Twelve Days of Builds
Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds—Day 4: A California Sunset Open U.P.
In light of our OSBR registration opening today, it's only fitting we share one of our favorite gravel builds of the year. A custom Open U.P. inspired by the sun setting over the California coast. Masterful paint work again by our frie...
December 25, 2018
A Sentimental Pegoretti Duende
Editors note: You may have seen this bike before, in posts we’ve shared or in the showroom here in the Bay Area. We’ve done what you can do with all great, long lasting bikes and upgraded it w/ the latest parts from Campagnolo (except the wheels which just fit way to well to even think about replacing). But this isn’t about another bike build, it’s our...
December 24, 2018
Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds:
Day 11 - A Sparkling Punch Prova
Behold, the Prova Speciale. An absolutely stunning road bike, taking cues from the past, present and future of hand built frame design. Combining a mix of proven steel from Columbus and Reynolds, a handmade carbon fiber seat tube and state of the art 3D printed parts like the seat tube/seat stay cluster, seat mast, and rear brake mount section, this is a ...
December 23, 2018
Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: Day 10 - An Orbis On a Cloud
Coming into the tenth day is one of our favorite Baum builds to date. An absolutely stunning Orbis built to withstand long days in the saddle and travel all over the country. The striking crisp white paired with deep red accents make this bike a treat on the eyes, but the beauty goes much deeper than it's looks. An E-Tap hydro group, custom built King/Zip...
December 21, 2018
Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds
Day 8 - A Punk Rocker's U.P.P.E.R
Is it a grocery getter? A scraper bike? A hard-hitting 'hood hauler? This Twelve’s build was one of the most fun and exciting projects to grace our workbenches this year. After receiving it’s ultra-unique paint treatment from our friends at VéloColour this rig came together with ample modifications and other one-of-a-kind designs. This Breathtaking Build ...
December 20, 2018
Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds
Day 7 - The Founder's Daily Driver
First off, I want to give a heartfelt apology to everyone who got bumped off the list by me getting my bike on here. I love all the bikes that we’re fortunate enough to build on a yearly basis and wish we had enough days to get them all up. However, as it is, there are just 12 and mine is one of them and now I’m going to talk about it, in great detail, as...
December 19, 2018
Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds Day 6 - This One Goes Round and Round
We’ll admit it, we cheated a bit with this post. As you can tell by the group, the cockpit and the wheels, we did not build this Pegoretti in 2018. In fact, we didn’t even build it, though we wish we got to, if that counts for anything. This belongs to a friend of ours and we displayed it in our showroom for long enough to make it feel like it was ours...
December 18, 2018
Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds
Day 5 - A Snowy Steed
If the last two bikes seemed a bit classic for your tastes, this next bike might be a little more up your alley. The latest, Tour De France proven, Pinarello rocket ship is a fantastic take on the modern road racing bike. Wireless, electronic shifting, disc brakes, tubeless ready aero wheels...bicycle tech has certainly come a long ways, and this Dogma is...
December 17, 2018
Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: Day 4 - A Captivating Corretto
Shifting gears from Italian steel to Australian titanium, our fourth featured bike is this incredible example of a Baum Corretto. There aren't many color pairings as delight as blue and orange, and the selection here is a testament to that. While it's round tubes and cable driven derailleurs might seem traditional, that doesn't at all mean it's old school...
December 16, 2018
Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: Day 3 - Dario's Duende Legacy
On the heels of a sweet OPEN, Day three shows off a bike much more at home on the blacktop. The Piazza paint scheme on this Duende was one of the two last paint schemes that Dario designed so we didn’t have enough time to build this in a lot of different configurations. But this one, built with the brand new Campagnolo 12 speed Super Record group would ha...
December 15, 2018
Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: Day 2 - An AC Classic with a Twist
If we had a factory team right now, this could very well be our Works adventure race bike. Painted in Above Category black, white and blue and featuring as much componentry from our friends in Chicago and Indianapolis as is possible this bike is decked out with a SRAM Red and Force 1X group, Zipp 303 650b wheels and a full Zipp cockpit. The 2.1 Thunder ...
December 13, 2018
Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds Day 1 - A Passionate Pink GT-1
Starting out this year's Twelve, we have a not-so-standard GT-1 from Mosaic. The raw titanium finish accented prominently with the black powder-coated logos and matching headbadge. Tying in an auxiliary color came quickly in the design phase of this build, nicely nudged by the new Matte Punch headset, hubs, and bottom bracket by Chris King drove the palet...
August 4, 2017
The Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: Day Two - The Stealth Argonaut.
Continuing our Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds, we present our Day Two offering of our favorite builds from 2015, a blacked-out Argonaut laid-up by one of America's foremost carbon manufacturers. Built to conquer the high mountains of Colorado, this custom stealthy Argonaut has one purpose: Stealing KOMs. But uphills aren't its only forte, it was des...
August 4, 2017
The Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: Day Five - The Italian Blue Pinarello
Pinarello and tradition are two words that tend to go hand in hand. Tell us about the marque from Treviso, and we'll regale you with tales of Banesto, Indurain, and Dario Pegoretti's longtime relationship with Pinarello race teams. But...disc brakes? The traditionalist's deciduous enemy? The answer is an emphatic yes. Today in Day Five of our Twelve Days ...
August 4, 2017
The Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: Day Six - The Surgeon's Argonaut
Halfway points. Sometimes they're celebrated. Sometimes they're dreaded. Sometimes, like the 11km sign in a 20km TT that's going really well, they're a moment of elation as our power ticks upward and the Slayer pounding in our head amplifies. That's how the Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds is going. No, this isn't a ranking, but rest assured, like a fir...