August 03, 2017
Bike of the Week: Drew Hartman
Baum's legendary prowess for building titanium isn't limited to end consumers and aficionados, it's also pervasive within our own industry. It's always a pleasure to build bikes for our peers, and this BMW-inspired Corretto going to a rather particular shop owner east of the Mississippi was a true joy to...
August 03, 2017
The Disc Messiah Meet SRAM eTap HRD
We've long hedged our bets about the advent of the disc brake on road racing bikes. It wasn't for lack of trying, it just seemed that the technology, the aesthetic, the weight penalty, and the lack of the industry's will to press the advantage all played against it. That all...
August 03, 2017
Behind the Behind the Scenes of Le Tour: Questions with the Commentariat
The Tour de France is the largest sporting event in the world, and the reportage on the race could go on for eons. But it begs the question - why? We took a decidedly different approach with our visit to the two Alpine days of the Grand Boulce, instead interviewing...
August 01, 2017
Blood in the Water: Rediscovering Bike Racing
Opportunity. What's the saying? It never knocks twice? What if you were given the chance to ride at a UCI 2.1 stage race in Europe with a month of notice? Would you capture it, or would you let it slip? We took the chance. Or more specifically, we had our...
June 14, 2017
A Monday in Hell: CHPT3's ONEMORELAP, Reviewed.
Open mouth, insert money - that's how we approached putting CHPT3's new ONEMORELAP kit through its paces. How? First, we had Nate crash in it. Hard. Then, two days later, we had him don David Millar's signature lycra for a windswept 8.5 hour, 140-mile, gravel-and-pavement day in the saddle. Finally,...
June 02, 2017
Doubling Down on Dope Domanes
What's better than one? Two, obviously. This is America. Meet two of a kind of what may be our favorite production bike: The Trek Domane splattered in custom Project One paint. One in crimson RSL livery, with low, long geometry designed to fly under true Flandrians, the other dressed in...
June 01, 2017
Bike of the Week: Colombian Steel
We haven't forgotten custom steel bikes, by any stretch. This week, we're proud to present a bike built on yet another continent, the Tinno Remoza. Handcrafted in the mountains of one of Colombia's cycling heartlands, Medellín, the Remoza is a modern classic. Dressed in contrasting blues with a modern, sensible...
May 19, 2017
Presenting: The Open UPPER
Meet the Open UPPER, the UP on steroids. Or perhaps, on a diet - shedding 220g from the frame. We gave the UPPER the Above Category treatment, building the PRO gravel racer to the UCI weight limit with huge tires and SRM's new Origin powermeter.
May 08, 2017
Showdown: Wahoo ELEMNT Bolt vs. SRM PC8
Wahoo's brand-new, minimal ELEMNT Bolt has made a huge splash as the first true threat to Garmin's throne as the computer of choice for most. But, how does it stack up against the head unit of the professionals - the SRM PC8? Can it measure up against the venerable German...
May 02, 2017
Bike of the Week: NATO Corretto
A NATO Corretto - NATO green.
April 07, 2017
Bike of the Week: A Fully AC Love # 3
One of the last of Dario Pegoretti's Love#3 frames - in Above Category's exclusive paint scheme, built up just right with a modern classic's kit.
