Felt B2, circa 2009-2010. Feedback?

Dave Tallo

I'm thinking of this as a winter project to build up for my brother.  The year and model selection is because: 1) I want him to be fast, but not too fast; 2) it would hit his fit coordinates; 3) the availability and prices are right, and 4) inspired by the Kiley  "peak aero" shootout, I'm thinking I could make a pretty slippery bike by taking it to 1x11, subbing in a tririg front brake, and adding a Torhans VR (he would race with a wheelcover / h3).     Even faster if I could get a Torhans 30 close to the bayonet fork.

Questions:

-feedback from current or past owners?

-I see a lot of threads on Slowtwitch about the integrated Bayonet fork - were there problems with this? 

-any recollection if there were funky proprietary parts on that bike that would be hard to source?  The integrated 'three stem lengths' thing has be pausing.   

-Do modern 25 tires fit?   Other obsolescence issues I should think of?  

Gary Lewis

@Dave Tallo curious what his size is and the price range you are looking to be in. I have a Cervelo P3 I need to sell.

Dave Tallo

Gary - He would ride a 56. But be warned ... I'm looking for a steal on the build, so my range is very low ... if you're looking to make money from yours, you might do better on ebay or CL.    

Gordon Cherwoniak

@Dave Tallo

I'm not much of a build guy but two things that came to mind:

• seat post. If it's cut and you need a longer one can you get one? I was surprised I could still get a new seat post in 2017 for my 2010 specialized when I crushed it.
• Wheelcover - check with wheel builder on incompatible bikes and tires. Having said that I used the wheel cover on my specialized comp with no rubbing except one time and it's not the no list.