Cobb 55 JoF here too.

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I have blip box in calpac now but thinking of taking it out and mounting on stem so I don’t get it all
Sticky with Gu

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2024: Bevoman, Galveston, Alcatraz, Marble Falls, Santa Cruz

Mine is inside the frame, with the inner Calpac fitted after it, so no sticky gel can get at it.

Ran into an issue few days ago where my chain got derailed by what appears to have been a small piece of plastic from a bag getting lodged into my chainring. I wasn't shifting at the time. I got off the bike as soon as I noticed. After several minutes of struggling to get my chain untuck and back onto my chain ring, a small piece came off the bike and some of the carbon behind the chain ring got scratched.


Do I need to re-attach this piece? If so, how?


And how can I prevent this piece from falling off again?

That is the chain guard that sticks to the frame. You can get a replacement from Felt. It will generally only come off if you intentionally remove it or it sacrifices its life during a chain drop event.

https://www.feltbicycles.com/...te-Protector-IA.aspx

Awesome.

The piece you linked looks a lot bigger than what came off of my 2017 IA10. Figure it's big enough to cover the carbon that got scratched?

Not sure. That picture may be just a representative example. Yours looks different from the one on my IA16...mine looks more like the picture. Maybe Felt change it.

Today during my ride my rear wheel seized on me, when I stopped and look at it it seems like the brake spring snapped and got stacked between the chain ring and the frame protector (which stayed in place), I managed to pull it out of there and hold it out of the way with the brake cable (I know, I know) no rear brake on way back home. Can i get that spring by itself or do I need the whole brake? If I need the new brake assembly what are my options to upgrade? I can't tell why the spring came off so not sure if it will do it again, anyone else has this issue? Of course I have a race on Saturday so this is just awesome.
Felt IA16 2017, shimano BR-5810 105 direct mount rear brake.

This exact thing happened to me on my second ride on new IA10. Shifted between rings, felt a momentary lock up, metal clanging on the pavement, went back to find the chain guard/frame guard on the ground. Seems odd that these things are so fragile.

Shimano Ultegra direct mount, buy it slap it on and go to town. No real need to "upgrade" the rear brake IMO. The Ultegra brake can be had for 40 bucks on ebay.

There are 2 different versions listed, a part number for the integrated brakes, and a part number for the direct mount brakes.

If you look at the framesets themselves you can see the difference, pictured on the link given for the protector is the one for integrated brake setups like on the FRD, 1-4:

"Frame Chain Plate Protector Road IA (FRD, 1-4) Series – 9000026"

Which you can see on the FRD here: https://www.feltbicycles.com/...A-FRD-Frame-Kit.aspx

Where the IA10,14,16 has direct mount brakes and the plate looks like the one that fell:

"Frame Chain Plate Protector Road IA (10, 14, 16) Series – 9000509"

Pictured on the IA10 here: https://www.feltbicycles.com/.../IA10-Frame-Kit.aspx

I have Felt IA-10 and was wondering if anyone had a recommendation for bars to use to have more of the "praying mantis" position? Thanks.

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You have the clamps that are labeled OVAL CLAMPS most likely. Those were originally developed by 3T to fit Fizik 10m x 7mm oval rails. The Specialized (and many others) use 9mm x 7mm rails. Use the 9x7 caps and the slop will be gone. You can also get a set of the 7mm round caps and file them to mate/fit perfectly with any saddle rail shape like some of the more unusual sized ones (Dash, Selle Italia, etc)

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Does anyone have a link to a guide for adjusting the rear brake on an IA10? I believe it's a Shimano direct mount. I need to adjust the calipers slightly to accept my wider HEDs without rubbing.

https://www.bing.com/...amp;&FORM=VRDGAR

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Zipp Vuka Alumina Evo 110 Aerobar Extensions

Thanks. For the life of me I couldn't find a good one...

I will look into these myself too thanks for that!!

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Anyone have an IA and use Wahoo Bolt? If so what mount are you using? Thanks.

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Yep, ordered the tt bar mount through my LBS from their wahoo distributor, same one that comes with the bigger ELEMNT.

Works perfectly well, just don't get that extra watt of savings like on the out front mount, but it's hidden from the wind anyways.

When I want to use a BTA, I've just thrown the bar mount on top of it using some doubled up bands to go around the bottle.

Once again, hidden from wind, so no biggie.

If you have a computer mount on a bta, even better.

Thanks I have seen the K-edge mount and think the price is absolutely outrageous. I will most likely use a Garmin mount and clip it as I have seen on YouTube.

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Here is a pic of the evo's on my Felt. My arm pads don't tilt up, but I have Ceegee pads on them which keep my elbows comfy.

I believe you have the alpha x bars on your bike. Someone near me is selling a used cockpit. I was planning to upgrade in the future after doing some better research, but this is a decent deal. Now that im looking at pictures though, it appears the pads cant be set as far back as I have them with the bayonet.

Below is a video of me right after buying the bike. Very quick fit on my own, but shows where my pads roughly should be. Im thinking the Alpha x might be too much extension. I definitely need to be on the saddle nose a bit more and rotate hips (in regular shorts so tougher to do), but I dont think that makes up for the extension/reach difference. My pads are at about the center of the top of the fork. Seems pics of IA'swith the alpha x have them further out.

After reviewing fit guide and taking my measurememts, confirmed that im at like 482mm pad reach and these bottom out at 492mm (or something very close to those numbers). Now I just need to find a clean bar system that works with the IA. Really trying to clean up the wires and cables. Have about half of my di2 stuff purchased to make the change soon.

Bummer, but yeah, I don't think the Alpha X pads will go that far back... I think the min distance from center line of the steerer tube to center line of the arm rest is 80mm. That means that the rear edge of the armrest is about 36mm forward of the steerer tube centerline.

You could get the Sigma X stem to help hide the Di2 wires and brake cables. I believe that it has good cable management. Then, add a great base bar, and you are set. I think the Dagger stem is longer than the standard IAxx stem you have now.