I’ve had my Parlee z5i frame for over 10 years. Absolutely love it still. A wonderful ride. I was very sad to hear the news. Unfortunately, I don’t think they’ll be the last to be impacted…..including some larger manufacturers! Love the content George keep it coming!
@SeeYouUpTheRoad
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching James! Congratulations on owning a Parlee. Have you subscribed?
@jameshoward5279
Жыл бұрын
@@SeeYouUpTheRoad yes few weeks back.
@SeeYouUpTheRoad
Жыл бұрын
@@jameshoward5279 thank you for your support!
@TexasNightRider
Жыл бұрын
Informative video. Thank you.
@SeeYouUpTheRoad
Жыл бұрын
Thank You for watching!
@kccarlos1963
11 ай бұрын
Any latest update George? Thank you. I hope Parlee will be able to recover.
@brianmccloskey6451
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the assessment and conversation George. Like others have stated, we were sad to hear the news about Parlee. Our extended family owns 2 Parlees, both Chebaccos. They have been excellent, versatile and wonderful riding bikes. One was a custom order that took almost a year to fill as it was ordered just prior to the Covid fiasco and then got hung up as the supply chain issues began. I am not an industry expert but it seems that as the 'gravel' bike industry took off over the past 5-10 years that an inordinate number of small boutique builders have emerged? This restructuring makes me wonder if there aren't a lot more 'shoes' still to fall in the industry? Additionally I wonder what impact of an outfit like TPC or The Pros Closet has been? Over the past 3-4 years as the supply chain choked the majority of bike builders, TPC exploded by acting as a reseller of quality used bikes. Prices for quality used bikes frankly got absurd, but when no one was able to source reliable 'new' bikes, the used/reseller market took off. That certainly couldn't have helped a boutique brand like Parlee?
@SeeYouUpTheRoad
Жыл бұрын
Hello Brian, thank you for your well thought out comment. I didn’t cover this in an industry new segment, but the Pros closet has been laying off people as well. Thanks for watching. Please consider subscribing.
@brianmccloskey6451
Жыл бұрын
@@SeeYouUpTheRoad -- Very interesting. Given the current economic challenges and out of control inflation, I'm not totally shocked to hear that about TPC. I think consumers have been heavily squeezed with spiraling costs for the past couple of years now. Household's have to be more careful about where they spend their hard earned $$. Unfortunately this likely means that the bike industry is going to have some tough sledding for the foreseeable future. I wish it weren't so, but these red flags are a barometer of what lies ahead, at least in the short term.
@thomaskuhn6541
Жыл бұрын
I feel sorry for the company because like you George, I'm a big fan of small artisan builders. Unfortunately it's hard to imagine people putting down deposits before the company has been restructured and is out of Ch. 11, and I'm not sure how that's going to work if they don't book a significant number of new orders. Companies have the best intentions in a restructuring when they say the customer is their first priority. Unfortunately the bank is always first in line, followed by other secured and then unsecured creditors. That leaves those with deposits and pending orders at the end of the line.
@SeeYouUpTheRoad
Жыл бұрын
So true Thomas! If you don’t pay the bank and the other creditors you’re not going to stay open to provide a finished product to a customer
@KimHDRoberts
Жыл бұрын
Parlee make and sell production bikes and have them on hand for immediate delivery, so you buy and get the product immediately - no risk in that.
@SeeYouUpTheRoad
Жыл бұрын
@@KimHDRoberts Thank You Kim!
@WowRixter
Жыл бұрын
That's really too bad. They had a loyal following
@SeeYouUpTheRoad
Жыл бұрын
Yes they did. I hope they pull through.
@pcdude2394
Жыл бұрын
I really don’t see how they can turn around on this. Now that everyone knows they filed chapter 11 with debt up to their eyeballs with no cash flow. People are not going to order from them. The only way for them to get out of trouble is to find a wealthy local investor to put money in the company. I hate to see small businesses to go down like this, but it is what it is.
@SeeYouUpTheRoad
Жыл бұрын
So true Duc
@charlesmansplaining
Жыл бұрын
Yup, it's the end of that company. I learned a lesson similar to this shopping for my dinette set when Roomful Express went bankrupt. You give them the money up front so they can order your merchandise and the next thing you find out the doors are closed and you have no way to get your money back, and your left without merchandise. This got me wondering about Firefly Custom titanium bikes. They are in Boston too. I just ordered a seatpost which costs me $330 and they are telling 6 to 7 weeks lead time. Also the Titanium seatpost clamp they make which costs $100 and at checkout it says out of stock. Those are items a company like Firefly make in house which means they have no titanium tubing. I wonder what that is all about, 🤔
@SeeYouUpTheRoad
Жыл бұрын
hmm... yes!
@johnsprague1678
Жыл бұрын
I am riding a Z5, awesome bike.
@ivanboesky1520
Жыл бұрын
LOL, I rode one once. Absolutely nothing special about it at all. Just a silly price run of the mill average CF frameset being sold at a Tulipmania type price. 😀
@RobertSimpson-wp3pr
Ай бұрын
Didn't help that Hambini the Indian bike mechanic ripped into Parlee the other day. I know they are good frames. Look what's happening? We don't know where bikes are being made. China, mostly, and then they want top dollar on the cheap labor. Private dealers deserve better. I have a Daccordi, I'll put it against any of the lying big bike company's. At least I know where and who made my bike. I encourage all of you, put a stop to big company bullshit.
@SeeYouUpTheRoad
Ай бұрын
Those Daccordi frames are not common. I have access to them through one of my distributors. People need to stop buying crap carbon frames and buy a steel bike!
@timtaylor9590
Жыл бұрын
They can thank hambini
@SeeYouUpTheRoad
Жыл бұрын
oh? Fill me in
@flyingkangaroo8024
Жыл бұрын
Yeah me too
@timtaylor9590
Жыл бұрын
@@SeeYouUpTheRoad he gave them another one of his famous reviews. Needless to say out sourcing to China isn't always the way to go. These domestic made to order bespoke brands seem to be hanging in there tho
@SeeYouUpTheRoad
Жыл бұрын
@@timtaylor9590 oh I missed that one
@patrickparisienne1917
Жыл бұрын
@@timtaylor9590 Hambini only offered his professional opinion. Of course it would be bad publicity, but if they weren’t constructed poorly in the first place it wouldn’t happen.
@ivanboesky1520
Жыл бұрын
Parlee frames were always overrated from day one. I rode one once and there was absolutely nothing special or amazing about it. In fact, I’d take the ride of my old Cervelo R3 over that Parlee 7 days a week. Truth is the only thing special about Parlees was their nosebleed pricing. A perfect example of a dentist status symbol bike. They charged a used car price for a run of the mill CF frameset despite what the BS artists and placebo effect owner clowns claim. No wonder they went under. 😀
@SeeYouUpTheRoad
Жыл бұрын
To be fair the Cervelo R3 was an excellent bike. I had an R3 and an R3 SL
@zypang1447
4 ай бұрын
Finally someone said the truth. They are way overpriced and overrated. I've seen their state of the art facility, it's shocking, it looks like a garage. They don't do molds, those are outsourced overseas. They just cut up and bond carbon tubes. But the most gullible and manipulated hobbyists IMO are road cyclists.
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