Felt Virtue 50 (2015) 5 months on
Nik Gnashers
Posts: 30
Bought this for myself as an xmas present.
Link to product page with specs here - http://www.wheelies.co.uk/p74281/Felt-V ... -Bike.aspx
So, after 5 months of increasingly hard riding, I have come to the following conclusions ...
THE GOOD : The bike is well built, and despite reading about the numb handling on other reviews, I have found it to be spot on for the type of red route cycle centre riding I have been doing.
The bike climbs very well for a full susser, and the suspension once setup properly works very well in unision and is balanced perfectly.
THE AVERAGE : I went for a 'not too flashy' bike, and it is starting to look a bit boring now, maybe I should have gone for a better colour ! The weight, while not really heavy, is maybe heavier than many of the same price-point competition.
THE BAD : The pedals were shyte, and were quickly replaced (with saints). The E-ten none remote seatpost was pathetic, and would not slide into the seat tube far enough, due to the bend in the seat tube (terrible design flaw for a straight post), and the seat was literally pants. Both replaced with a crank bros seat, and Thompson post.
I have been riding it increasingly harder, and it seems to come alive more the harder I ride it, so there is some decent design gone into the geometry and design. Would I buy another, hmm yes I would. I like the fact I don't see many other around, and I do like the frame style too.
I am converting it to 1 X 10 this week, so that should save a little weight
Link to product page with specs here - http://www.wheelies.co.uk/p74281/Felt-V ... -Bike.aspx
So, after 5 months of increasingly hard riding, I have come to the following conclusions ...
THE GOOD : The bike is well built, and despite reading about the numb handling on other reviews, I have found it to be spot on for the type of red route cycle centre riding I have been doing.
The bike climbs very well for a full susser, and the suspension once setup properly works very well in unision and is balanced perfectly.
THE AVERAGE : I went for a 'not too flashy' bike, and it is starting to look a bit boring now, maybe I should have gone for a better colour ! The weight, while not really heavy, is maybe heavier than many of the same price-point competition.
THE BAD : The pedals were shyte, and were quickly replaced (with saints). The E-ten none remote seatpost was pathetic, and would not slide into the seat tube far enough, due to the bend in the seat tube (terrible design flaw for a straight post), and the seat was literally pants. Both replaced with a crank bros seat, and Thompson post.
I have been riding it increasingly harder, and it seems to come alive more the harder I ride it, so there is some decent design gone into the geometry and design. Would I buy another, hmm yes I would. I like the fact I don't see many other around, and I do like the frame style too.
I am converting it to 1 X 10 this week, so that should save a little weight
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