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Interview: Jim Felt, aerodynamic guru

Jim Felt (C) looks for every aerodynamic advantage.

  • Jim Felt (L) in his element: a wind tunnel.
  • Jim Felt (C) looks for every aerodynamic advantage.
  • Jim Felt founded his bicycle company in 1994.
  • Jim Felt (R) explains an important tweak to Felt athlete, track world champion Sarah Hammer.
  • It takes a village to get things right in the wind tunnel.
  • Felt and Hammer, squeezing out every ounce of speed in the San Diego wind tunnel.
  • World champion track racer Sarah Hammer.
  • Teenage track phenom Taylor Phinney.
  • A Garmin-Chipotle mechanic readies a Felt under the watchful eye of US president Bill Duehring in France.
  • Mark McCormack racing a Felt a few years ago.
  • Felt-sponsored racer Chris Horner (L) wins Stage 10 of the 1996 Tour du Pont.
  • Paul Newby Fraser aboard her Felt.
  • Former motocross legend Johnny O'Mara.
  • Felt company co-president, German-based Michael Müllmann.
  • Felt Bicycles - Irvine, CA headquarters.
  • Slipstream director Jonathan Vaughters (L) at the team training camp last November in Colorado.
  • Christian Vande Velde (L) keeps company with Fabian Cancellara and Tom Boonen during the 2008 Tour of California.
  • David Millar motors to a third-place finish in Stage 4 of the 2008 Tour de France.
  • Team Slipstream leads Giro leader Christian Vande Velde (L - in pink) during Stage 2.
  • Christian Vande Velde time trials in Stage 4 of the Tour.

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Jim Felt (C) looks for every aerodynamic advantage.

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