Parlee - South Africa

[gummibear]

I know Gummi has been eyeing a Parlee for many years.

With the bike collection he has, says something of Parlee.

 

From those early days of seeing a Parlee, only once had the privilege to see one in the flesh, it was their tri-bike model.

 

You are living the dream of bringing in your own bike line, congrats and all the best.

 

Please post picks of your Parlee, and enjoy your new bike.

I came very close to pulling the trigger last year on a Altum disc but then covid happened.

 

Maybe soon though.

 

 

LBS had these 2 beauts in over the weekend for clients.

 

 

[gummibear]

A few pics with my NSW 454 Zipps (soon to be up for sale)

Woowee...looks awesome with those wheels    

[Furbz]

Congrats, she looks fast and beautiful!

 

Do you perhaps have photo from the non drive side, would like to see the thru-axles, very clean on the drive side.

 

Here we go.

its clear Parlee when the extra mile to smooth out the profile of their through axles.

as a reference point the other bike is a 2020 Trek Madone with the Trek designed removable handle through axles - bulky by comparison!

and i cannot change the axles as Trek irritatingly uses a proprietary thread. so you have to use their through axles. learn't that the hard way.

 

Parlee Front

 

Trek Front

 

Parlee Rear

 

 

Trek Rear

[Furbz]

a few other comparison pics between the Parlee and Trek showing off the finish quality on the Parlee

its a pity i do not have a pic of the Trek BB area to compare.

 

before anyone thinks i am bashing Trek, i am not.

its one of my favourite bikes! 

i'm looking objectively at the attention to detail and overall quality of the finish.

 

I have worked on many bikes. My previous Cannondale's, Giant's and Ritte finishes all look much the same as the Trek.

the Parlee is just on another level

 

Parlee

 

Trek

Edited March 24, 2021 by Furbz

[Furbz]

A couple more pics - these better show off the actual colour of the bike

 

 

A very neat Garmin mount.

the bars are oval in shape and have a subtle rearward curve making for a very comfortable cockpit

[Furbz]

I'll do a full review after next weekend.

I want to get an objective feel for the bike without the "new bike" mentality getting in the way.

its definitely in the top 3 bikes i have ever ridden for ride quality and comfort.

i just want to verify my initial thoughts with a few more rides and compare it to the Madone

['Dale]

@Furbz

 

Please desist with these X-rated pics.

This is a family show.

 

[DJuice]

Thank you for the effort Furbz.

 

She is beautiful.

[Furbz]

For the weight weenies.

 

i measured the built bike ex wheels.

Thats Force AXS groupset with bottle cages, garmin mount and saddle.

it came in 55grams heavier than my Madone

 

thats not bad!

consider the Madone is fully tricked out

 

300 grams savings in groupset (Sram Force vs Sram Red)

80grams savings on the saddle (251g for the Fizik vs 170g for the bontrager)

very slight savings on the bottle cages ( i guess 5 grams each at most)

 

that makes the Parlee RZ7 Frameset a good +-350 grams lighter than the Madone

 

So in theory you could build this framset up with Sram Red, Roval rapide wheels and get it pretty much to 7.2kgs (ex bottle cages and pedals)

 

that includes the quarq power meter on both bikes

 

not bad!

Edited March 25, 2021 by Furbz

[TNT1]

For the weight weenies.

 

i measured the built bike ex wheels.

Thats Force AXS groupset with bottle cages, garmin mount and saddle.

it came in 55grams heavier than my Madone

 

thats not bad!

consider the Madone is fully tricked out

 

300 grams savings in groupset (Sram Force vs Sram Red)

80grams savings on the saddle (251g for the Fizik vs 170g for the bontrager)

very slight savings on the bottle cages ( i guess 5 grams each at most)

 

that makes the Parlee RZ7 Frameset a good +-380 grams lighter than the Madone

 

So in theory you could build this framset up with Sram Red, Roval rapide wheels and get it pretty much to 7.2kgs (ex bottle cages and pedals)

 

not bad!

Pretty good.

 

Which Fizik and which bontrager? 

[Furbz]

Pretty good.

 

Which Fizik and which bontrager? 

 

it came with the Fizik Argo R5

my Madone has the Bontrager aeolus pro

[Furbz]

by comparison, my Madone fully tricked out is 7.55kgs ex pedals and bottle cages

[Chris_]

by comparison, my Madone fully tricked out is 7.55kgs ex pedals and bottle cages

 

Why would you give a weight without pedals? And at least one bottle cage. Its not like they're something you can forego.

[Furbz]

Why would you give a weight without pedals? And at least one bottle cage. Its not like they're something you can forego.

 

That is how all bike weights are traditionally done.

Its because everyone has their own pedal preference, bottle cage preference and garmin mount preference.

 

not everyone is willing to pay R7k for super lightweight pedals.

or R1k per bottle cage

 

also, the above figures i stated include the Quarq Powermeter

Edited March 25, 2021 by Furbz

[DJuice]

Why would you give a weight without pedals? And at least one bottle cage. Its not like they're something you can forego.

That is the standard for weight  disclosure in the industry.

[wattnow]

Frameset, is that including fork as well? 350gram difference between frames is close to 30-35%, thats crazy...

 

What was the framestweight of the Parlee including the fork?

 

For the weight weenies.

 

i measured the built bike ex wheels.

Thats Force AXS groupset with bottle cages, garmin mount and saddle.

it came in 55grams heavier than my Madone

 

thats not bad!

consider the Madone is fully tricked out

 

300 grams savings in groupset (Sram Force vs Sram Red)

80grams savings on the saddle (251g for the Fizik vs 170g for the bontrager)

very slight savings on the bottle cages ( i guess 5 grams each at most)

 

that makes the Parlee RZ7 Frameset a good +-350 grams lighter than the Madone

 

So in theory you could build this framset up with Sram Red, Roval rapide wheels and get it pretty much to 7.2kgs (ex bottle cages and pedals)

 

not bad!