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2016 Felt Decree 3
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2016 Test Sessions: Felt Decree 3 (Product Review)

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Reviewed by Fred Robinson and AJ Barlas // Photos by Lear Miller While Felt might be best known for their road bikes, over the past few years they’ve been hard at work further developing their mountain line. Featuring an all carbon frame with Felt Active Stay Technology (FAST) suspension, the 140mm (5.5-inch) travel Decree uses flexible seatstays in order to mimic the performance characteristics of a four-bar system, yet eliminates the need for a pivot near the rear dropout. This simplifies and reduces the overall weight of the rear triangle, yielding an ultralight frame that's still...
Posted by bturman on 3/10/2016 10:46am
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2014 Felt Virtue Nine 20
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2014 Test Sessions: Felt Virtue Nine 20 (Product Review)

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Reviewed by John Hauer and Jess Pedersen // Photos by Shawn Spomer and Lear Miller New for 2014, Felt ’s Virtue lineup sees the addition of bikes in the 29-inch variety. The Virtue Nine features 130mm of travel out back and 140mm up front, slotting it somewhere between the long-travel 29er crowd and pedal friendly trail rippers. Even so, Felt’s not shy when they state their claims about the ride, saying that it’s a defining bike for the Enduro and Super D racing crowd. Having previously tested out the 26-inch Virtue , we were mighty curious to see if this gold painted rig was truly up to the...
Posted by bturman on 4/3/2014 8:33pm
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2013 Felt Virtue 1
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2013 Test Sessions: Felt Virtue 1 (Product Review)

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Reviewed by Matt Thompson and Jess Pedersen // Written by Brandon Turman // Photos by Shawn Spomer and Brandon Turman First introduced in 2006, the Felt Virtue series has grown with the times, technologies, and preferences of riders. While the model names, angles, and frame materials have varied over the years, Felt's Equilink suspension platform has remained constant, proving its value and function. Now in its seventh year of production, the 2013 Virtue 1 features up to 130mm of travel, a full UHC Performance Carbon frame, and retains the geometry numbers found on the 2012 lineup. After a...
Posted by bturman on 4/2/2013 8:14am
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2013 Felt Compulsion LT 1
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Tested: 2013 Felt Compulsion LT1 - Finally Aggressive (Product Review)

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Reviewed by Brandon Turman // Photos by Courtney Steen and Brandon Turman com·pul·sion |kəmˈpəlSHən| noun 1 an act of compelling : the state of being compelled 2 the action or state of forcing or being forced to do something; constraint 3 an irresistible urge to behave in a certain way We've got to tell you, we gave into the Compulsion. Every time we ride it, we have the irresistible urge to go fast, pop off the bonus lips on the side of the trail, and hoot and holler. It wasn't without a few tweaks to the stock build, though… Two months ago we first swung a leg over it, and today it's time to...
Posted by bturman on 2/21/2013 5:20am
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