Parlee TT bike (custom Paint)

Look at this beauty

The paint colour is Land Rover's 'Stornaway Grey' with blood red decals
When the bike was being painted Tom was very excited and said I would be blown away by how it 'popped' in the light. And true enough it looks superb, and I wish Mr Stromsoe many successful rides and races on his new Race Steed

Parlee Z2 with waxed finish

This stealth bomber was picked up by its lukcy owner on Saturday
It is a custom Z2 with the waxed finish and a BB30 crank with SRAM Red
The wheels are the lovely Edge 38mm tubs
One of the lightest builds we have done in a while !

New IF Ti CJ

Phil is one of my very best customers and a true IF fanatic
This is his beautiful new Ti Crown Jewel
Its raw Ti with baby blue panels
The gruppo is Super Recordm wheels are Neutron Ultras and contact points are Deda Campione bars and Thomson stem and post
Add in some Brooks leather bar tape and you have a stealthly, classy bike for life
Enjoy!

Eurobike

Weds 9th Sept
Eurobike….. New Parlee Z5 launched – a lighter, stiffer model than the Z4. BB30, tapered fork so should be a wonderful climbing bike and perfect for sportives. What I am most excited about is the sizing – 5 sizes and 2 head tubes options equals 10 sizes, so it will be a bike fitters dream!

Sportives are sore!

Sunday 13th Sept
Did my first sportive for a while – the Circuit of Kent. Rode with Dean who has become a bit of an animal. I forgot who variable your efforts on road rides can be – a TT is all about constant efforts, whilst this was 250 watts on the flat, 0 downhill and 400 uphill. Legs feel sore now!

Riding for the fun of it...

One of the joys of being inbetween events (in my case my next big event is in November) is the fact that you can just ride your bike for fun, with little stress or worries that you are hitting your training goals.
Too often we worry about HR and watts, sometimes its nice to get out with some friends and ride your bike....
So ride for 3 hrs somewhere new, leave the speedometer at home and admire the views!

Holidays

Two weeks of bliss in August
Went down to see the parents and spent 14 days doing very little!
You would think the summer would be busy for a bike shop - maybe others, but for me its always the early part of the summer which is manic as people get ready for the big events. After that its nice and quiet and then it all kicks off again around the trade show season