She looks good on it.
https://www.slowtwitch.com/Products/Tri_Bike_by_brand/The_new_Parlee_of_Heather_Wurtele_6858.html
Good looking bike imo. Good move by Parlee to get the Wurtele’s on their bike.
Great photos, she looks awesome.
Would love to see some aero data on this bike too.
But those extensions under the base bar look horrible. It seems the stack of the bike is just way too high and all that unneeded material won’t help making anyone faster.
Getting dropped by Cervelo may end up be a blessing here. She looks to fit great on that bike
And they loved how lighter the bike is too
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Can anyone who has switched to disc or is an industry insider comment about disc wheel bike setups… how much weight (approximately) do they add?
Asking for a friend
Whenever I ask the bike shop or try to get frame weights (disc vs non-disc), I get awesome and super-helpful comments like
“not much”
“you are going to have to switch anyway”
“it doesn’t matter as triathletes don’t climb hills with their bikes”
Can anyone who has switched to disc or is an industry insider comment about disc wheel bike setups… how much weight (approximately) do they add?
Asking for a friend
Whenever I ask the bike shop or try to get frame weights (disc vs non-disc), I get awesome and super-helpful comments like
“not much”
I’ve heard around 300 grams
“you are going to have to switch anyway”
You will
“it doesn’t matter as triathletes don’t climb hills with their bikes”
That’s silly
And they loved how lighter the bike is too
Well, anything would be lighter than that dentist chair she was riding on before.
LOL @ the dentist chair comment…
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That bike is hot
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I think it would be hard to pin down an exact weight difference. I guess if you compared top of the line rim brake to disc brake you could get some numbers. Quite a few options between the different rim and disc brakes though. These are full cable actuated. On the P5X we had cable actuated hydraulic (Hy/Rd) which were massive and heavy. The new shimano full hydraulic stuff is nice and compact. Weight, I don’t know.
We were both surprised that the stopping power on the cable actuated is not that much different than the cable actuated hydraulic stuff. We thought it would be horrendous. But really, you can definitely lock up a wheel with this if you want. Probably not as smooth and nice as full hydraulic, but we’re not complaining.
Why bother with disc bakes…yeah, most of the races we do aren’t really super hilly, though there are some. For training it’s super nice to have disc brakes. We live in a hilly area, we train in other hilly areas. It’s just a nice addition. Some of the TT bikes with cable brakes mounted under the rear chain stays have zero stopping power.
I’ve been told the biggest benefit to disc brakes on TT bikes comes from the aero redesign of the rim (no braking surface), and the fork (no need to mount a brake caliper).
You also just feel a little less give/slop with the thru axles. Everything is super rigid.
Plus, every TT bike I’ve been on with rim brakes always had a tiny bit of rub when out of the saddle. P5 with magura hydraulic rim brake was ridiculous once the new wider rims came out. I usually ran that rear brake on wide race wheels with next to no pads in order to stop it from rubbing. You basically eliminate that with disc brakes.
I really like the aesthetic of that Rotor crank. How do you like the syncro shift?
Yes, beautiful looking cranks.
We still have to play around with the syncro shift set up. With the initial software setup and update I thought it would just do that automatically. At the moment we’ve got it set up old school…base bar does front derrailer, extensions do rear. Just have not had the energy to play around with it further the past week or so. Others I’ve talked to have liked it, hopefully that’s the case with us.
I really like knowing when my front derailler is going to shift though. Like anything, you probably just get used to the timing of the shift and you end up liking it.
Anyone else used syncro shift that can comment on their experience?
Interesting stuff about your brakes. Are you running Shimano mechanical brakes? If yes, what model of calipers, and what model of rotors? Thanks.
I really like the aesthetic of that Rotor crank. How do you like the syncro shift?
where did i just see shimano syncro with a rotor crank? i’m banging… my head… trying… to remember! oh, yeah. monday!
and, speaking of rims designed for disc brakes, without a brake track, here’s a spy shot of some wheels i don’t think you’ve seen before, tubeless with schwalbe pro one tubeless.
Anyone else used syncro shift that can comment on their experience?
i believe i have the precise drivetrain you have on the andean (in the pic just above). syncro on di2 w/rotor cranks works fine. i predict you’ll get over not knowing when the FD shifts. the only thing i found is that the shifting is slower, that is, rather than the FD and RD working simultaneously, the FD goes first and the RD follows immediately afterward.
There is some limited data collected from A2 on the website.
Looks great beyond 10* of yaw. Not sure how many of us catch the wind at 10+.
Do love myself a Parlee. Will be curious to hear feedback from this riding one.
Trevor
I have read on another S-T thread that bike is difficult to travel with, but no one elaborated in the comment.
Have you had a chance to pack/un-pack? If so, how would you rank it?
TIA
I have built a few of these and they came with TRP and Ultegra rotors.