Looking for a fast gravel bike with a high end carbon pedigree? The Parlee Chebacco XD LE checks those boxes with a premium build.
Parlee has been making beautiful custom carbon road bikes in Massachusetts for over 20 years. Originally focused on custom road rockets, in 2015 Bob and the teamThe Chebacco bike is named after the old parish and lake in nearby Essex, MA . This area is full of pine trees and ponds, with lovely gravel roads behind green metal gates. But those gravel roads can quickly turn into gnarly old carriage roads and steep rock-n-rooty singletrack, so it’s no place for a road bike.
Living in the area, I’ve been itching to try one for years, and I was not disappointed after a week of riding a new Chebacco XD LE with Parlee’s all-carbon parts kit, new Parlee Sky Ridge carbon wheels, and SRAM eTap shifting. I crammed Drivetrain options can vary, but I thoroughly enjoyed the SRAM Force eTap AXS groupset and 1x Eagle gearing. It’s a super clean looking setup, and 1x is intuitive to a MTB rider like me. I’m a fan of eTap’s crisp and flawless shifting . With limited time to test, I didn’t geek out on the available AXS App, but there is a whole world of shifting options, battery status, and connections to other devices and meters to be explored.
Altogether it’s a very sleek and well designed frame. The geometry is scooched from road toward gravel/offroad, but not radically . With years of inhouse experience making high-end, lightweight and super efficient road bikes, it was clearly in Parlee’s wheelhouse to design a lightweight and super efficient gravel frame.
The 31.6mm seatpost has replaceable alloy rail clamps, which are accessible and easy to adjust. The 35mm clamp diameter bars and 31.6m dia seatpost might set off red flags for too much stiffness over rough terrain, but I didn’t find them harsh, or worth any princess-and-the-pea experiments with other parts. If you want a gravel bike efficient enough for racing, then the part spec makes complete sense.
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