http://velonews.com/article/97415

More details coming as we begin to roll out the newest model!

Bob Parlee will be live this Sunday night, 10/25 from 8:30pm-9:30pm on Bike Talk Radio w/ Jim Strait on WIFI 1460AM in Philadelphia. Outside of the Philly area, listen live on the web HERE. Run by Graham Jones and Jim Strait of CyclingRevealed.com This will also be available after the show as a podcast. Thanks for having us!

Join us in a new exhibition that features approximately thirty bicycle-related works from around the world, including functional cycles—ranging from cutting–edge designs to populist expressions—as well as bicycle–inspired sculpture and video. Organized by Aldrich curators Richard Klein and Mónica Ramírez–Montagut, with the advice of musician, artist, and bicycle advocate David Byrne, the exhibition explores the growing relevance of bicycles in contemporary art and culture. We are honored that the curators chose a nude finished Z1 for this show.
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
258 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877
Tel 203.438.4519

Website: http://www.aldrichart.org/exhibitions/bikes.php
The exhibition is open until January 3, 2010.

We are excited to have the full range of PARLEE Cycles available later this month at Interbike OutDoor Demo in Las Vegas, NV. Come see us September 21 and 22 in Boulder City, NV. We will be in D2026 with the new Z5, TT and Z4 as well as an assortment of CX and Z1’s. See you there!

Looking forward to Eurobike next week! Come see the full 2010 PARLEE range in hall B5, stand 301 (Shocker Distribution). See you there!

http://www.eurobike-show.com/eb/ 

Congratulations to Josiah S. on winning the Fly V Australia team Z4 in the Mapmyride.com Tour de France challenge!

In conjunction with Mapmyride.com and Versus, we are excited to offer a Fly V Australia team bike as the grand prize in the Mapmyride.com Tour de France Challenge. Sign up HERE for your chance to win this amazing bike!

For 2009 we are excited to offer a BB30 option for our Z1, Z2 and Z3 frame sets. BB30 is a (relatively) new open standard, originally launched by Cannondale, that is threadless and uses a larger bore and therefore axle for the crank versus standard English-threaded bottom brackets.  Benefits can include lighter overall combined weight, lower Q factor, increased stiffness as well as increased ankle clearance.

We have offered a similar sized option for both the ZIPP Vuma series as well as the THM crankset since 2006, so this concept is not necessarily “new” to us, but the BB30 spacing is a little different than the ZIPP or the THM. Crank options are now shipping from SRAM, FSA and others. The BB30 compatible bottom bracket is being offered as an option when a frame is ordered. The 68mm English threaded standard is still the standard on all our frames.

In an exciting finish on the last, and most brutal, stage of the SRAM Tour of the Gila, Phil Zajicek of Fly V Australia (on his 2009 PARLEE Z4) out sprinted Lance and Levi to claim the win and move up to 3rd on the GC. Congrats to Phil and the team!

VELONEWS.COM coverage here (click to open in new window/tab)

We have been asked the last 2-3 years for ISP (Integrated Seat Post) on a regular basis and we have built a few. We like them in general terms, but have always been upfront about the potential limiting issues with them, specifically travel, shipping and fitting issues. Because of those issues, we have never offered an ISP on any of our stock designs, and we do not plan to anytime soon. However, given the nature of our custom bikes, meaning we have a serious discussion with the rider and the dealer about all custom options, we feel that offering the ISP option on custom frames now makes sense. We are initially offering them with Ritchey WCS “stubby” posts that feature small amounts of vertical adjustment and a nicely executed one-bolt fastening system, although it appears that there will be some additional 34.9mm ID post options this year.

Continuing his great form that saw him win the time trial and the overall at the San Dimas Stage Race, Ben Day (Fly V Australia p/b Successful Living)won the hilly opening prologue of the Redlands Bicycle Classic. Riding his brand new TT, he was able to capture the yellow by three seconds.

See coverage and pics on: (link will open in new window)
Cyclingnews.com and VeloNews.com

Congrats to Ben and the team!

Congrats to Ben Day of the Fly V Australia p/b Successful Living Foundation team. Ben smashed the uphill TT (on his Z4) and set the course record in the first stage of San Dimas Stage Race. Click HERE for the VeloNews.com coverage. Socalcycling.com has the story as well. Nice job Ben!

James Huang from cyclingnews.com was at the Amgen Tour of California with his trusty Sony DSLR…click HERE to open the article in a new window.

http://testrider.com/fly.aspx?layout=player&video=1

Cool video from inside the V Australia p/b Successful Living team car out on the course at the Amgen Tour of California.

If you are anywhere near Greenwich, CT this Saturday, March 7th, please join us for what should be a very interesting afternoon! Bob will sit down at Signature Cycles with 3 of his New England based peers (Serotta, IF and Seven) for a panel discussion on framebuilding-past, present and future. Food, drink and bikes…what could be better?

Click here for the details:  http://signaturecycles.com/document/123757

Come join us (and about 100 other frame builders) at the NAHBS 2009 in Indianapolis this week (Feb 27th-Mar 1). Join Bob, Tristan and Tom at the booth to see the full PARLEE range as well as a few new things for 2009! See you there!

http://www.testrider.com/fly.aspx?layout=player&video=2

Check out the article on the team background and sponsors here.

We are thrilled to have been chosen as the frame supplier to the new Fly V Australia p/b Successful Living professional cycling team for 2009-2010. The team will be racing the Z4 in road races and the new TT in time trials.

We are working hand in hand with the team management and mechanics to get the team bikes ready for the 2009 Amgen Tour of California, starting Feb. 14.

Velonews.com has posted an early look at the Z4 that the team will be running. Click here to open the link in a new window.

More info coming shortly!

Congratulations to Ben Day and the Fly V Australia p/b Successful Living for winning the first race of the season in a the snow! Click HERE for the velonews.com article.