By Jim Weaver, Service Manager Emeritus, Fit Werx, Vermont I retired as Service Manager at Fit Werx in Waitsfield, Vermont at the end of 2018. Shortly before retirement, I acquired a Parlee Z-Zero XD frameset. Spending just shy of 10 years building hundreds (if not thousands) of bikes, and servicing an equal number of client…
The Parlee Z-Zero XD is designed to be a “quiver killer” – a capable bike that can take the place of many others and take on any road (and even some trails) and win. Does it succeed? More Roads. More Rides. Over the past few years I have found my riding more varied than ever…
Owner: Ian Buchanan, Founder/Owner of Fit Werx Frame – Parlee Z-Zero Disc Custom Fork – Enve Tapered Disc Shift Levers – SRAM RED 22 Brakes- SRAM RED 22 Front Derailleur – SRAM RED 22 YAW Rear Derailleur- SRAM RED 22 WiFLi Chain – SRAM RED 22 Cassette – SRAM RED 22 X-Glide PC-1190 Crankset –…
The Parlee Z-Zero is one of our favorite ultimate dream bikes. It is an easy bike to be drawn towards, salivate over and lust after. So I thought I would give a quick run-down of a beautiful Z-Zero build… It All Starts With The Frameset The frameset is the top-on-the-line Parlee Z-Zero custom bike frame. …
By Jim Weaver Service Manager, Fit Werx, VT As I have often said in my posts, one of the great parts of working at Fit Werx is getting to build, work and ride some truly wondrous bicycles. At times, it is sort of like the automotive journalist getting the chance to drive the latest Ferrari…
Our first Parlee Z-Zero disc frame showed up. The paint came out great with a nice mix of Kandy Apple and matte black. You can see where the disc brakes mount to the frame on both the fork and the rear dropout. The disc mounts add a little over 100 grams to the Parlee Z-Zero’s…
Parlee’s Newest Road Bike, The Ouray, Has Arrived Parlee is proud to introduce a new high-performance endurance road bike to their line. The Parlee Ouray is positioned between the RZ7 aero road bike and the Chebacco performance gravel bike in their lineup. The Parlee Ouray is designed using Bob Parlee’s 25 years of experience in carbon design,…
Parlee and Fit Werx have worked together for almost twenty years; our many blog posts throughout the years speak to our partnership with Parlee and the quality of the bikes they make. We are happy to share the announcement that Parlee Cycles has come out of its restructuring process with a new name, Parlee Composites,…
Fellow New England based cycling company Parlee Cycles has recently released the Chebacco, a new entry into the burgeoning Adventure (gravel road) bike market. We can’t help but think there is a better name. No, the bike is not named after the hairy alien star of a popular Sci-Fi movie series – although spell check…
Fit Werx has been carrying Parlee bicycles since 2005, so a lot longer than many dealers. We originally started representing Parlee as Bob Parlee produced bikes offering an industry-leading combination that balances size appropriate lateral stiffness (for excellent power transfer and quick reactions), superior comfort, manufacturing excellence, and light weight. Parlee bikes in general are…
Parlee Z5i and Parlee Z5 SLi Materials: Multi-modulus unidirectional carbon fiber with carbon dropouts and BB30 bottom bracket shell. Geometry: Stock Parlee road geometry w/multiple headtube lengths per top tube length. Price Category: Frameset w/fork and headset: $3500-$4500. Built bikes from $4700+ Components: Factory Spec or Fit Werx Rider Matched. Who is it for? The…
We just completed an update of the Parlee Cycles page of our web site. Parlee is located in Beverly, Massachusettes and makes some of the nicest riding carbon frames out there. Parlee has brought their prebuilt bikes down in price over the past few years and Parlee bikes with the latest ’14 components now compete…