FELT SLIPSTREAM AR1....PICS Included! PICS!

mile2424 · January 24, 2009, 2:41am

Who said they weren’t making a FELT AR1 this year…well your right for this year, but this is an AR1 from 2008…

Teaser Pic to start…

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/m3milly/DSC_8885.jpg

spirogeek · January 24, 2009, 2:54am

I couldn’t be more underwhelmed. I like Felt and all but noting to get excited about that’s for sure.

glbrum · January 24, 2009, 3:04am

i’ll leave out the epletives, but one pic? come on!

IronRod · January 24, 2009, 3:24am

PICS is plural, So where are the other pictures?

mile2424 · January 24, 2009, 4:53am

Ok, sorry it took so long for the rest of the pics. I cleaned up the frame a little bit. Some background on this bike, it is a size 56cm frame and it was raced by Will Frischkorn in last year’s Tour de France where he took 2nd place in Stage 3. It is 1 of 8 prototypes made for the Slipstream Garmin Chipotle Team in 2008, also made with a little extra material for some added stiffness (similar to the F1 Sprint) compared to the production version AR’s this year. I don’t have the exact weight yet, but it still feels super light using Felt’s new UHC Nano Modular Carbon Fiber. I can’t wait to build it up this weekend and will have more pics once the build is finished. Hopefully the rain will stop so I can take some pics outside in the natural light and take it for a spin as well.

Nates78ski · January 24, 2009, 5:01am

mmm… that thing is beautiful!

efahl · January 24, 2009, 5:29am

The seat’s too high…

Somebody had to say it.

rroof · January 24, 2009, 5:42am

That is really nice. Seeing more and more “aero” road bikes now - have no idea what took so long to copy the success of the Soloist …

PaulDavis · January 24, 2009, 12:06pm

no nokon cables, “integrated” headset, shimano logo … no thanks. did you add that logo yourself?

KentuckyRocket · January 24, 2009, 1:04pm

Nice bike, thanks for posting the pics!!!

styrrell · January 24, 2009, 1:42pm

Not nearly as long as it took Cervelo to copy the original Kestrel roadbike.

Styrrell

themissing · January 24, 2009, 2:56pm

hawwttttttttttttttt. love the colors and the frame thanks for sharing

allkillanofilla · January 24, 2009, 3:34pm

i jizzed in my pants.

mile2424 · January 25, 2009, 1:09am

No unfortunately I didn’t add that Shimano logo, and it did indeed come with the Dura Ace 7800 group, but I took it all off to clean the frame and I am thinking of putting my Campy Record group on there. I might have to tape over the Shimano logo

Now I just need to save up for some Zipp’s!

Some more pics from outside in the natural light…

onabubble · January 25, 2009, 1:13am

Dead sexy!!!

vikingstumps · January 25, 2009, 1:17am

I rode with a guy on a prototype model this morning. The frame looks really cool… I did a double-take, I thought it was the t/t bike with road bars at first.

mile2424 · January 26, 2009, 6:04pm

Was it a prototype with this color scheme or a prototype production model?

I am having a hard time deciding what I want to build it up with. Don’t want it to look weird with the Shimano logo on there, so not sure if I should get a new 7800 set, a new 7900 set, or just use my current record set

pito00 · January 26, 2009, 7:32pm

Personally, anybody who thinks a Shimano sticker on a bike equipped with Campy parts looks strange has an opinion I don’t care about.

Nobody · January 26, 2009, 7:40pm

If the Shimano decal bugs, score some black mylar decal film at a hobby shop, cut it to fit over the sticker and slap it on. It’s super thin, so the edges would be nearly impossible to see. Then slap a campy decal over and viola…

mile2424 · January 27, 2009, 2:14am

which would you choose…

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/m3milly/zippoptions.jpg