Felt Nexar FRD
In stock at 1 shop in New York City
Prices and stock checked Oct 22.
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The Felt Nexar FRD Dura-Ace Di2 Bike is Felt's complete reimagining of the aero road category — a machine that reaches 6.48kg in a size 54 while delivering verified aerodynamic performance within 4 watts of the fastest aero bikes in the segment. Where the outgoing AR leaned into pure aerodynamics at the expense of weight and fit range, the Nexar was built around three pillars: aero performance, weight reduction, and fit accessibility. The result is a bike that serious riders can actually use.
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The FRD frame starts with Felt's premium 12K Carbon Light layup — T800, T1000, and T1100 grade carbon fibers arranged with optimized ply orientation, reduced overlaps, and thinner low-resin plies throughout. High-load zones at the head tube, bottom bracket shell, and rear triangle receive targeted reinforcement with 30T to 40T modulus fibers. The outcome is an 800g frame in size 54, some 300 grams lighter than the AR it replaces, without sacrificing the torsional stiffness an aero road bike demands. The tube profiles are truncated and shaped to reduce frontal area and wake, with a slimmed head tube targeting the three areas Felt's wind tunnel work identified as the primary drag sources: head tube width, the top tube and down tube junction, and the wake behind the front assembly.
All cabling routes internally through a fully integrated one-piece carbon cockpit that weighs under 300 grams. The bar and stem combination is size-specific — smaller frames run narrower bars with shorter stems, while the largest sizes get proportionally wider and longer setups — so the fit comes dialed from the factory rather than requiring aftermarket adjustments to correct an off-the-shelf bar setup. A zero-offset dedicated carbon seatpost completes the front-to-back integration, made possible by a steeper seat tube angle that places riders in an efficient pedaling position without the extreme saddle setback adjustments that plagued earlier aero platforms.
Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 runs the drivetrain…
