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Trek 1.2 vs Giant Defy 3 vs Felt Z95

  • 20-05-2014 7:15am
    #1
    damienp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭


    Hi Everyone,

    I'm sure your all fed up been asked same questions for us newbies.

    Getting bike as part of BTW and have narrowed down choice to above 3. Tested them all and they all feel great. Leaning more to Felt at moment.
    Any advice greatly appreciated. My budget is 700-800.
    Cheers


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  • #2
    ZiabR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭ZiabR


    As far as I am aware they all use the Shimano Sora gear range. The Giant and Trek would be fairly reliable, I dont know much about the FELT. I have a Trek myself and find them to be a good bike. I like the riding position on them and so far they are very reliable. I know the Giant are much the same, good solid bike.

    There would not be much between them if they are infact all using the same gear range. Which one do you like the look of?


  • #3
    damienp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭damienp


    logik wrote: »
    As far as I am aware they all use the Shimano Sora gear range. The Giant and Trek would be fairly reliable, I dont know much about the FELT. I have a Trek myself and find them to be a good bike. I like the riding position on them and so far they are very reliable. I know the Giant are much the same, good solid bike.

    There would not be much between them if they are infact all using the same gear range. Which one do you like the look of?

    Thanks for the reply.
    Yeah all using similar gear set and weight is roughly even enough between them. So far like the look of the Felt the most with the Trek close second. l''ll pop back down the LBS and give them another look before I decide. Thanks again for the advice.


  • #4
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    The Felt will have the most aggressive geometry with the Giant and Trek being more relaxed geometry so it depends on your needs. Now saying that the felt is not so aggressive that you'd be uncomfortable on it as stem/steerer spacers and seat height have a lot to do with how aggressive the bike actually is. I have a Felt F5 which has similar geometry to the F95 and find the bike perfectly comfortable even for 100km+ spins.


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