Felt lanza nueva IA

Felt Launches New IA

El Felt IA ha sido un éxito innegable desde su lanzamiento en 2013. Desde entonces, ha ganado dos títulos del Campeonato Mundial Ironman con Mirinda Carfrae y varias otras carreras de alto perfil. El primer modelo presentado era increíblemente caro: 12.000 dólares por la bicicleta completa. El año pasado, Felt introdujo versiones más económicas que costaban la mitad de ese costo. Era exactamente la misma bicicleta con carbono menos costoso y componentes de gama baja.

Ahora, Felt continúa refinando la línea IA con las bicicletas que ves aquí, llamadas internamente IAx, pero oficialmente todavía solo IA. La nueva bicicleta conserva el diseño aerodinámico de la original, incluidas las formas de los tubos, la caja bento integrada y la parte delantera estrecha. Bueno, son casi iguales y llegaremos a eso. Para ser claros, la versión original del IA todavía está disponible, con todas sus comodidades. Esas serán las versiones de gama alta que terminan en un solo dígito (IA 2, IA 3 e IA FRD). El nuevo modelo tiene números de modelo de dos dígitos (IA 10, IA 14, IA 16). En los nuevos modelos menos costosos, la cabina integrada ha sido reemplazada por una potencia, una barra aerodinámica y un freno estándar. El freno trasero también pierde la cubierta y pasa a una especificación del mercado de accesorios, reemplazando el freno integrado y la cubierta de los modelos originales.

Un cordón aerodinámico de una sola pieza hace que esta bicicleta sea rápida. Las interfaces estándar lo hacen conveniente.

Quizás aún más interesantes sean las sutiles diferencias en el marco del nuevo IA. El nuevo cuadro es un molde completamente nuevo, con algunas revisiones sutiles que, según Felt, en realidad lo hacen MÁS RÁPIDO que el IA completamente integrado, al menos antes de agregar frenos. Intuitivamente esto tiene cierto sentido; En lugar de utilizar un tubo de dirección de bayoneta que rompe la cuerda aerodinámica en dos pedazos con una división en el medio, todo el perfil aerodinámico desde la parte delantera de la bicicleta hasta la parte posterior del refuerzo del tubo de dirección tiene una forma suave. Es una enorme sección transversal de 11 a 1 en su punto más profundo. Otras revisiones menores de la forma lograron lograr aún más velocidad, dice Felt. Una vez que agrega los frenos, las barras y la potencia originales, el nuevo IA se vuelve un poco más lento que su hermano de mayor precio. Pero supongo que puedes hacer que esta bicicleta funcione más rápido (y tal vez más rápido que la IA original) con frenos y barras de repuesto. Espero construir uno de estos y hacer precisamente eso.

La bicicleta incluye una nueva y elegante potencia de Felt que ayuda con la gestión de cables y ofrece un área frontal bastante baja. Pero el tubo de dirección es estándar de 1-1/8", por lo que la potencia se puede reemplazar con cualquier otra barra o combinación de barra/potencia. Otras características nuevas incluyen un soporte para botella de triple jefe en el tubo inferior (el IA original solo tiene un soporte para botella en el tubo del sillín) y un par de salientes en la parte posterior del tubo del sillín para almacenamiento de repuestos o para montar algo más personalizado, como una botella TorHans VR.

Y otra característica muy interesante: hay una pequeña tapa en la parte superior de la bicicleta, justo en frente del tubo de dirección. Esta tapa permite guardar una caja de conexiones Di2. ¡Genial!

El precio comienza en $2,999 por una bicicleta completa, hasta $4,999 por la versión Di2. Esto es la mitad del precio del IA más barato del año pasado y deja mucho margen de precios para futuras actualizaciones. Y sí, habrá un conjunto de cuadros disponible; todavía no hay precios. Hemos escrito mucho sobre la Felt IA y estaremos muy interesados ​​en ver más sobre esta bicicleta a medida que avance el año. Probablemente será una opción muy atractiva para los triatletas que buscan una mejora importante. Obviamente, prefiero las bicicletas con interfaces estándar, pero muchos atletas que han soportado los dolores de cabeza de algunas piezas integradas pueden entender por qué tener piezas de fácil mantenimiento puede ser algo muy bueno. Eche un vistazo a la galería a continuación de la nueva plataforma.

En su configuración original, tal vez no sea tan limpio como me gustaría, pero definitivamente se puede actualizar. Y a $2,999 para el modelo base, su precio se actualizará con el tiempo.


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