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A LOTUS-INSPIRED GT-1 45

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Mike’s Bastion 007: Eight Years on and Still the Real Deal
Mike’s Bastion 007: Eight Years on and Still the Real Deal

The Bastion 007 arrived at AC in October of 2016, all raw ti lugs, wound carbon tubes, and splashes of red on the logos an

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A Lotus-Inspired Mosaic GT-1 45
A Lotus-Inspired Mosaic GT-1 45

This customer came to us to build his forever bike, a challenge we often get presented with at Above Category and one we a

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The Sarto Raso Gravel and the Evolution of Drop-Bar Off-Road Bikes
The Sarto Raso Gravel and the Evolution of Drop-Bar Off-Road Bikes

When "Gravel" bikes became an official thing eight or nine years ago, I had a bit of a chuckle. Who would want to ride tha

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Winter Is Upon Us
Winter Is Upon Us

Bay Area winter is upon us. The winter months in our neck of the woods are very different from the wet PNW winter I grew u

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BOTW: An Abstract Sarto Raso TC
BOTW: An Abstract Sarto Raso TC

The only problem when looking at a bike like this, painted this way, is, where to look first. The bike: a Sarto Raso in Tr

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BOTW: A Factor OSTRO VAM TDF Edition
BOTW: A Factor OSTRO VAM TDF Edition

This customer came in a few weeks before our AC Invitational where we met to talk about a potential replacement for his ro

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10,000 Miles Update
10,000 Miles Update

The first post I did on this was on October 31st, and I was at 7205.9 miles, which was 690.1 miles behind the pace needed

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A Mosaic GT-1 i45 in Porsche Ice Green
A Mosaic GT-1 i45 in Porsche Ice Green

This recent build is one of my favorites. I've got a soft spot for Mosaic and Porsche, and this GT-1 i45 ticks both of tho

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Danny Boy
Danny Boy

It’s the morning of the Gravel National Championships and Big Brennan Wertz and I are making our way downtown to the start

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The Unlikely Friendship: A Year of Adventures with Jim
The Unlikely Friendship: A Year of Adventures with Jim

I've been at this whole 'Pro Gravel Racing' thing for a while now. I've been to the biggest races, ridden in many of the t

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