Felt Bikes History
Felt Bikes founder and name
sponsor is former motocross
mechanic Jim Felt, who
originally developed a trial /
triathlon frame for Johnny
O'Mara - one of the superstars
in motocross. With this frame
it was O'Mara's plan to get in
shape for his races. During
his free time O'Mara
participated as an amateur at
triathlon competitions and
established a reputation for
Felt in this discipline. His
successes in races and his
high quality products paved
the way for co-operations with
Easton and Answer.
In 2001 Felt
Bikes was revived by
the new partners Bill Duehring
and Michael Müllman. At that
time Michael had with
SportImport already a strong
distribution channel with a
BMX background. Founded in
1981 in Berlin he had focused
on the distribution of foreign
BMX brands like GT and layed
the foundation for one of the
strongest BMX distributions in
Germany. In addition to Felt
SportImport now carries famous
brands like Odyssey, G-Sport,
Flybikes
or We The
People.
By the way, kunstform?!
owner Seppl Pospischil has
been a SportImport team rider
since 2002. Originally
sponsored by Flybikes/Suelo he
joined the Felt team in 2006.
If you have a bike shop close
by that carries Felt, then
just talk to the guys. Seppl
is regularly on the road
throughout Germany and maybe
he will also come to your
city.
In the beginning the focus
of Felt Bikes
was on complete bikes. Now
Felt offers you BMY frames and
select additional parts for a
very good price-performance
ratio. And with Scotty Cranmer
(USA), world champion Michael
Sommer and newcomer Felix
Kirch Felt Bikes has a killer
team that should convince the
last skeptics.
