The Compulsion 10 is Felt’s top-end all-mountain/enduro offering for 2015, featuring 27.5in wheels, 160mm of travel, and a burly build kit that includes a SRAM XO1 transmission, RockShox Pike fork, and RockShox Reverb Stealth dropper seatpostJames Huang / Immediate Media
The Equilink hardware on the 2015 Felt Compulsion 10 looks fantastic in this monochromatic paint schemeJames Huang / Immediate Media
Tire clearance on the Felt Compulsion 10 looks rather tight with the stock Schwalbe Rock Razor treadJames Huang / Immediate Media
While carbon framed Equilink bikes can make do with some tuned flex in the stays, aluminum frames require a mechanical pivot to accommodate the change in geometry as the rear end moves through its travelJames Huang / Immediate Media
Felt will outfit both the top-end Compulsion and this second-tier model with RockShox’s superb Pike forkFelt Bicycles
The new Felt Compulsion 50 looks like it’ll pack a heap of fun into its 160mm-travel, 27.5in-wheeled package for US$2,699Felt Bicycles
The new Felt Virtue 1 gets a TexTreme carbon upgrade this year that drops about 200g. Cable routing is also more refined than before plus buyers will get SRAM’s excellent XO1 1×11 drivetrainJames Huang / Immediate Media
Felt’s Equilink six-bar suspension system may be difficult for many to grasp but the takeaway is that it allows the frame designers to independently tune the anti-squat and wheel path characteristicsJames Huang / Immediate Media