June 05, 2025
No. 22 Drifter Redux
Emporia, Kansas. Normally when you tell someone they look like they've put on weight it is not always received as a compliment, but in the case of the reincarnation of the No. 22 Drifter it certainly is. Sitting out at the Unbound Bicycle Expo in downtown Emporia, Kansas for all...
Julius Berith
June 05, 2025
Unbound, What a Beautiful Nasty Beast
Unbound, what a beautiful nasty beast of a race you are. This year I once again signed up for the 200 mile (marquee event) and spent the better half of a year training with the goal of improving my time. Last year was my first 200 and together with Ross,...
Julius Berith
May 26, 2025
The Road to Unbound is Paved
So yesterday, as I stepped backwards into the parking lot of Okie’s Corner, a tiny gas station somewhere in Oklahoma and started taking photographs of Brennan "the handyman" Wertz as he dealt with the air hissing out of our rental car tire, I wondered if this was an omen...
May 25, 2025
Bound for Unbound
It's that time of the year when everyone who signed up for, what is concievably the biggest gravel race in the World, Unbound starts to panic about their preparation. They start to look at weather forecasts and imagine if they will be sweltering in the heat or slogging in the...
May 02, 2025
Video Showcases Marin and Big Brennan Wertz
The latest video from Scott USA features Above Category's Professional Gravel Racer Brennan Wertz and the video put on display all of the things we love about Marin. From the amazing stretches of gravel roads surrounding Sausalito, to the stunning vistas from Mount Tamalpais the video perfectly encapsulates what makes...
May 02, 2025
BOTW: Pinarello Fat Tire Goodness
Pinarello bikes are fast. Pinarello bikes are sexy. Pinarello bikes are created to look great. Pinarello bikes are designed to win races. It’s not often a company can please both the design snobs and the racer snobs, let alone do it across multiple disciplines. But Pinarello has done just that...
April 26, 2025
Skyler and Sarto: A Match Made in Marin
UPDATE: SKYLER WINS! SKYLER WINS! Marin's very own Skyler Taylor takes the top step of the podium at the 2025 UCI Highland Gravel Classic in Fayeteville, Arkansas. The very same race Brennan Wertz won last year. From the results it appears he won it in a two-up sprint, but we will...
April 16, 2025
The Otter behind us and Levi's Out Front
When the winner of the first big race of the season crosses the finish line and immediately tosses his cookies you know it was a ripper. Following the race on Instagram we got some sense of the speed and, for some, the danger, but we thought we would reach...
April 09, 2025
Behind the Scenes of Wertz's New Bike Day
The long and windy gravel road to a successful new bike day video launch is much more complicated than one might imagine. The mulitiude of logistics is mind boggling. It starts by finding the perfection combination of bicycle and bicycle rider. In this case we are talking about the National...
April 03, 2025
Sea Otter: Gravel Season Prepares to Kick Off
Above Category’s gravel professionals, Skyler Taylor and Brennan Wertz, roadtripped last week to Monterey to recon the 2025 Sea Otter Gravel Race so you don’t have to. “I love how versatile the course is,” said Taylor. “From paved climbs, to cross wind sections, singletrack, loose fireroad descents and steep climbs,...
April 03, 2025
BOTW: Glittering Green Mosaic with a Touch of Gold
Sometimes we find ourselves just sitting and staring at a set of Mosaic titanium welds. We can't help starting, mesmerized by the rows and rows of of titanium beads, their meticulous consistency, awed by the craftsmanship it takes to create something so beautiful and yet so functional. This must be...
