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Burger bike is awesome. I'm getting one of those bags for my bike, it'll be a hoot for club rides and centuries.
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Anybody want to see my re/custom-painted Parlee Z5 SLi again? Haven't posted in H-r-N since the repaint and stuff. But I do recall that the Tall head tube option as Parlee designed it doesn't appeal to everyone. Guess I'm going to have to buy a new bike soon to satisfy the rest of y'all, instead of finishing paying for my daughter's college. Most important - I removed the chromatic aberration from the previous pics....also notice that the DC Department of Sanitation leaves stuff strewn all over the place after picking up the garbage...
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Anybody want to see my re/custom-painted Parlee Z5 SLi again? Haven't posted in H-r-N since the repaint and stuff. But I do recall that the Tall head tube option as Parlee designed it doesn't appeal to everyone. Guess I'm going to have to buy a new bike soon to satisfy the rest of y'all, instead of finishing paying for my daughter's college. Most important - I removed the chromatic aberration from the previous pics....also notice that the DC Department of Sanitation leaves stuff strewn all over the place after picking up the garbage...
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Parlee is haught! Gonna have to get studded tires to ride down that alley though.
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Hot. When you gonna put on the black Zipp logos?
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LOL @ the burger bag.
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Parlee is HOT no doubt but the longer I look at it I wonder why Parlee and some other manufacturers choose to have the Di2 cable enter on the down tube when you could have it higher up, on the head tube or behind the stem for example. Much cleaner and still can be routed to account for a turned wheel. It's an electronic cable that is flexible that surly can be routed better than hanging on the side.
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I think if the entrance hole is put there, it can still be used if it's ever going to be switched to mechanical with a grommet change. I think that's how most newer frames are being done, at least.
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typically i would just give this bike a meh (but not a 'not hot')...another gray/black bike...like very other gray/black bike...but the hamburger saddle bag is so hideous that its awesome. also that thing is $26 on amazon. that is a commitment to amazingness
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Anybody want to see my re/custom-painted Parlee Z5 SLi again? Haven't posted in H-r-N since the repaint and stuff. But I do recall that the Tall head tube option as Parlee designed it doesn't appeal to everyone. Guess I'm going to have to buy a new bike soon to satisfy the rest of y'all, instead of finishing paying for my daughter's college. Most important - I removed the chromatic aberration from the previous pics....also notice that the DC Department of Sanitation leaves stuff strewn all over the place after picking up the garbage...
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I didn't NEED this bike, but dammit it was a good deal. '13 Venge Expert (ultegra), right off the floor for 30% off... Going to make it the crit/flatlander bike.
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Too hot for me to say hot because I'm too jealous. Not hot
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Wow Venge getting love in this thread... What is this world coming to.
Has 2014 made everyone in the 41 "turn a new leaf"?
What next, are we going to seesome Trek luving?
I was always one who thought the Venge was a hot bike btw.
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This here Venge is screaming "bite me" to the rest of the world...so props are in order...even if it is a Spesh....
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That whole Cafe Roubaix thing must of blew over. Phew.
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If you take it on a group ride....Preload with an actual burger to eat at the first rest stop....
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I'm even surprised nobody picked on the crank. The usual divas are being nice. What is it tonight girls?
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I was going to say, no, we still hate specialized. It's a good looking bike, though, except for the mismatching pimp medallion chainring. I guess that gives it "character", though, which is hard to do since specialized bikes have no soul. It's riding on Zipps and Speedplays too, so it's a good example of a "ruthless corporate America" bike.