As the definition of road riding expands, so too has Felt’s definition of its endurance road platform. Felt is positioning its new Felt VR — for Variable Road — as a long-haul road bike that is ready for steep climbing with low gears, and set up for rough roads with a soft rear end and heaps of tire clearance.
The bike covers all the typical endurance road bike bases, and Felt hopes it will prove dynamic enough to calmly handle a little gravel, too.
I rode the VR2 for a day in California, climbing and descending a loose dirt road in addition to your usual mix of smooth and broken asphalt.
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Wide stance and wide tires for tackling any road
The entire VR line uses disc brakes, from the $899 VR60 to the $5,499 VR2. There is no VR1, yet, nor UK and AU pricing as of press time. There are also five women’s VR bikes, ranging from the $899 VRW60 to the $3,699 VRW3.
While most endurance bikes come with compact gearing — meaning 50/34t front rings — Felt goes way down to a 46/30 (with an ultra-wide 11-32t cassette) for what road brand manager Hubert Otlik calls “an all-day climbing bias”.
Ride impressions
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