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Full Send on a Road Bike: Testing Rockshox's Wireless Dropper
There's a certain lingo that runs through specific circles of cyclist that we may all be familiar with. "Send it!" "Get rad!" "Shredding!"—all are usual catch phrases we've heard from our squishy fork wielding mountain bike friends as a ...
February 6, 2019
An Eagle That Can Fly Without Wings:
Sram's AXS Wireless MTB Group
With Ronny James Dio blaring in the background we prepared our palette for the swap. The mission ahead of us was one Open One+, currently built with SRAM’s highly capable and first to market ultra wide range (10-50t), and first to market 12-speed mountain group called Eagle. (Cue bird of prey screech here). The fine folks from Chicago decided it was ti...
December 28, 2018
The Chris King Bling: Part III
While bicycle do technically have teeth, it’s fairly uncommon to see them augmented with a rhinestone studded grill. Is that really a thing? Do we all know what a blinged-out grill is? See here, here, and here for examples. Are you ready to upgrade your ride? Who best to do so, but a collaboration between you, Above Category, and our friends in Portland m...
December 7, 2018
It's Not Just All Ball Bearings Nowadays — CKPC Part II
Chris King bearings are the result of consistency and control; leaving nothing up to chance, they control the source of their balls (outsourced, but domestically produced, and of a precision grade that’s kept secret).
October 30, 2017
Mosaic Cycles: American Framebuilding, Reinvented
"We don't make fucking show bikes," Aaron chided, taking another sip of bourbon. Aaron Barcheck is the founder and head welder at Mosaic Cycles, one of America's ever-burgeoning group of custom bicycle framebuilders. Since his start at Dean and UBI education in the early 2000s, Aaron has approached building bikes with not just the passion necessary for ...