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Apr 30, 09 17:40

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When will it come to market?

"There is no charge for awesomeness or attractiveness." Po "The Dragon Warrior", Kung-Fu Panda

https://www.kickstarter.com/...bike-for-the-new-era

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SuperDave

Apr 30, 09 18:00

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When will it come to market?

oh, that'll be on a Monday.

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Andrew Coggan

Apr 30, 09 20:12

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When the bar was set ~700grams of drag, yes it was, those were bikes designed in '05/'06

There is a new standard.

When will Felt have a bike that meets the new standard?

-JM

Tuesday.

Better ~15 y late than never, right? ;-)

(Hooker broke the 700 g barrier back in the mid-90's.)

https://www.kickstarter.com/...bike-for-the-new-era

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SuperDave

Apr 30, 09 22:12

Post #104 of 145 (12940 views)

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When the bar was set ~700grams of drag, yes it was, those were bikes designed in '05/'06

There is a new standard.

When will Felt have a bike that meets the new standard?

-JM

Tuesday.

Better ~15 y late than never, right? ;-)

(Hooker broke the 700 g barrier back in the mid-90's.)

and in the mid 90s, the barrier was ~500g again...

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KeolaG

Apr 30, 09 22:15

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When the bar was set ~700grams of drag, yes it was, those were bikes designed in '05/'06

There is a new standard.

When will Felt have a bike that meets the new standard?

-JM

Tuesday.

Better ~15 y late than never, right? ;-)

(Hooker broke the 700 g barrier back in the mid-90's.)

So far we have seen prototypes from:Giant, Scott, Specialized and Kestrel. I really curious to see what felt is working on. Sure the DA is a great bike, hell Dave Z doesnt seem to do so bad on it, but they got to be working on something.

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neil_laing

May 1, 09 6:44

Post #106 of 145 (12797 views)

Not moving forward with bike design is not the same as standing still.

I await the new bike on opening day of the TdF.

"Here's how you run a marathon. Step 1: You start running. Step 2: There is no step 2." - Barney (How I Met Your Mother)

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May 1, 09 8:52

Post #107 of 145 (12722 views)

Clarification...when will it be available to the consumer market and available at the LBS?

"There is no charge for awesomeness or attractiveness." Po "The Dragon Warrior", Kung-Fu Panda

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Fleck

May 1, 09 9:02

Post #108 of 145 (12715 views)

Must be something special if it takes 7 guy to build it up.

I rember a few years ago dropping in at the Bike Barn in Penticton in the week before IMC and watching the guys building up Lori Bowden's old Cheetah - pratically took them all day and then, I think a part was broken and they had to have it air-expressed in from somewhere else which took another day. I admit these bikes are cool and great looking but there is something that is nice about the standard bike build - it's easy to put together and if something is busted, you can get a replacement at just about any decent bike shop.

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Re: New Specialized TT bike for Cancellara! (pic) [Twitchslow] [ In reply to ]

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OC Ben

May 1, 09 11:45

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A couple more pics on flicker http://www.flickr.com/...0347/in/photostream/

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Fabian and Andy on the TT Machines

The photographer from SRAM can't tell the difference between Andy and Fr�nk.

just call him Frandy Schleck and that'll do it.

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May 2, 09 3:09

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Cancellara had an extra set of armrest pads added between the prologue and team time trial.

http://www.tourderomandie.ch/...rse/etape1/index.lbl

http://cyclingnews.com/...=results/romandie093

2009 Tour de Romandie - Prologue
http://www.dotcycling.com/main/category/galleries
http://www.flickr.com/...ts/72157617448516232

2009 Tour de Romandie - Stage 3 - Team Time Trial - Yverdon Les Bains
http://www.flickr.com/...ts/72157617565737374

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styrrell

May 2, 09 17:27

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I'm a little late to the party, but ...

In my local TT series, over the last 3 races myself, and another rider have been 1, 2 in our AG. Total distance over the 3 races about 52 miles. I've won 2 he has won 1. Total cumulative time differential is 6 seconds in his favor.

My thinking is neither of us would turn down the newest TT bikes or wheels that the pros have if offered ;-)

Styrrell

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May 5, 09 12:22

Post #112 of 145 (12124 views)

Where is the new Felt? Can you share anything with us since it is Tuesday?

"There is no charge for awesomeness or attractiveness." Po "The Dragon Warrior", Kung-Fu Panda

https://www.kickstarter.com/...bike-for-the-new-era

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SuperDave

May 5, 09 12:35

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Where is the new Felt? Can you share anything with us since it is Tuesday?

downstairs. yes.

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cyclonehockey21

May 5, 09 12:37

Post #114 of 145 (12086 views)

hahaha you're awesome. This gets funnier as it goes on.

