February 02, 2011
Parlee Z3 dressed in blue
Just got this beautiful custom Parlee Z3 in from the guys in Mass. It looked amazing in the shop when we first took it out of the box, but then it just exploded when we took it out into the sunlight! Dean Bentley replicated that look in his studio for...
December 11, 2010
AC Cross team at Nationals
Congratulations to AC Jr. Spence Peterson for a solid 3rd place at Cross Nationals in Bend OR. today!
December 08, 2010
Re-birth of the Love
This is a project I'll be working on for a little while yet. This is my personal bike, a Pegoretti Love #3, in fact the first bike I ever bought from Dario almost 5 years ago. I've had this built up before, which you can read about here. When this...
December 04, 2010
Parlee Z5 in Chicory!
Here's a quick sneak peak of a Parlee Z5 we are building right now. Had to stop as we have the wrong sized spindle for the compact Cannondale SI SRM crank and also didn't get the correct length for the custom battery mount. Learn something every day here... This bike...
November 19, 2010
Sneak peak at the new AC Service Center...
Here is our excuse for the major lack of blog updates the last month. Looking back we are pretty psyched how fast we got our new Service Center built up. So, if you are local come on in and see what Ralf and Kris are working on and ask what...
November 05, 2010
Views from today's ride...
Another gorgeous day for riding here. Sorry for doing this but here is yet another installment of why it's so great to be able to live and ride here... Got out a little later than usual, sat around in the chamois for a few hours before I just got up,...
October 23, 2010
The New Year
No, it's not January 1st, but it is the start to a new year for a lot of cyclists or at least the ones living off the snow belt. This was my first week of real training for next season hence the New Year. And of course with this being...
October 06, 2010
Shop Ride
Joao and I riding the dirt path that leads into Samuel P. Taylor Wednesdays ride, 7:00am at Above Category, 50ish miles Z2-3 as flat a ride as we have... Come join us for 3hrs! Through the towns, up Whites Hill, up Golf Course hill, Nicasio Res, back on Sir Francis...
October 02, 2010
Friday night picture
Pegoretti Big Leg Emma. My bike, about time it gets built. We'll start with a call to Spectrum Powderworks on Monday for a matching fork and stem. Have a wonderful weekend!
October 02, 2010
Bespoke computer mount?
Woody "Macgyver" our shop manager has been growing a little tired of the minimal placement options of his Garmin 500 on the stem or bars. Plus he spent so much time to come up with the paint scheme on stem and bars that it was a shame to cover it...
June 29, 2010
An Open Letter to Bicycle Quarterly
What follows is a brief letter from Above Category's Elite Team Captain from last year, Ian Tuttle, giving his feedback to the "review" of Dario Pegoretti's Love #3 and his own experiences of that bike. I have my opinions as well, but learned that if you don't have something good...
