I've been offered a Felt B2 to ride at IMMOO in 2 weeks (friend broke his arms (both!) and can't race). Sized it up while watching the marathon Sunday and all feels pretty good. Would be a switch from a traditional lightweight road frame (Wilier) with Syntace aerobars and bullhorns, STI shifters, and the saddle all the way forward. That said, I did qual on the Wilier last year and road it in Kona. My position on the B2 feels good, in particular my arm/torso angles are better, providing less neck/upper back pain (top tube on the Wilier is probably too long for ideal position). Sooo....
1) Ride the B2, even though I'll have less than 200 of my 4500+ training miles on it this year?
2) If yes, I'm not certain about the seat height on a steep angle bike - is there more risk in having it slightly too high, or slightly too low?
3) The Tektro bar-end brake levers appear to have no bar-end plugs. Is there something that should go in there that won't pop out when the lever is activated?
Any thoughts from the experts would be appreciated. Tom Demerly, this bike came from your shop, so any input you can provide would be great.
Thanks.
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kangaroo -- please do not read or respond to any of my posts
1) Ride the B2, even though I'll have less than 200 of my 4500+ training miles on it this year?
2) If yes, I'm not certain about the seat height on a steep angle bike - is there more risk in having it slightly too high, or slightly too low?
3) The Tektro bar-end brake levers appear to have no bar-end plugs. Is there something that should go in there that won't pop out when the lever is activated?
Any thoughts from the experts would be appreciated. Tom Demerly, this bike came from your shop, so any input you can provide would be great.
Thanks.
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kangaroo -- please do not read or respond to any of my posts