September 27, 2011
Meet the AC crew, starting with Ralf, the Berufsmechaniker
Meet Ralf Medloff, Professional bicycle and race mechanic. I asked Ralf a few questions the other day so you can all get a better picture of the man who’s keeping your bikes in top shape! Q: Ralf, where were you born? A: East Berlin, Germany in 1974. Q: Wow, so...
September 22, 2011
Slowing down
Had a great early ride yesterday morning. Nice and sunny at 7am but cool enough to need a wind jacket. As I rode towards the water the fog started to come in and as if I needed it, reminded me how lucky we all are to be able ride every...
September 20, 2011
Introducing Baum
All of us at Above Category are extremely proud to present the latest addition to our shop, Baum Bicycles. Baum is a custom frame building out of Geelong, Australia, started by Darren Baum.
Chad Nordwall
June 17, 2011
Fourteen rides on; ENVE's new 6.7 wheelset
We received the brand new ENVE 6.7 wheels a little over two weeks ago. We’ve been waiting for these wheels for quite a long time. The guys at EDGE (as the company was known as back then) have been telling us about this new wheel for quite some time. This...
June 08, 2011
ENVE’S NEW 6.7 WHEELSET HAS ARRIVED
Fresh off the UPS truck this morning; the brand new Enve 6.7 wheel set. Seems like it’s been ages since we first talked to Jason and Jake of Enve Composites about these but they were true to their word and they have arrived! We should hopefully have some tires glued...
June 08, 2011
Enve's new 6.7 wheelset has arrived
Fresh off the UPS truck this morning; the brand new Enve 6.7 wheel set. Seems like it's been ages since we first talked to Jason and Jake of Enve Composites about these but they were true to their word and they have arrived! We should hopefully have some tires glued...
April 09, 2011
Teaser
Promised to have a blog up today, so here we go… OK, crazy day at the shop which is great of course, but was not able to post. So here is one last teaser shot in anticipation of tomorrow!
March 25, 2011
Bill's new Moots Compact CR
This is our latest Moots build for Bill B. A very straight forward and classy looking bike. But also a major workhorse with the nice stuff in the right places… Build as follows: Moots Compact CR, 55cm Enve 2.0 fork, 43mm rake Shimano Ultegra Rear Derailleur Shimano Ultegra...
February 25, 2011
Dario Pegoretti, a sneak peak at what's new...
Here just a couple shots, see how many changes you can find. Ian is flying to Austin right now and will be talking to Dario for a while tomorrow at the hand built bike show. He'll be getting all the information on what's new for these bikes and even a...
February 16, 2011
The wait has ended: Introducing Fizik shoes, at Above Category now!
In all fairness the wait really hasn't been too bad. In bike world time, it was actually pretty quick. Fizik made the major announcement that they were going to start making shoes at about Eurobike time, or at least that's when we saw some of the first pictures of them....
February 07, 2011
Parlee Z5 in Candy Apple Red
Seems like it has been Parlee month here at Above Category and in keeping with that theme, here is a Z5 that we built in December. This one also has been custom painted by Parlee in Candy Apple Red and unfortunately these pictures (taken by me, not Dean!) don't do...
