| Felt Bicycles are a high quality maker of top end Road | | | | Garmin Chipolte cycle team. As seen in the 2009 Tour |
| Bikes. The Felt Bicycle Company is based in Irvine, | | | | De France where Bradley Wiggins ended up a |
| California, USA and produce Road Bikes, Track Bikes, | | | | fantastic fourth in the overall general calisification and |
| Cyclocross Bikes and Time Trial as well as mountain | | | | just one place off the podium in Paris. Founder of Felt |
| and BMX bikes. All Felt bikes are made to a very high | | | | Bikes Jim Felt had already made a name for himself in |
| quality and they cater for the top end of the cycle | | | | motocross as a top mechanic for the Honda team |
| market. | | | | before turning his talents to Road Bicycle design and |
| Felt Bicycles were founded in the early 1990s by Jim | | | | manufacture. Felts first frame was for a time trial |
| Felt and were originally distributed through Answer. In | | | | triathlon bike for O'Mara which made a name for Felt |
| 2001 Felt Bicycles became a completely independent | | | | even before the cycle company existed. The Felt |
| concern. Felt have developed a number of innovative | | | | Brand started in 1994 in conjunction with Answer. In |
| Road Bikes and have a unique bike technology, which | | | | 2000 Jim Felt parted with Answer after a 7 year |
| has enabled them to remain cutting edge in the High | | | | working relationship, so in 2001 Bill Duehring and Michael |
| End Road Bicycle market. One such innovation is the | | | | Müllmann, in partnership with Jim Felt, re-launched |
| Felt Bayonet Fork, which has an external steerer just | | | | the Felt brand bringing with them a fresh vision for the |
| in front of the head tube. This is said, by Felt, to | | | | brand. Their vision was to expand the prestigious |
| increase stiffness and aerodynamics. Felt have a | | | | name to a wider audience and not confining |
| heavy involvement in the Pro cycle circuit, when, in | | | | themselves to the top end road bikes and triathlon |
| 2007 Felt Bikes sponsored the Slipstream-Chipotle | | | | bikes and offering tri bikes, BMX, mountain bikes, |
| bicycle team. | | | | cruisers and commuter bicycles. |
| In 2009, Felt Bicycles started to supply frames to the | | | | |