Anybody who owns a Felt IA2 with those Novatec wheels have any strong feeling about them one way or the other? Just ordered mine and need to know if I should be saving up for some other race wheels.
- Dana
I have an IA3. I sold my wheels as soon as the bike arrived in the shop and put some 808s on my bike. They have decent resale value so selling them new can be a nice way to effectively get a discount on a different race wheels, if you are so inclined.
I bought a set of new “take-off” Novatec (Felt IA3) wheels 50mm from someone who already had race wheels. 20/24 spokes, they are stiff laterally…no brake rub. I’m 190 pounds and like to sprint uphill. If a wheel isn’t stiff laterally I will get brake and/or frame rub. The brake track works well with Reynolds Cryo Blue pads. I also had the SwissStop Flash Prince pads on them and they seemed to work just as well. These are my first carbon wheels, so no comparison for you regarding Zipps, etc.