Have the bike companies sacked their designers and had them replaced all overnight??!!

Whatever it is, life will get interesting on the streets.

Will the Felt be called Count Dracula? And is white the new black? :)

the felt's proper. the others are shite

the felt (tk3 - pictures) is clever marketing, its a hardcore track frame, but with cheaper parts than the better tk2. They have gone for a colour scheme that they thought would be popular with people riding the bike on the street

pictured below is tk2

yep nice felt... whats the spec?

i'm staggered by abomination that is the 'path-meets-langster' bowery.

it reaches a new low in bike depravity.

That Felt TK2 looks like a more handsome, better finished, Fuji Track Pro.

Some of this frame design is frankly fucking baffling. Hybrids with no gears and drops.
I'm not sure I understand.

*Edit* 1 gear for any pedants out there.

the felt gives me half a bar.

felt tk3

MARKET:
USA & INT

09 COLOR OPTION #1:
Gloss Black & Red

SIZES:
700c x 52,54,56,58,60cm

Est. WEIGHT:
17.97lbs/8.17kg

FRAME:
Track Specific Custom Butted Super-light 7005 tig pulse welded Aluminum tubes, Aero 60mm Deep Seat Tube with rear wheel recess & Semi Aero Downtube, bladed aero seatstays with horizontal CNC dropouts with stainless steel inserts

FORK:
Felt Track Specific Carbon Fiber with 1 1/8" Steerer and oversized carbon fiber fork blades, 25mm offset with drilled crown for front brake

HEADSET:
Cane Creek type 1 1/8" Integrated with 20mm Cone and 2 X 7.5mm Spacer Stack

STEM:
FELT 1.2 6061 Alumnim 3D Forged Ø31.8mm with 7° Rise, 52cm=90mm, 54cm=100mm, 56-58cm=110mm, 60cm=120mm.

HANDLEBAR:
FELT TkR 6061 Aluminum with TRACK Drop, Ø31.8mm, 52cm=40cm, 54cm-58cm=42cm, 60cm=44cm

GRIPS:
Felt Gel Ribbon Tape BLACK with FELT 3D Logo

END CAPS:
Bubble-Tech Felt Logo End Plugs

SHIFTERS:
n/a

FRONT DERAILLEUR:
n/a

REAR DERAILLEUR:
n/a

CRANKSET:
Felt Track Cold Forged Aluminum, Polished and BLACK Anodized with 144mm B.C.D. CNC Alloy Chainring, 48T x 3/32"; 52cm-54cm=165mm, 56cm=167.5mm, 58cm=170mm, 60cm=170mm

BB SET:
FSA 68mm w/ Forged Chromoly Square Taper 107mm Spindle

CHAIN:
KMC Z610X Track 3/32" width

FREEWHEEL:
Track 15T x 1/2" pitch x 3/32" width fixed sprocket with lockring

BRAKE LEVERS:
n/a

BRAKES:
n/a

CABLES & HOUSING:
n/a

SADDLE::
FELT 1.3 Road Saddle with Carbon Injected Base, Embossed Cover and Hollow Chrome Moly Rails

SEAT POST:
FELT TkR Forged 6061 Aluminum 1 piece Superlight 2 Bolt Design, Ø27.2mm, 300mm

SEAT POST CLAMP:
Ø31.8 6061-AL Forged Aluminum, Chrome Moly 5mm x 0.8mm Bolt, Stainless Steel Nut-Bar. 16 Grams

F/HUB:
Felt TkR-4 Hi-Flange 28H

R/HUB:
Felt TkR-4 Double-Threaded Fixed/Fixed Hi-Flange 28H

RIMS:
Felt TkR-4 700c 30mm Deep Aluminum Aero Track, 28H RADIALLY LACED Front/28H 3 cross Rear

TIRE:
Vittoria Zaffiro Slick Foldable 700c x 23c

SPOKES:
BLACK Stainless 14G

+1

the other have nasty sloping (the wrong way) toptubes

i like this 1

it looks as if it should be mounted to a wooden sheild above a fireplace in a hunting lodge

compared to efforts from the big bike companies so far they all look fucking great

looks like it says cunt on the ST

Est. WEIGHT:
17.97lbs/8.17kg ?????

thats heavier than my old steel lump

that is what i thought it said

If only there was someone who would compile a comprehensive list of all next year's bikes...

haha

Sorry, I'm deaf in both eyes!!! HA!

+1! i think i spend too much time here.

If it wasn't for the seat (chopped Brooks look is wholly inappropriate on a bike this 'modern'), the bars (WTF?) and the stem.

And the wheels...

And the frame?

and the frame....

ug.....lee

too slow.

yeah, apart from the horrible geometry, shit wheels, ridiculous handlebars, piss-poor drivetrain, joke pedals and cretinous excuse for a saddle it's not a bad bike

Clearly my memo to bike companies teaching them that backward sloping top tubes (a la langster) are wrong got lost in the post.
Langster = bad
Fankgster = really, really bad, even if it does happen to be better looking than the langster, like the giant one.
The style is still incredibly awkward and looks like an ugly inbred child of bmx and a mountain bike that was only born with one gear and now it's parents dress it up in powder coating and hope the other kids won't pick on it.

It shows they've done their research (albeit have ended up getting it horribly wrong).

Their target demographic isn't hipsters or 'proper' fixed riders, because they know they're less likely to buy OTP, preferring instead to do custom builds. They're aiming at commuters and wannabes who are used to relaxed head angles and sloping top tubes that they've got on their MTBs and compact road bikes who will want a little kookiness - like a chopped Brooks and dropped bullhorns - but won't want it to be so outlandish that they'll be laughed at by their friends.

Wheres the TK1, Evans stock felt and thats where my cycle to work voucher has to go, grand towards a nice carbon track bike Mmmmmm

And 8.17kg, thats mental my, coughpistacough cough weighs less than that!

whoa, serious answer! um let's recap, I was saying inbred children ....

My serious answers are always light-hearted - hence the use of the word 'kookiness'. ;-)

mooks gives kooks new looks!!!

Fresh off the press.

:))

Fuji have pulled their thumb out though . .

I liked the Bowery '84 so much I bought the company one