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 […]Read More

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 […]Read More

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 […]Read More

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, […]Read More

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 […]Read More