Eurobike's home in Friedrichshafen, Germany
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The inaugural Eurobike Demo Day
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The Eichenberg setting certainly offered up
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…but nasty weather turned much of the area
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SRAM Red was finally available at Eurobike
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The new Red DoubleTap levers
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The new crankset is also outfitted
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The Red crankset includes a ceramic bottom bracket
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Derailleur housing can now be run
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The new OG-1090 PowerDome cassette
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The solid outer shell of the new PowerDome cassette
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Naturally, the back plate of the new OG-1090 cassette
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The Red rear derailleur uses more carbon fiber than Force
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The Red front derailleur uses a full titanium cage assembly
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The new brake caliper is more aggressively machined
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Although only 5-10g lighter than Force
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…as well as externally adjustable spring tension
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Flat bar DoubleTap shifters will soon be available.
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The Scott Addict served as a worthy test platform
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Members of the Saunier Duval-Prodir team
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SRAM is also introducing its own handlebar tape
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SRAMbassador' Greg Herbold
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The Felt F1 receives a new lay-up schedule
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The F1 will continue to represent an excellent value
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Premium component spec will include
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…and Mavic's new R-SYS wheelset.
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The new Felt F1 Sprint frame
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Felt moves its Z-Series upscale
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The Z15 may have a slightly more upright position
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Felt's Z-Series uses somewhat relaxed geometry
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The Z-Series bottom bracket shell
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FSA's K-Force Light crankset
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Felt will introduce full-carbon road frames for women
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The FW2 incorporates nearly all of the technology
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The FW2 frame uses Felt's Ultra-High Modulus Carbon technology.
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Naturally, the FW2 includes a women's-specific saddle.
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The higher-end FW1 is available as a frame only
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Felt also engineers many of its own components
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…the 1.1 carbon handlebar…
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…and the angle-adjustable 2.1 stem.
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The DA carries on mostly unchanged for 2008
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The radical Bayonet front end
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Computational fluid dynamics
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The DA uses a variety of Zipp components
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…a Felt-specific ZedTech Z99 rear disc…
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…and a Felt-specific ZedTech Z99 front wheel.
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Hubs are fully dimpled and equipped with ceramic bearings.
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The new Compulsion slots in between
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The Compulsion uses Felt's Equilink rear suspension design
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Felt will make heavy use of Rock Shox forks
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The head tube of the new Compulsion
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The Virtue continues to be available as a frame
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A new carbon rear end sheds weight…
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...but also adds stiffness and strength.
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The updated carbon rear end construction
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The Redemption is Felt's heavier-duty
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The beefy frame is outfitted
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A 1.5"-compatible head tube
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Felt's Equilink technology
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The Nine Solo is a lightweight 29" singlespeed.
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The machined bottom bracket shell
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The chain stay yoke helps keep the back end rigid.
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The Café 8 is ready to head out for errands.
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The matching rear rack increases the Café's utility.
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Of course, some of those errands
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In a hurry to make it across town?
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The flip-flop fixed/singlespeed drivetrain
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Felt's arsenal also includes a full range
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The new Pursang is a faithful adaptation
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This will spark memories for someone, somewhere.
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A drum brake is used up front.
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Nope, you can't put anything in the tank
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