Hi there,
I am the proud and happy owner of a IA1 disc as of last Saturday! First ride on it felt fantastic and a huge upgrade from my 6-year old BMC Timemachine.
Haven't seen any thread related to the bike on ST so thought I'd start this one to exchange information and tips.
LBS did mess up a bit on the setup; amongst other things they used the wrong spacer underneath the handlebars (30mm instead of 15). I know I can change the spacers underneath the tri bars, but I want to lower the handlebars altogether and only play with the tri bars going forward - it also looks much better which is extremely important :-)
I went in to change it myself but unfortunately realised that all cables, including front brake, go through said spacer... Felt responded quickly to my request on their website, saying that I basically had to disconnect the front brake and the electric cables, swap the spacer and reconnect everything - and of course re-bleed the brake. Not something I can do myself so will bring back to the store, just thought I'd share it here in case you are building one - make sure you get this right in the first place!
G.
French 70.3 AG out of Singapore
Felt IA1 Disc owner
I am the proud and happy owner of a IA1 disc as of last Saturday! First ride on it felt fantastic and a huge upgrade from my 6-year old BMC Timemachine.
Haven't seen any thread related to the bike on ST so thought I'd start this one to exchange information and tips.
LBS did mess up a bit on the setup; amongst other things they used the wrong spacer underneath the handlebars (30mm instead of 15). I know I can change the spacers underneath the tri bars, but I want to lower the handlebars altogether and only play with the tri bars going forward - it also looks much better which is extremely important :-)
I went in to change it myself but unfortunately realised that all cables, including front brake, go through said spacer... Felt responded quickly to my request on their website, saying that I basically had to disconnect the front brake and the electric cables, swap the spacer and reconnect everything - and of course re-bleed the brake. Not something I can do myself so will bring back to the store, just thought I'd share it here in case you are building one - make sure you get this right in the first place!
G.
French 70.3 AG out of Singapore
Felt IA1 Disc owner
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guiguirondy: Jan 29, 19 17:55