June 23, 2021
Reinventing the Wheel: Welcoming Partington Wheels to Above Category
Is Australia the new Italy? With an eye for beautiful design, a knack for materials innovation and access to cutting edge, in-house manufacturing, brands such as Bastion, Prova, Baum - and now Partington Wheels - are setting a new standard for performance bikes and components that few can rival. When...
June 21, 2021
Unbound Relived: 206 Miles of Grueling Flint Hills Gravel
If you’ve been following our journal or Instagram recently, then you might be aware of the trip I made to Kansas at the beginning of June to race the Unbound Gravel 200. For those who haven’t, the Unbound Gravel 200 is a 206 mile gravel race through the rolling Flint...
June 02, 2021
A Mosaic Fit for the Flint Hills: Brennan's Unbound GT-1
For a race as grueling as Unbound, the choice of equipment is arguably just as important as the training for the race itself. When building up the ultimate gravel race bike to handle the rigors of 200+ miles of Flint Hills gravel, there are countless important decisions that need to...
May 26, 2021
Preparing for the Unbound 200
Unbound, the race previously known as Dirty Kanza, is a race that needs little introduction at this point. On June 5th, after a yearlong hiatus, the race will once again take place amongst the storied Flint Hills surrounding Emporia, Kansas. And this year, we have something special in store. For...
May 20, 2021
Bike of the Week: A Brawn, Bare, and Beautiful Prova Mostro
Titanium loving dirt riders rejoice. Today we've got one hell of a build in store for you. A remarkable Prova Mostro sporting a bare titanium finished and a killer build ready speed over the dirt no matter how rough it gets. Follow along to check out the details of this...
May 13, 2021
Bike of the Week: A Scintillating White Hot Baum Corretto
If there's one question we get often, it's, "Where are the Baums?" It's been a minute, but today we're excited to share our latest projects with the acclaimed custom bike builders from the land down under—a scintillating white Corretto. A purist's titanium road machine, with rim brakes and all the...
May 06, 2021
Bike of the Week: A Yellow Pegoretti Ciavete Dream
No matter how the industry changes, technology evolves, or trends shift; nothing, like actually nothing, will compromise our love for an Italian steel, rim brake road bike. That's especially true when it's a bike built around a frame that has emerged from the Pegoretti workshop. Today we offer for your appreciation,...
April 29, 2021
Bike of the Week: An Anodized Blue No22 Drifter X
Do you love titanium? Do you love gravel? Great, so do we! And if you're anything like us, you're sure to find this week's featured build an absolute gem. An anodized blue No22 Drifter X. Crafted in New York state and ready for the Coastal hills of California and beyond....
April 21, 2021
The Campagnolo Bora WTO Goes ULTRA
It doesn’t happen often, but when it does, it feels like magic. Bike components that go beyond the buzzwords and feel divine from the first moment. Anyone who’s ridden a pair of Campagnolo wheels knows what we mean. It doesn’t matter if it’s an affordable set of alloy Shamals or...
April 19, 2021
Sawtooth for Speed: A First Look at the new Zipp 353 NSW Wheels
It's been nearly five years since Zipp released their 454 wheels, the groundbreaking wheelset that was the first to showcase their polarizing and controversial jagged edge rim profile. In the world of bike technology, five years is quite an eternity, and many of us have long wondered when we'd see...
April 15, 2021
Bike of the Week: A Deep Blue Titanium Prova Speciale
We've been on a steady stream of fancy futuristic carbon bikes but make no mistake, it's the metal bikes that we hold closest to our hearts. This week we are are beyond excited to showcase one of the finest custom metal bikes we've built yet—a deep blue titanium Prova Speciale....
