Felt F55X

I am pretty impressed with this Felt gravel bike. So much so that I intend to buy one of their road offerings in Aluminum. They do make an aluminum model with a steel fork. Since the frameset is really cheap I will probably buy one after I sell the gravel bike. I am still planning on the Waterford, but that has to wait until the Treks and the Colnago sells. I have enough parts around to build another campy 10 speed bike and the Waterford would be a wireless Di2. I am simply returning to aluminum wheels after seeing the rather shocking difference in rim braking power over carbon fiber. Furthermore, superlight deep carbon rims are breaking like the old heavier versions.. No thanks. Although they don't come apart, the tubeless goes flat instantly. That doesn't seem very attractive in a $2,000 wheel. So I will return to the days of heavier but safer bikes and rims. None of the parts on the gravel bike are light but it isn't supposed to be a hill climber so who cares? I would be interested in seeing how light I could make a road, aluminum Felt. I'd be willing to bet I could make it lighter than the Lemond. And in summer shape I've taken the Lemond up some pretty hard stuff. (16% 1/4th mile). No it wouldn't be as light as the Look KG585, but I haven't set a single loop time with a lot of climbing in it with the Look. Though I think I returned with less fatigue. Isn't the entire point of riding to tire yourself out?

Let's see what happens.