Felt 2016 MTB line-up revealed

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Felt has revealed its 2016 MTB line-up, which maintains focus on 29ers with its 12-bike Nine range, with seven bikes apiece for the Virtue and Edict collections. The Compulsion, redesigned in 2014, stays as a top-end enduro machine and remains alloy only. While there are increased fat bike options, 26in rides has been relegated to an entry-level / kids range of three bikes.

Rather than picking sides as a brand, Felt considers itself to focus not just on roadies or on mountain bikers, but on cyclists as a whole. Nevertheless, Felt's MTB heritage goes back further than you might think. Founder Jim Felt first built mountain bike frames in 1989 and introduced a full range at Eurobike 10 years later. Felt was also a 29er early adopter, introducing big-wheeled bikes in 2008 and upgrading to carbon in 2009 with the Nine Carbon.

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As Felt moves to its living line format in 2016 – in other words, bikes are only being re-launched with a frame redesign or significant spec change – the Californian brand can boast a total of seven mountain bike lines. Naturally, there's some crossover in terms of applications for each bike, but Felt's got enduro, trail and cross-country covered.

Here are some highlights from the line-up, spotted at Felt's European launch near Weisbaden in Germany.

We'll add US and AUS prices as they come through.

• Compulsion 10 – £3,999
• Compulsion 30 – £2,899
• Compulsion 50 – £2,299

• Virtue 60 – £1,850
• Virtue 50 – £2,125
• Virtue 5 – £2,799
• Virtue 3 – £3,150
• Virtue 2 – £3,999
• Virtue 1 – £5,575
• Virtue FRD – TBA

• Edict 60 – £1,599
• Edict 50 –£1,975
• Edict 5 – £2,375
• Edict 3 – £2,875
• Edict 2 – £3,199
• Edict 1 – £4,350
• Edict FRD – £7,999

• Nine 80 – £449
• Nine 70 – £549
• Nine 60 – £599
• Nine 50 – £849
• Nine 30 – £999
• Nine 6 – £1,099
• Nine 5 – £1,299
• Nine 4 – £1,599
• Nine 3 – £1,699
• Nine 2 – £1,999
• Nine 1 – £3,350
• Nine FRD – £7,450

• 7 Eighty – £449
• 7 Seventy – £529
• 7 Sixty – £579
• 7 Fifty – £849
• 7 Thirty – £999
• 7 Ten – £1,299

• Six 95 – £369
• Six 80 – £429
• Six 70 – £549

• DD 70 – £999
• DD 30 – £1,299
• DD 10 – £1,799

• Q 20R – £249
• Q 20S – £269
• Q 24 – £299
• Q 24 D – £319
• Cruncher 20 – £379
• Cruncher 24 – £399

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