Mrs Turbo and I were in the garage today and I mentioned that we needed to rationalise the number of bikes; there are currently some 12 bikes in the garage including a couple that the kids have grown out of. Imagine my suprise then, when Mrs Turbo said "Well if you get rid of some you could have a new one for Christmas". Holy Cow Batman, I nearly fell over! I didn't want to ask Mrs Turbo to repeat it as I thought I may have been dreaming.
Well then, I guess the Parlee sportive bike is now an official project and I can spend hours scouring cycling websites to analyse every part and work out the best price/performance/weight ratio of every single nut and bolt that will make up my new bike. So, standby for a monster Turbo Man garage sale when I get back from Barcelona in October -all my TT gear will be up for sale along with my wetsuits and other tri-related stuff. I'm really quite excited about it all.
And very happy. :-)
Alsager 5 Mile Race
1 month ago
3 comments:
Nooooooooooo! You can't sell all your tri kit! That's too final!
Oooo! Bike bling! We like! Look forward to seeing that machine!
It will be the "once in a lifetime" buy so I need to make sure I get it right. The good thing about Parlee bikes is that if you do crash it the frame can be returned to the manufacturer who can replace individual tubes. It also has a replaceable gear hangar so you don't have to throw the frame away should that break (unlike Cervelo).
I'm almost wishing this season away. There will be a lot of kit for sale including my disk, 82mm front, Zipp 440s, Dolan tt frameset, 2 x wetsuits (one is a Blue70 Helix), my Scott training bike, trisuits, goggles etc etc.
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