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May 5, 09 13:46

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I can't beat that....

So, can you post pictures and/or provide any more detailed and/or technical information that may or may not be useful; including, but not limited to any and all photos, information (written or oral), press releases and any other items which may be deemed reasonable and relevant to the request not covered in the above regarding a new Felt TT and/or Triathlon frame or bike, which may or may not exist for either professional or consumer individuals that are or not related to Felt Bicycles ;-)

"There is no charge for awesomeness or attractiveness." Po "The Dragon Warrior", Kung-Fu Panda

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Sam Apoc

May 27, 09 13:49

Post #116 of 145 (11768 views)

New Specialized Transition is supposed to be in stores starting in August.

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Jun 14, 09 7:28

Post #117 of 145 (11352 views)

First victory for Cancellara on the new Specialized TT bike.
He completely dominated the Tour de Suisse 7.8km short TT.
19 seconds ahead of the runner up on a 7.8km TT course in the last stage-race just before the National Championships and TdF is a lot.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/...id=results/suisse091

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Results

1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 9.21 (50.053 km/h)
2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.19
3 Andreas Kl�den (Ger) Astana 0.22
4 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.24
5 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.31
6 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad
7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.32
8 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cerv�lo TestTeam 0.34
9 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank
10 Rui Alberto Faria (Por) Caisse d'Epargne 0.35
11 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank
12 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 0.38
13 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cerv�lo TestTeam
14 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cerv�lo TestTeam
15 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha
17 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank 0.39
18 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
19 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
20 Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne

Notice how he has raised the extension bars a lot since his last race.
Looks like some un-aero square alloy blocks were uses to raise his position.

Initial position:

Andy Schleck's spacers looked more aero:

And Fr�nk Schleck's too:

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Tom A.

Jun 14, 09 7:51

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Notice how he has raised the extension bars a lot since his last race.
Looks like some un-aero square alloy blocks were uses to raise his position.

I find it quite humorous to think that they didn't know his fit coordinates and/or weren't able to transfer them to his new bike prior to the first use...

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psycholist

Jun 14, 09 8:04

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I find it quite humorous to think that they didn't know his fit coordinates and/or weren't able to transfer them to his new bike prior to the first use...

You've never tried anything different? Dang ... It's rare if I race my bike in the same configuration twice. I'm always trying something new. Cancellara has expreimented with a few position changes over the years. I recall a few years back when he showed up with the mantis thing goin' on at the Tour of California prologue. That disappeared pretty fast.

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dtreeps

Jun 14, 09 8:04

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perhaps those aero spacers are too flimsy for him so he tried to go without at first? Or he tried for a more aggressive position to match his more aggressive bike?

Dan
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Jun 14, 09 8:13

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I read somewhere that Cancellara received two different frame sizes of the new TT-frame to test out.
Maybe the bike with the spacers use the smaller of the two frames and the previous position without spacers is on the larger frame.

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rik

Jun 14, 09 8:54

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I recall a few years back when he showed up with the mantis thing goin' on at the Tour of California prologue. That disappeared pretty fast.

I think that disappearance was a result of UCI rule enforcement or interpretation (or misinterpretation).

Rik

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Jun 21, 09 13:37

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His new prototype TT frameset still seems to do the job fine.
Today Cancellara won the Tour de Suisse GC after completely dominating in the last 39km TT in his hometown of Bern, finishing 1:27 ahead of number #2.
Results, stage 9 (39km ITT):

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1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 0:45:59
2 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 0:01:27
3 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto 0:01:42
4 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 0:01:43
5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 0:01:48
6 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 0:01:50
7 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0:02:00
8 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 0:02:02
9 Andreas Kl�den (Ger) Astana 0:02:09
10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cerv�lo TestTeam 0:02:14
11 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 0:02:21
12 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 0:02:24
13 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cerv�lo TestTeam 0:02:33
14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.
15 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:02:37
16 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0:02:40
17 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cerv�lo TestTeam 0:02:41
18 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0:02:43
19 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 0:02:44
20 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 0:02:46
21 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 0:02:47
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Flying Wombat

Jun 21, 09 13:50

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A dominating performance given he averaged 31.2mph! Good to see him coming into good form in time for the Tour as he had an unlucky start to the season. Last year it would have been all over Slowtwitch, but with the change to Specialized from Cervelo it barely gets a blink.

Kevin

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jonnyo

Jun 21, 09 13:54

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perhaps if specialized as giving to the slowtwitch community in term of participation, there would be more excitement? Who is the owner of specialized? the engineers? How often do they post or reply to questions? I only know one rep...Ian.

So, i guess cervelo is part of the slowtwitch family. I think that explain a lot the popularity of the company here.

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