Submitted by
Daniel
a Cross Country Rider
from Singapore
Date Reviewed: September 4, 2010
Strengths: It has the best rear suspension i have ever tried
the Deore XT is amazing. The Rock Shox are so awesome and they and they are very smooth. The frame is so hard and stiff which is good.
Weaknesses: The Fox float r is a bit too bouncy
Bottom Line:
Awesome its the best bike EVER
I recommend it to Anyone at any age.
Submitted by
DrewN209
a Weekend Warrior
from Stockton, CA - USA
Date Reviewed: August 17, 2010
Strengths: Full XT drivetrain; Cranks, Wheels, Brakes, etc. Light and rigid w/ a plush ride. Suspension adjustablity is limitless.
Weaknesses: The cables being routed on top of the downtube pretty much make the waterbottle cage mounting bolts completely useless...
Bottom Line:
Absolutely love this bike. I'm 5'10" and the medium fits me perfect and feels so light and flickable underfoot. Plush ride downhill and screams up hill like no 150mm travel bike should. I got a new 09 on closeout for 2100.00 dollars off and I couldn't be happier.
Bike Setup: 100% stock w/ Deore XT clipless pedals.
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Submitted by
burlzee28
a Weekend Warrior
from Franklin, NH, USA
Date Reviewed: April 5, 2010
Strengths: This bike is smooth as silk both up and down hill. The Equilink technology really works. Climbs like goat and bombs down on rails.
Weaknesses: The front end seem light when going up steep hills. I found using a taller gear corrected the problem.
Bottom Line:
I bought this as a frameset and built it up during the winter. With the early spring around here I have been out quite a few times in the past month or so. This bike is amazing. I have ridden a Jamis XLT for the past 4 years and really liked the bike alot. Until now that is. This Felt is so smooth and effortless to ride. The Equilink works perfectly. I have never found the need to use the pro-pedal, The suspension design is that good. This bike i definately worth checking out if you have the chance.
Bike Setup: XT drivetrain, Avid Elixir Brakes, Thompson Seatpost and Stem. Fox Fanilla RLC, Fox RP23. Maxxis Ignitors w/ stans tubeless
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Submitted by
ExtraChrisB
a Cross Country Rider
from North County San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Date Reviewed: February 7, 2009
Strengths: Great bike climbs like a demon trying to escape from hell i.e. Great, but can still bomb most downhill with ease and handle small to medium drops and jumps.
Weaknesses: I only got to demo the bike for a week so I dident really get a chance to totally dile it in for my weight (over 200 lb's) and riding style, but it still perfomed great but if I had to find a weakness I would have to fault the over the front geometry that the bike has, on steep downhill the bike puts alittle to much weight on the front fork. I demo'ed the Felt's next step up bike the Redemtion the week before and it seemed to suffer from the same problem and after some research online it seems to be a common complaint I guess Felt measured the geometry in sag as aposed to measuring with know sag. By my last ride on the Compulsion I adjusted the fork settings and it seemed to help but it still felt like it wanted to put me over the bars every chance it could. But my demo dident have the Fox Talis fork like it was sposed to it had a Rock Shox P.I.K.E. Which is fairly similar but might not have helped the geometry of the bike much.
Bottom Line:
Great bike I fell in love with it. Felt hit one out of the park when they designed the rear suspension it climbs even better then a 29 pound bike should even if you leave the shock on, I dident even try it in pro pedal or lock out I dident need to and I hate to climb I ride to go fast downhill not to go slow uphill but with this bike it almost made climbing fun. Bombing downhill is also a blast on this bike, with 5 and a half inches of travel it soaks up most anything you can through at. The only thing I would change WHEN I buy this bike is the front fork I think if I put a longer fork on it would make the bike a 10 out of 10 instead of the 9.5 its at now. But even if I had to keep it the way it is I wouldent complain.
