Bike porn

Same thing could be said about Lambos, Cervelos and red trousers for that matter.

Edit. Ok maybe not Cervelo or red trousers. B-)

i have a choice pair of gucci ones, with my margiela blazer looks ace/euro trash

Would give my left bollock for one of this in a 58 and internal wiring. The same ones in red and blue are also testicle donating worthy

This one's a bit too small, which is a shame. Seems like a bit of a steal.

Saddle looks like it's off a BMX.

looks like a modified flite to me...

I really don't see what all the fuss is with Parlee's.. Even in the flesh they just look like anything else.

They're custom. So you can have as short a tt and as tall a ht as you like.

;-)

Id recommend riding one... Aesthetically they are understated. In the flesh the finish of a frame like this is a step up on mass produced road frames. Having owned 3 cervelos (which i liked alot) its pretty apparent. There is no orange peeling in paint / lacquer or pin spots. The visible weave is very carefully laid and the same quality when you look in the headtube / bb to the interior faces of the tubes. Not going to pretend it justifies the uplift in price. But that's very hard to quantify.

Martini anyone?

Nice idea. Poor execution.

That Parlee despite the amount of money spent on it they managed to make it look like crap

It's a shite photo. Get the right angle and it would look OK. Possibly porn worthy if they sorted the steerer, canonical spacer, hood angle, saddle (which might be OK if the photo wasn't so bad).

Does need a second cage to avoid that Central Park Yuppie look.
Other than that, quite a nice simple CF bike. The polar opposite of, say, a Pinarello Dogma.

Other pics below. Steerer needs cutting but this is a bike shop build photo so would imagine full cages and final fit follow.

not going to be to everyone's taste im sure

https://www.flickr.com/photos/94691882@N03/sets/72157638086992496/

This bike was dropped of for free by someone at a local charity shop, clearly not knowing what they were giving away. One of the employees knew that is was a great bike, and it got sold by blind auction!

the only thing wrong on that parlee is campag

This bike was dropped of for free by someone at a local charity shop, clearly not knowing what they were giving away. One of the employees knew that is was a great bike, and it got sold by blind auction!

Crikey! Lots of details I like about the bike, but especially the oversized lettering on the head tube for some reason.

http://theradavist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Chris_Spectrum-1.jpg

Maybe minus the schwalbe logo.

Saddle looks like it's off a BMX.

looks like a modified flite to me...

Best ratio of "what it looks like" to "what it feels like" of any saddle I've ever owned.

What is she looking at?...

^^
Tommasini did CRAZY paint jobs.
This one's a western film with some colors.

^ not for me, like.