I have done yet another round of performance and luxury upgrades to my 2016 My Felt IA16. I guess I could say it is now 150% upgraded. It has its 3rd drivetrain and 3rd set of wheels from new. But the stuff that matters is I tweaked my position, put on faster wheels, and installed the draft box. It is yet more aero and even lighter than before. I have done three rides on the new setup, and it is about 25W faster than my 2017 setup. (That is, for about the same speeds, I was putting 20W to 30W less power for about every Strava segment I compared. And, as a control, the climbing segments were about the same speed for power.) The last change to make is a Tririg tilt kit (ordered). But, I do not plan to install it for my first HIM in three weeks.
One very cool upgrade is an CNC-machined aluminum extension stick for my Tririg bridge plate that lets me mount the Garmin out front. Forum member
Pwraddr designed and created it. I plan to post separate pictures on that later.
- HED Jet Black 9/Disc wheels
- Tririg Omega X front & rear brakes
- Tririg Alpha X bars
- Profile T1+ Carbon extensions
- Cane Creek headset
- Shimano R805 Di2 drivetrain
- Cee Gees pads
- XLab Torpedo bottle & cage on the Alpha X BTA Bracket
- Pwraddr's Garmin mount extension stick
- Garmin Edge 520
- Cobb 55 saddle with Cobb rear mount hydration system
- SRAM Red 22 170mm 52/36 crankset
- Powertap P1 pedals
- Premier Ultra Optimized Chain (with Premier's chain lube)
- Ultegra 11-25 cassette
- Continental Attack & Force tires
- Vittoria Latex tubes
And for the sake of comparison, here is my bike last year. That version took about 25W to ride the same speed as above.