January 27, 2017
Bike of the Week: A GGG Corretto
In a world of instant gratification, patience is a concept that's nearly been forgotten. But sometimes the wait, the anticipation, is an important part of the fun. This week we feature a bike that spanned over a year from the initial dream to delivery of a truly amazing ride. A...
January 16, 2017
Reviewed: Trek Madone RSL
July 19th, 2003: A 20 year-old me was watching Le Tour stage from Toulouse to Ax 3 Domaines. I was watching the Der Kaiser, bedecked in Bianchi Celeste, sticking it to a faltering and later discovered, badly dehydrated American named Lance Armstrong, whom I was never a fan of. I...
January 06, 2017
Introducing Trek
AN UNCOMMON UNION I stepped off the plane into a sweltering Midwestern summer. Madison, Wisconsin is not a place I'd ever thought I'd ever set foot in - willingly. I've arrived in America's Dairyland in the midst of August with much more than a hair's breadth of trepidation. My name...
December 30, 2016
Learning to Hate Yourself and Love the Machine: Surviving Riding Indoors
ON TRAINING INDOORS The mention of the phrase "base miles" sends chills down the spine of many a cyclist in northern climes - visions of frostbite, sleet, snow, marathon trainer sessions, spousal threats of divorce, and the pungent aroma of greasy embrocation laden with capsaicin all pollute the mind. We’ve...
December 25, 2016
THE TWELVE DAYS OF BREATHTAKING BUILDS: DAY TWELVE
DAY TWELVE: THE HOLY TRINITY It’s here. The final day of the Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds. We’re hoping, at this stage, dear reader, that you’re brushing the scraps of wrapping paper from your pajamas, that you’ve successfully bandaged the grease burns on your arm from cooking a hot...
December 24, 2016
The Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: Day Twelve
At long last, the finale of the Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: A very special bike that slid just under the 2015 wire. Like Day 11, this Baum Corretto will be getting a special feature all its own, but we were too excited about it to keep it under wraps...
December 24, 2016
The Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: Day Eleven - A Modernist's Pegoretti
Dario Pegoretti's repeated homage to other artists - visual or otherwise - is a well-documented trait of his framebuilding craft. While oftentimes we'll be the first to admit that his far-off references can sometimes cruise over our slightly uncultured heads, there is no mistaking Day Eleven of the Twelve Days...
December 23, 2016
The Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: Day Ten
DAY TEN: Colorado X Canada Crimson Collab When Canada comes calling, Mosaic answers. The finest titanium in America dances north to the border at VeloColour for a stunning crimson paint job in a scheme apropos of our Maple Leaf-addled raconteur partners. This is the Boulder-based builder's flagship Mosaic RT-1 road...
December 22, 2016
The Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: Day Nine
DAY EIGHT: THE ESSENCE OF LIGHTNESS Once upon a time, we were teenagers obsessed with knobby tires and mountain bikes. It was the era of Ned "The Lung" Overend, anodized CNC parts, and ceramic rims. Weight was always the point, with little quarter given to anything else. 1.8" tires with...
December 21, 2016
The Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: Day Eight
DAY EIGHT: THE WANDERING MARINER The rhythm of the pounding sea rocked the massive boat, enveloped by the enormity of the Pacific Ocean in the pitch of night. The 141,000-ton ship was in the midst of a six-week transit from Singapore, and one of its engineers was in his bunk,...
December 20, 2016
The Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: Day Seven
The Quintessential Mosaic Up until this point, the Twelve Days has been a celebration of bright, occasionally bombastic, and always beautiful paintwork. Day Seven's bike is a marked departure from the theme, an ode to clean, brutal minimalism, absolutely devoid of pigment. It's a classic raw titanium firestarter: Mosaic's RT-1....
