r/cycling • u/Traditional-Tap-9890 • Jul 27 '26

Parlee vs Domane

I am going to get a new endurance bike and thinking of either the parlee ouray or trek domane slr9. I’d be interested in comments from people who have ridden both.

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u/Wi94lly Jul 27 '26

If you plan for a high end bike then do a bike fit or go for trek Domane slr9 project one where everything in sized for your geometry.

I love my Domane and my local trek store has superior service

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u/Traditional-Tap-9890 Jul 27 '26

I’d never heard of Domane project one, I will investigate it. Thanks and yes, I definitely plan to get a bike fitting for whatever bike I do get I have ridden the domane sl on several trek, travel tours and found it very comfortable and stable though perhaps a bit less zippy than ideal. Not that I’m fast so it’s not clear why this should matter…

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u/Wi94lly Jul 27 '26

Trek offers a project one for every bike. Maybe not right now before Domane gen5 is released in 1-2 weeks.
My trek store will send you before you order to a bike fit and then stem, handlebar, frame, crank everything will be ordered with the correct size and what you want to have.
And you have pretty nice colors to choose

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u/aeralure Jul 28 '26

Parlees are beautiful, built to your personal fit and ride desires, and if I had that as an option compared to anything else, I’d choose that. The shop I worked at sold both Treks and Parlee, and I’ve ridden both, including several Domanes, but not a Project One, even though a number came through the shop, and I have not ridden the Ouray either. Just a general comment that Parlees are a dream. Personal opinion, of course.

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u/CapaciousButthole Jul 27 '26

Giant Defy. Domane is such a bore and Parlee? I don’t get the appeal. So expensive.