how they wished they had bought the bike I was riding. I had two issues early on that were corrected - 1) the bayonette steering mechanism got lose. This was tricky to fix - the LBS had to contact Felt directly for assistance. 2) the seat post clam was poorly designed and Flet had to re-issue a new, stronger seat post clamp.

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Fit

As with any tri bike, if you size it right it should fit great.

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Comfort

The bike has a very comfortable ride.

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Adjustability

I would have liked to have shortened the arms that hold the shifters. Unfortunatly, you are limited as to how much you can cut the arm shifters as you run into a thicker section - which means you can not insert the shifting mechanism. This is unfortunate, as this design oversight limits the ability to truly customize the bike to the riders needs.

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Durability

6,500 km and no major issues at present.

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Value

This is an expensive bike. But it is also a complete package : Carbon + DA + set of zips.

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Appearance

It is red and black. And as everyone knows, red bikes are the fastest and black bikes are stealthy :)

Strengths

An excellent bike that produces a smooth, responsive ride.

Weakness

Just one minor weakness - the inability to customize the aero arms that hold the shifters.

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Buyers clubB2 Pro

8 people use
172 workouts logged
10503.69 miles / 394.29 hours logged