# Bike blerg thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Bikes\ **Created:** [August 25, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793 "2018-08-25T15:07:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 623
**Author:** ![Face](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/face/32/77523_2.png) [@Face](https://tarck.cc/u/Face)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/12497 "2023-02-02T14:23:53Z")
> [@LASER\_BEIGE](#): > > no maintenance :colbert: bruh, there’s an overly expensive and nla tool to squirt their proprietary grease into the bb… ---
**Author:** ![Rent-to-own-Faxmachine](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/rent-to-own-faxmachine/32/80299_2.png) [@Rent-to-own-Faxmachine](https://tarck.cc/u/Rent-to-own-Faxmachine)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/12498 "2023-02-02T19:37:43Z")
> **[Specialized ends women's cycling clothing brand Machines For Freedom](https://www.bicycleretailer.com/industry-news/2023/02/01/womens-cycling-clothing-brand-machines-freedom-shuttered)** > > LOS ANGELES (BRAIN) — Specialized Bicycle Components has shut down women's clothing brand Machines For Freedom, which it purchased from founder Jennifer Kriske five years ago.The decision to end the brand comes at a time when the industry is becoming... ---
**Author:** ![b-roll](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/b-roll/32/88147_2.png) [@b-roll](https://tarck.cc/u/b-roll)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/12499 "2023-02-02T19:42:14Z")
![image](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/1/4/142425de363bea0d021eab37072003a7cd43a459.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![iwillbe](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/iwillbe/32/1896_2.png) [@iwillbe](https://tarck.cc/u/iwillbe)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 8:39pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/12500 "2023-02-02T20:39:19Z")
did you post it because Marley is interviewed in it, or was that just a happy accident? ---
**Author:** ![Rent-to-own-Faxmachine](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/rent-to-own-faxmachine/32/80299_2.png) [@Rent-to-own-Faxmachine](https://tarck.cc/u/Rent-to-own-Faxmachine)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/12501 "2023-02-02T20:50:10Z")
> [@iwillbe](#): > > did you post it because Marley is interviewed in it, or was that just a happy accident? Both. Plus she’s on the cover of the latest print edition. ---
**Author:** ![capn\_FANCYpants](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/capn_fancypants/32/27037_2.png) [@capn\_FANCYpants](https://tarck.cc/u/capn_FANCYpants)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/12502 "2023-02-08T21:55:27Z")
> [@Rent-to-own-Faxmachine](#): > > Plus she’s on the cover of the latest print edition. What a trip this whole thing has been. [https://www.bicycleretailer.com/opinion-analysis/2023/02/08/blonsky-blazes-trail-heavier-riders#.Y-QZ-y-B2L0](https://www.bicycleretailer.com/opinion-analysis/2023/02/08/blonsky-blazes-trail-heavier-riders#.Y-QZ-y-B2L0) ---
**Author:** ![iwillbe](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/iwillbe/32/1896_2.png) [@iwillbe](https://tarck.cc/u/iwillbe)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/12503 "2023-02-09T14:29:54Z")
Ah nuts Parlee is done. They made really really good road forks, I guess I need to treasure the ones I have. [Custom carbon specialist Parlee files for bankruptcy](https://cyclingindustry.news/custom-carbon-specialist-parlee-files-for-bankruptcy/) ---
**Author:** ![Timarchylime](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/timarchylime/32/61940_2.png) [@Timarchylime](https://tarck.cc/u/Timarchylime)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/12504 "2023-02-09T15:02:41Z")
Great article Marley! I haven’t read all of your interviews but I feel like that one got across some especially good points. ---
**Author:** ![stumphumper](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/stumphumper/32/160851_2.png) [@stumphumper](https://tarck.cc/u/stumphumper)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/12505 "2023-02-09T15:35:09Z")
Too bad this is happening to them, it’s always nice to have smaller players on the scene. I almost forgot that Parlee was so close to Boston. They didn’t seem that involved in local bike advocacy or promotion. ---
**Author:** ![iwillbe](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/iwillbe/32/1896_2.png) [@iwillbe](https://tarck.cc/u/iwillbe)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/12506 "2023-02-09T15:46:29Z")
I believe that Mr. Parlee was a racing sailboat developer / engineer before heading to bikes (which, weird, people usually go the other way). Bikes were a second career. They made bikes that were probaby pretty great if they worked as well as their forks, but they didn’t really find a dedicated audience for them - aesthetically they were Trek But Not Trek, and there weren’t a ton of fucntional features that set them off. Similarly, yeah, they seemed as if they were trying to run a mature venture without doing the community enagement work that needs to happen for five or ten years before you get there. ---
