Parlee Altum - eTap Build

[RichTheRoadie]

6.6kgs as pictured and listed:

Parlee Altum ML framset (with prototype 3D printed cable guide blank for eTap from Parlee)
Parlee stem, bar and seat post
Fizik bar tape (couldn't resist using the orange stripe from the Altum logo as a colour prompt)
Tune Komm-Vor+ saddle
Tune SmartFoot chainset (53/39)
Wheels Mfg PF30 BB
DA9000 SPD-SL pedals
EE Brakes
Fulcrum Racing Speed tubular wheelset
Veloflex Roubaix 25c tubs
Ultegra 6800 11-28t cassette
Arundel Mandible cages
eTap mechs and levers (for the keen eyed, the front mech battery was on charge when I took the pic!)

Plenty of room to go lighter if I wanted.

This isn't all mine, btw - the frameset and Parlee cockpit parts are loaners from Parlee for some Cycle EXIF features, although the rest of the build is all my own stuff.

This might be the best looking bike I've ever built...

[bkw]

Shes definitely beautiful!

Got a photo of the prototype 3D printed guide?

[RichTheRoadie]

Got a photo of the prototype 3D printed guide?

EDIT: See below...

[mrgray]

it looks really great and that is a fantastic weight when as you say there is so much room to move weight wise.

you've ridden heaps of bikes and so it will be great to hear what you think about the ride. so pls, ride report!

[RichTheRoadie]

you've ridden heaps of bikes and so it will be great to hear what you think about the ride. so pls, ride report!

It's an absolutely cracking ride as far as I can tell.

I haven't covered much mileage on it yet, but I've still got a fair bit of time with it before it has to go back. My only complaint so far is that the Parlee 35mm bar & stem seem to make the front end a bit harsh. I will be switching those out later this week for an Enve stem and standard 31.8mm bar, which will hopefully tone that down a bit.

Otherwise, it is beautifully made and finished, really smooth and transfers power immaculately. It's one of the best handling bikes I've ridden in terms of cornering and turn-in too. I already know I'll struggle to let it go back to Parlee, and I'm already tempted to ask them what it will cost me to avoid having to do so...

I'm surprised they haven't been on your radar mrgray - it wouldn't be too far wrong to describe it as a combination of all the best bits of your Gaulzetti and your EPS (both of which I know well having owned both in the past myself [although my EPS was a 58]).

[RichTheRoadie]

Got a photo of the prototype 3D printed guide?

Here you go:

[bkw]

my goodness.. that's so clean!