Superbike: A super stealth Parlee that would easily slip beneath the radar
If Max Rockatansky, the character played by Mel Gibson in the 1979 apocalyptic action thriller film Mad Max, rode a bike, it would probably be this one. Though it’s hard to tell, it is in fact a Parlee, which seems to be about as close as near it to a bicycle version of the supercharged black Pursuit Special made famous in the film.
The Parlee Z3SL frame and THM Scapula SP Tuned fork roll on a pair of Lew Racing wheels, a set of Clavicula cranks, Campagnolo Record components and other necessarily lightweight - every part is subject to being weighed first as a matter of course - components. Like the 156g AX-Lightness Artemis saddle AND seatpost. However, I can't help feeling some grams could have been saved by not fitting the cycle computer...
For such a lightweight and technologically advanced bike, that sure is ugly.
And who would want to spend more than the first minute sitting on that saddle. Ugh.
Well I suppose it proves a point.
Well, I think it look awesome - seriously modern and well engineered.
A bit of colour would do it no harm though, but the frame geometry and components look supreme to me.
Neil.
when's the SRAM red getting fitted then? few extra grams to be saved...
