The Parlee is here, and I’ve checked the chain elongation and a new chain is needed.\u00a0 Dura Ace chain is difficult to source, so I went with Ultegra chain for now.<\/p>\n
Removed the wheels and went over the frame from top to bottom, front to back, and everywhere in between.\u00a0 It is in excellent shape.\u00a0 The rim brake pads are SwissStop yellow pads, by all reviews and experience an excellent choice for the carbon rims.\u00a0 They have plenty of life, so no need to replace them.<\/p>\n
The bar tape does need to be replaced, and while the tape is off it makes a lot of sense to replace the brake cables and housing.\u00a0 So some red Jagwire compressionless housing is in order.<\/p>\n
I also chose to replace the seatpost clamp and the headset spacers with red custom anodized parts, they look great on the carbon weave frame.<\/p>\n
Now to the part I have little to no familiarity with – Shimano DI2 electronic shifting.\u00a0 So I started reading.\u00a0 This system is a Dura Ace 9070 system, and it came with an SM-BTR2 battery.\u00a0 The seller did not include a charger for the battery in the sale, but he was nice enough to charge the battery before he shipped the bike.\u00a0 This would give me some time to pick up a charger.<\/p>\n
However, there is a newer battery available, BT-DN110-A, that also has an upgraded chip in it to support additional shift modes beyond manual shifting.\u00a0 Not knowing how long the original battery had been in service, I decided to purchase an upgraded battery.\u00a0 There is also a BT module that allows the shift parameters to be customized using a phone app from Shimano, so I added that to the order.\u00a0 This stuff ain’t cheap, but this isn’t a cheap bike either.<\/p>\n
I swapped the Fabric saddle from the Merckx onto the Parlee, but I couldn’t get the proper distance between the handlebars and the saddle.\u00a0 The seatpost that came on the bike was a zero setback model and I needed a setback seatpost to get the saddle into the proper position.\u00a0 I found one that will work so that’s handled.<\/p>\n
Now the dreaded “parts pause” takes effect.\u00a0 Figure out what you need, order the parts, and wait for them to be delivered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Parlee is here, and I’ve checked the chain elongation and a new chain is needed.\u00a0 Dura Ace chain is difficult to source, so I went with Ultegra chain for now. Removed the wheels and went over the frame from top to bottom, front to back, and everywhere in between.\u00a0 It is in excellent shape.\u00a0 … <\/p>\n