**Author:** ![Dickason\_Daniel](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/dickason_daniel/32/13099_2.png) [@Dickason\_Daniel](https://tarck.cc/u/Dickason_Daniel)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/12507 "2023-02-09T17:11:34Z")
It was always weird that there were 2 high end USA carbon bike makers Parlee and Calfee. Like, come on guys. Everybody wants their name on the downtube, but y’alls sound too alike. And they were both just like, staid roadie marquees. ---
**Author:** ![featherduster](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/featherduster/32/152369_2.png) [@featherduster](https://tarck.cc/u/featherduster)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/12508 "2023-02-09T17:21:08Z")
I interviewed at Parlee. Their full custom Z0 road bikes were a trip, everything made in house there in Beverly ---
**Author:** ![EndpointBraden](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/endpointbraden/32/22101_2.png) [@EndpointBraden](https://tarck.cc/u/EndpointBraden)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/12509 "2023-02-09T18:55:25Z")
![image](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/d/a/da999413ce2a5e70c6ce9d2222f4b82d5cf62822.jpeg) Well that’s your problem right there. ---
**Author:** ![BEEutiful\_Wednesday\_DDS](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/beeutiful_wednesday_dds/32/40914_2.png) [@BEEutiful\_Wednesday\_DDS](https://tarck.cc/u/BEEutiful_Wednesday_DDS)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/12510 "2023-02-09T19:19:38Z")
![image](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/8/1/8102ed9e8a59f3b0f7e8e20ff2dc4d1683dca74f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![plutarck](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/plutarck/32/205_2.png) [@plutarck](https://tarck.cc/u/plutarck)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/12511 "2023-02-09T23:15:25Z")
Tarcklebee nom for '23 (possibly should be a nom nom nom once they’ve been though the autoclave) ---
**Author:** ![iwillbe](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/iwillbe/32/1896_2.png) [@iwillbe](https://tarck.cc/u/iwillbe)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/12512 "2023-02-10T14:55:15Z")
A note of appreciation for another excellently in-depth article from Bikepacking. > **[Rigs of the San Jose del Pacifico "Grand Old Tour"](https://bikepacking.com/plan/rigs-of-the-san-jose-del-pacifico/)** > > A few weeks ago, seven riders set out on a tour in Mexico. Learn more about their rigs of the San Jose del Pacifico Grand Dirt Tour + a photo gallery ---
**Author:** ![emory](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/emory/32/91889_2.png) [@emory](https://tarck.cc/u/emory)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/12513 "2023-02-11T19:08:50Z")
goddamnit I’ve waxed a chain on one bike and now I think I’m a convert. Is it insane to buy like 3 chains and wax them all at once so I can rotate my chains without having to faff with the ultrasonic thing at once? This sucks I wish I was ok with a dirty chain still. ---
**Author:** ![EndpointBraden](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/endpointbraden/32/22101_2.png) [@EndpointBraden](https://tarck.cc/u/EndpointBraden)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/12514 "2023-02-11T19:09:23Z")
yes ---
**Author:** ![iwillbe](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/iwillbe/32/1896_2.png) [@iwillbe](https://tarck.cc/u/iwillbe)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/12515 "2023-02-12T15:11:09Z")
not a bike blog, but I think people here were talking about PFAS and other ecologically questionable materials used in outdoors clothing. A news report on them: > **[The fashion industry’s reckoning with ‘forever chemicals’](https://www.grid.news/story/science/2023/02/10/the-fashions-industrys-reckoning-with-forever-chemicals/)** > > As fashion month kicks off in New York City, there is an underlying debate in the industry about how its products are made that have potentially damaging health effects. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Truk](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/mike_truk/32/18919_2.png) [@Mike\_Truk](https://tarck.cc/u/Mike_Truk)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/12516 "2023-02-12T15:30:40Z")
Waxing is good for any bike you’re gonna ride in gross east-coast off-road conditions! But also I rode a waxed chain for Huracan and it only lasted like 1.5 days so ymmv. [Previous page](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793.md?page=622) [Next page](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793.md?page=624)