April 05, 2024
Save the Date: Upcoming AC Scarab Ride
On Saturday, 27th April, mark your calendar for an AC x Scarab climbing ride as we explore some of the short and steep hidden climbs of Marin County in the company of Santiago from Scarab Cycles. Here's the Strava link. Both rides start from AC - meet at 07.30 at the shop for...
April 03, 2024
Los Escarabajos: Talking Scarab Cycles With Founder Santiago Toro
"I started Scarab in 2018," explains Santiago Toro, the earnest, chatty and immensely likeable founder of the South American brand Scarab Cycles. Over Zoom, his smile takes up almost the whole screen. Santiago is a ball of energy that his seat can't quite contain. Today, he's at home with his...
April 02, 2024
BOTW: A Scarab Cycles 'Campesina' Apüna
This week’s featured build comes via our newest brand, Colombia’s Scarab Cycles and its Apüna all-road/race gravel frameset. It’s a fast ticket, with a road bike aesthetic and wider tires that promise easy entry to the rough stuff. The Apüna features a well-appointed chassis that pairs Columbus’ Spirit tubing with...
March 28, 2024
It’s Tube, Not Me: Talking TPU Inner Tubes With Rene Herse
Think Rene Herse, and you tend to think of plush tubeless tires with big names that bring to mind the mountain passes, verdant rainforests, ribbon roads and rich loam of the Pacific Northwest. However, while Rene Herse has many tubeless tires in its range, the team behind the brand, led...
March 27, 2024
BOTW: A Dark Blue & Bronze Bastion Superleggera
This week’s featured build comes via a Bastion Superleggera, with a paint scheme chosen by the client’s partner - a woman of some taste, given how beautifully the Super’s dark blue tint over carbon with copper accents came out. Marrying blue and black takes an exceptional eye, but as this...
March 27, 2024
An Hour on the Rivet: Why the Ultimate Power Test Is for Everyone
Now the dust has settled, we can look back on Brennan's Hour of Power effort with scientific, sober analysis. What a freaking machine! Several hours after his effort, while we waited for his red hot chain to cool down (it hissed like a cornered King Cobra for at least a...
March 21, 2024
BOTW: Yellow Not Mellow - An Ohlins-Inspired Mosaic MT-1 Hardtail
As hardtail mountain bikes go, this Mosaic-meets-Ohlins build may well rank at the more insane end of the stoke spectrum. But, as ridiculously kitted out as this bike is, it’s still a fundamentally practical trail bike. In other words, we chose components that could take a beating and keep on...
Chad Nordwall
March 15, 2024
Watt Magic: Brennan Wertz's Insane Hour of Power Test
When it comes to cycling and the application of power, there's no hiding from the numbers. As painfully binary as it may be, the number that comes back after giving your all for an 'Hour of Power' is a measure of your strength. Recently, our pro gravel racer, Brennan Wertz, took...
March 12, 2024
BOTW: An Electric Blue Tri-Composite Sarto Raso
Raw carbon fibre shot through with blue - surface signs of the Tri-Composite copper filaments that denote the extra special origin of this Spectacular Sarto Raso. Some bikes get you with looks, and some with tech. Some serve your heart up, and you hope it doesn’t break. From the marbling...
February 29, 2024
I'm on the Trainer, Baby
In an effort to provide balance both from an editorial perspective and for those with a busy schedule, I'll now attempt to state my case as to why I think everyone needs a trainer. In today's always-on world, finding the time to exercise, let alone properly train for an event...
Julius Berith
February 27, 2024
Riding in the Rain & A Bastion Longer Term Test
Recently, I've strung together some pretty solid saddle time on my Bastion Road. My aim was to get a good block of consistent riding under my tires so I could do a better job of conveying to our potential clients all the Bastion's idiosyncrasies, how it felt on longer rides,...
Chad Nordwall
