I am looking to buy a Felt F85
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jay clock
Massive member
- Location
- Hampshire UK
Yeah I'd say- good spec at a good price- assuming you're looking at THIS ONE FROM LAST YEAR ON WIGGLE- but won't blow the bank if you decide it's not for you. Think carefully about how much you like cleaning your bikes before you choose white- they show up everything
vickster
Legendary Member
Review of older model. http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/bikes/road/product/review-felt-f85-12-46362/
Winstanleys have some sizes at £500. http://www.winstanleysbikes.co.uk/p...ke_803500401?gclid=COOkq9PEnr0CFdShtAod0ncAcw
Winstanleys have some sizes at £500. http://www.winstanleysbikes.co.uk/p...ke_803500401?gclid=COOkq9PEnr0CFdShtAod0ncAcw
MattE72
Active Member
- Location
- North Wales
I recently bought the 2013 model from Wiggle as my first road bike and I love it. Nice and quick (although I am comparing it to riding my MTB on the road!), smooth gear changes, responsive brakes and non-prohibitive price. I'll agree with helston90 about the colour; although it looks great it does show up the muck, (which kind of makes it easier to clean as you can see all the dirt!). Only thing I might change is the tape on the bars as, also being white, it's already starting to look a bit grubby despite gettingt the old brillo on it.
MichaelO
Veteran
That's exactly the one my mate bought a couple of months ago - great bike for the price! A white frame doesn't show up dirt any worse than other colours IME. White tape does though...
huwsparky
Über Member
- Location
- Llangrannog
Thanks everyone. This is now purchased and awaiting delivery.
Hi Matt. How are you fixing the bike? This is well priced at the moment on wiggle and is one that i'm considering along with a couple of others.
Thanks.
I was seriously considering a Z series for my first (modern) road bike but as I could not find an LBS stocking them I largely limited myself to Scott, Giant and Genesis to test (went with a Genesis). I was however advised by a salesperson for a large national online retailer that they had had some issues with Felt recently due to frame failures. A customer had returned a bike as the frame had snapped, Felt issued a replacement only to have the new frame fail at the exact same place shortly after. It appears Felt have a policy of only replacing a frame once however and refused to replace again. I would possibly still have considered a Felt if I could have tested one as I really like the look. Good luck with your new purchase!
