Timo 2.0

Not sure about the upwards pointing stem, handlebar and brakelevers plus the wheels could do without decals but after that's fixed you're left with a ver appealing bike. Browniepoints for the 10sp Campagnolo

daviddavieboy

The wheels are a bit of a long story. They started out with the big bold HED, I trimmed them down to get the 'outlined' look. I decided to go no decal but whe I peeled them off I discovered that I scored the clearcoat and had to cover that up so I ordered new decals. Here is a picture of the original and one of the trimmed wheels. I would prefer no decal now the wheels would have to be buffed of re clear coated.


The stem is due to me getting old and not being able to ride more than a few hours with the stem level, and I am of the school that the drops are supposed to point at the rear hub. I will fix the stem when I find an TI Opera in a 58 cm.

kbarch

The shifters are hot, and the saddle is rather nice.

redlude97

The classic bend bars need to be rotated down quite a bit IMO

noodle soup

+1

The levers are mounted a little low as well.

GeneO 

I like the stenciled look of the decals better than the originals. That must have been tedious to fix.

f4rrest

I'd like them more if he had removed the "H", so they'd be ED wheels.

GeneO 

lol. Yeah.

WhyFi

I hear that ED wheels have problems getting up to speed.

str8jakett

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​​​​​​Speed isn't the problem, they just simply aren't stiff enough.

SCRcat6

It bothers me that Pinarello puts ".com" on the seat tube. I could maybe accept that on some trendy new fixie frame, but an Italian maker with a heritage that goes back to 1952 should do better.

cat0020

That reminds me of the ol'days when converting Specialized to Special Ed.. political correctness is overrated for mtb'ers back in the day.

Kimmo

Pretty sure that if they still do it it's just a small one on the chainstay these days.

That's from the early days of the internet when doing that was cool. Dates it pretty hard.

daviddavieboy

I have enough problems as it is that I don't want to advertise.

gw280

Just picked her up today. Of course the first thing I had to do was have a photoshoot.

jitteringjr

gw280

For now! I've never run tubeless before and the wheels came with Mavic's Yksion Pro UST tyres so I figured I'd give them a try. My tyre of choice is normally the Continental GP4000S II.

f4rrest

In that case, go for the "HE" option instead.

cycledogg

She's a little hottie!

kbarch

Hot enough that I can overlook disc brakes and electronics. .

jitteringjr

JayChadney

kbarch

Medium hot. The bluish head tube is interesting. Or is that just the lighting? Must say that in the flesh, Parlee bikes always seem to make a positive impression, but the more I see of Red, the less I like it.

JayChadney

It is the lighting. It is all white.

kbarch

Funny story (or maybe not): When I ordered the Casati, among the colors shown on the website was a silvery blue example, which I wanted. Well, evidently something got lost in translation. When it arrived, the shop sent a photo, and it looked much brighter, but even more spectacular, I thought; it had that same bluish cast - just like the head tube in your photo, but all over. I get to the shop, and it's pearl white! At first I was disappointed, but white wasn't even one of the examples I'd seen. After I got over my initial dismay at it being "wrong," I realized I rather liked it, and I'm glad I didn't get the silver-blue I'd asked for.