Felt B12 vs Cervelo P2?

LSUfan4444 - 2010-04-01 1:34 PM NOT riding a P2 because you think everyone rides a cervelo is worse than riding a cervelo because you think everone rides one.  To rule something out, that may be a superior buy, simply b/c it is popular is pretty petty.

That being said, the P2 is a better buy than the B-12.  Its just more bike for the money, or as much bike for less money. 

Whether or not you want to step down to the B 16 and save some $ is another topic, but as for P2 vs B-12.........its p2 > B-12

crazyquick23 - 2010-03-31 6:24 PM How about a B16 (same frame as the B12) with an ultegra rear derailleur upgrade and whatever aerobars you prefer. I bet you even money you couldn't tell the difference between this bike and the B12 if both bikes were fit the same. And you would save a lot of money to put towards race wheels or whatever goodies you want. I was talked down by my local tri shop from a B14 to a B16 because they didn't believe the extra 500 between those two bikes was worth it. They upgraded the rear derailleur to ultegra for free and put a set of carbon aero bars on for a $100 to sweeten the deal then I really couldn't feel the difference at all.

On the wheels between the two felt bikes the tri shop put it like this. You're paying extra money moving from the B16 to the 14 or 12 for a set of aluminum training wheels that are slightly more aero but still not race wheels and are not going to be very much faster than the wheels already on the B16. They also held by the theory that makes sense to me to not train on very aero wheels to make yourself work harder in training then put a nicer set of race wheels on when you race. That way you're used to working hard with a less aero wheel and then you get a larger speed gain going to a more aero wheel.

Just my 2 cents and what I did after a ton of research and trying a lot of different bikes out. Look at the difference between the B12 and 16 on the felt website and decide if that is a $1000 difference to you. I love my felt. It fits me perfect and you can ride it pretty aggressive if you wish.

Rogillio - 2010-04-02 9:35 AM Hey, I've got a used B12 fixer-upper if you're interested:

tri808 - 2010-04-02 1:43 PM

Dude...did that just happen...I know you were raving about your B12 yesterday...