Felt Bicycles

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Felt Racing, LLC
Limited Liability Company
Industry Bicycles
Founded 1994
Headquarters Irvine, California, United States
Key people
 Jim Felt
Products Bicycles
Website http://www.feltbicycles.com
File:Felt head badge.JPG
Felt head badge

Felt Racing is an American bicycle manufacturer based in Irvine, California. Felt produces road, mountain, track, bmx, cyclocross, electric bicycles, and cruiser bikes. All design is completed in the USA and the majority of production comes from Asia.[1] The company also has a strong reputation in the time trial/triathlon bike area.[2] area and for several years provided bicycles to UCI teams in the Tour de France. Felt still supports several professional level race teams including Hincapie Racing and Team Twenty 16.

History

Felt was founded by Jim Felt in early 1994[3] when Felt products were distributed by Answer Products. Felt nearly disappeared from the domestic market following a fallout with Answer after a 7-year relationship.[4] The brand was relaunched in 2001 as an independent company.

Technology

Felt has developed several unique bicycle technologies. For its time trial/triathlon bikes, Felt has developed the Bayonet Fork, which utilizes an external steerer in front of the head tube for additional stiffness and aerodynamic efficiency.[5] Felt has also developed the Equilink suspension system for its full-suspension mountain bikes.

Felt extensively utilizes wind tunnel and computational fluid dynamics modeling in its frame design process.[6]

Recall

Felt has issued a recall of 2009 Felt model B12, B16 and S32 road bicycles because the fork steer tube can break, causing the rider to lose control, fall and suffer injuries.[7][8]

Sponsorships

In 2007 Felt sponsored the Slipstream-Chipotle (currently Garmin-Sharp) bicycle team. In 2009, Felt signed a three-year agreement to supply frames to the Garmin-Chipotle team.[9] On August 28, 2010, Garmin-Transitions announced it is switching working agreements from Felt Bicycles to Cervelo bikes and change its name to Team Garmin-Cervelo for the 2011 season. Felt chose not to exercise its option with the Boulder-based cycling team after a four-year working agreement. The Cervélo TestTeam folded and some riders moved to Team Garmin-Cervelo.[10] From 2012 to 2013 Felt Bicycles was the bicycle sponsor for the Argos-Shimano with team rider Marcel Kittel winning four stages of the 2013 Tour de France. In 2014 Felt became the bike sponsor to the US Continental team, Hincapie Sportswear Development Team.

Athletes sponsored by Felt

Gallery

  • FELT Beachcruiser ZERO SEN 01.jpg

    Felt Beachcruiser ZERO SEN

  • Felt Tomsk.jpg

    Felt Q650

  • Felt Ververza QX75.JPG

    Felt Verza QX75 (2011 model)

  • Felt B2 Pro.JPG

    Felt B2 Pro with Felt edition Zipp wheels

References

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