pista Posted May 28, 2013 Share ....and it's not a TREK http://road.cc/sites/default/files/imagecache/node-gallery-display/images/News/Lance%27s%20Parlee.jpeg Having been associated closely with Trek during his racing career, Lance Armstrong has tweeted that he now has a new Parlee Z-Zero road bike. Lance said, “Down @mellowjohnnys building up my new @parlee_z1. What a beauty!! Right at 15 lbs.” Mellow Johnny’s is a bike store in Austin, Texas, owned by Armstrong. The name comes from maillot jaune – French for ‘yellow jersey’.Mellow Johnny's is a Trek dealership. Whereas usually Trek might not be too pleased with an ex-pro and current dealer showing off a bike other than a Trek, in this case they're probably fairly relaxed about the situation. The Parlee race bike brand was established by Bob Parlee in Massachusetts about a decade ago. The Z-Zero is custom-made to order in 16 semi-custom sizes, or in a full-custom geometry. Parlee say that they can tune the ride characteristics to each rider's exact requirements. Armstrong has gone for a Shimano Dura-Ace 9700 groupset here. Previously, he had a contract with SRAM but the US component brand terminated it last year in the light of revelations about Armstrong’s doping during his race career – you might have heard about that! Brett 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonus Posted May 28, 2013 Share Why would you name your shop after the "Yellow Jersey" when you don't even have one? ;-) Abes_mtb, carbon29er, X-Man and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Posted May 28, 2013 Share custom bike with enve components... heavy budget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted May 28, 2013 Share At least he has great taste in bikes DIPSLICK and 428 others 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted May 28, 2013 Share What a beaut! DIPSLICK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanroyal Posted May 28, 2013 Share Why would you name your shop after the "Yellow Jersey" when you don't even have one? ;-) You right ...he doesn't have one ...he has seven .... :-) jaco369, DIPSLICK, Antoo and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIPSLICK Posted May 28, 2013 Share You right ...he doesn't have one ...he has seven .... :-)Haters gonna hate Grebel and Behan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted May 28, 2013 Share And so, Lance Armstrong attempts to kill off the hugely respected bike builder Parlee...................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIPSLICK Posted May 28, 2013 Share Build the brand watch this space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bob Posted May 28, 2013 Share My best mate in the UK has just traded out his Spez' for one of these. Custom built carbon. He went through a whole laser fitting session like they do with the 3d body capture for films. That data was sent to the factory, another tweak session and then a follow up session with all his other bikes to ensure they are all the same set up. Then he had the joy of spec'ing his whole set up. I have no idea what it cost him but it was a wedge. The result: 428 others 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIPSLICK Posted May 28, 2013 Share My best mate in the UK has just traded out his Spez' for one of these. Custom built carbon. He went through a whole laser fitting session like they do with the 3d body capture for films. That data was sent to the factory, another tweak session and then a follow up session with all his other bikes to ensure they are all the same set up. Then he had the joy of spec'ing his whole set up. I have no idea what it cost him but it was a wedge. The result: A lot of ZUMAS T-Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted May 28, 2013 Share Watch Trek sales drop and Parlee sky rocket........just hope their prices don't increase.LA still has millions of fans out there. DIPSLICK and ichops 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Dassie Posted May 28, 2013 Share Who knows, maybe he'll rediscover a love of cycling. Moving along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bob Posted May 28, 2013 Share Who knows, maybe he'll rediscover a love of cycling. Moving along. Had to laugh about his tweet when Di Luca got caught. "@lancearmstrong: Knowing I have 0 cred on the doping issue - I still can't help but think, "really Di Luca? Are you that f*uck/ng stupid??" Still a tool tho. Edited May 28, 2013 by hellocolour Anatomic Sportswear 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted May 28, 2013 Share A Z zero frame with ENVE 1.0 fork is about $7500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariusL Posted May 28, 2013 Share Had to laugh about his tweet when Di Luca got caught. "@lancearmstrong: Knowing I have 0 cred on the doping issue - I still can't help but think, "really Di Luca? Are you that f*uck/ng stupid??" Still a tool tho. What a legend... JGR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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