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COMPULSION
Congratulations on purchasing a Felt Compulsion. As with all of our bikes and
components, our aim is to provide the rider with the best product and riding
experience. Read this manual supplement thoroughly, as it’s to help you set your
bike up correctly, and care for it.
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STATS
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Rear Wheel Travel: 165mm.
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Fork: Designed around 170mm fork, compatible with forks up to 180mm.
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Tire size: 27.5x2.6 max
(with proper ISO clearance).
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Bottom Bracket: English Threaded (AKA ‘BSA’ Standard), 73mm wide.
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Headset: Zero Stack 1 1/8-1.5 tapered. FSA calls this ‘no. 57’. Cane Creek calls
this ZS44/28.6 Upper, ZS56/40 Lower.
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Seatpost: 30.9mm diameter. Compatible with internally-routed dropper posts
only.
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Seatpost collar: 34.9mm diameter.
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Rear Axle: 148x12, Syntace standard (12x1.0 thread).
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Rear Shock: 205x65mm Metric standard. Trunnion top, Ø8x30mm reducers
bottom.
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Chainring: 52mm (Boost) chainline. Maximum 38t round, or 36t oval.
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Di2 Compatible: Yes
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Rear Brake: 160mm direct Post Mount.
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1x drivetrain ONLY.
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
Equilink Explained ................................................................................... 2
Geometry ................................................................................................... 4
SHOCK SETUP ............................................................................................... 5
FLIP CHIP ..................................................................................................... 6
HEAD TUBE CABLE GUIDES ............................................................................ 7
BOTTOM BRACKET CABLE GUIDES ................................................................ 8
DROPPER POST ROUTING .............................................................................. 9
REAR BRAKE ROUTING ..................................................................................11
REAR SHIFTER ROUTING ..............................................................................13
SUSPENSION PIVOT EVALUATION ................................................................15
PIVOT TORQUE VALUES ...............................................................................16
LOWER LINK PIVOTS ...................................................................................18
SEAT TUBE PIVOTS ......................................................................................21
SEATSTAY YOKE PIVOTS ............................................................................ 23
SHOCK MOUNTS ......................................................................................... 24
DROPOUT PIVOTS ...................................................................................... 26
EQUILINK PIVOTS ....................................................................................... 28
HARWARE REBUILD KIT ............................................................................. 30
BEARING KIT .............................................................................................. 30
TOOL KIT .....................................................................................................31
MASTER PARTS LIST .................................................................................. 32
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