Felt will unveil two new bikes at Eurobike Frankfurt this week, and another hot topic announced at Eurobike is new driveshaft technology from CeramicSpeed offshoot Driven Technologies Inc.

Both of Felt's new models feature external cable routing and are said to offer better front-end integration than their successors.

The brand has so far only released teaser shots and no details are available yet. The logo is heavily emblazoned to hide the bike's shape, but the text accompanying the teaser indicates that one is a successor to the existing FR lightweight climbing bike, which Felt's tagline is "Climbing Faster."

The new frame has a classic double-diamond design, with the seatstays meeting just below the top of the seat tube. It has an aero top and handlebars with integrated brake hoses, and what Felt says is an aero frameset, but it appears to be "Aerolite," with a tube profile closer to round.

Felt puts the new FR's frame weight at 700g, but no comparison to existing models is available. However, the current FR model is said to be the lightest and stiffest to date.

Felt offers two levels of the current FR frames, with the high-spec model having a mix of high-mod carbon fiber and TeXtreme spread tow carbon fiber. The current Dura-Ace weighs in at 6.9 kg and has broken the €12,000 mark.

The second bike is the new VR, whose tagline is "Smooth is Fast," with a squared-off downtube profile, deep-section bars, and a chunky independent stem.

Again, we see front end integration with Deda's Superbox stem, and the brake hoses appear to run through the lower channel and inside the frame.

The hoses appear to run externally under the bar top, rather than through Deda's full internal routing system. The large Z on the bar top suggests that this is a newer aeroprofile model of the Zip.

The current VR model is designed as an all-road bike, with clearance for wide tires for light gravel riding.

The current VR model has a lunchbox mount on the top tube, but its successor does not appear to have one.

At the rear, the seatstays have been dropped significantly. This is a feature that improves compliance and, along with the wider tire clearance, probably makes the bike "smooth-is-fast." The bike's seat tube is a conventional round shape, and it appears that a standard round seat post will be installed, but Felt says, "There is an innovative device in the seat tube to deal with high-frequency vibration."

That's all we can glean about the new bikes from what we can see so far, but stay tuned for updates when the new Felt FR and VR are unveiled at Eurobike. The official launch of both bikes is scheduled for February 2024, and the new FR will be available in limited numbers later that year, according to Felt.