The Felt gives you more for your money. It has a better wheelset, better rear derailleur, stronger steerer tube, and disk brakes which are great if you know your wheels rims are going to be exposed to mud and dirt. BUT, and this big BUT is strickly a personal taste, I hate matte black colored bikes, in my mind that color is as ugly as a color can be...but there are lot's of people who like that non artistic industrial drab look and you probably one of them; maybe if you can find a 2011 year model on closeout they may have used a different color scheme.