October 19, 2023
BOTW: A Cobalt Cerakote No.22 Aurora
Building up a No.22 Aurora is always a treat. Seeing how the integrated stem connects neatly with the frame, admiring up close the exquisite welding and the seamless melding of titanium and carbon imbues the whole process with extra gravitas. It's meditative, fulfilling, and just plain satisfying, as the video...
Peter Harrington
September 28, 2023
Out of the Saddle With Jordan Harris
In the third episode of ‘Out of the Saddle’, a film series featuring riders in the Above Category community and the dream bikes we build for them, cyclist, environmental activist and famed A&R man Jordan Harris looks back on a life in motion. From signing some of the world’s biggest...
Peter Harrington
July 02, 2023
AC Abroad: Seeing Sarto Bikes
A video call can get you in the ballpark, but it won't get you to the game. At AC, we're well used to screens, phones and WhatsApp to chat with partners in far-flung places (a service used by everyone but Americans, it seems), but there's nothing like getting on a...
December 23, 2022
Build Watching: A Mosaic GT-1 45 (The Peaceful Graveler)
What gives a bike a vibe? Is it a certain combination of parts, sweet wheels, a dose of titanium, the perfect saddle, a paint scheme? Whatever it is, like cool, grace and the ability not to care what people think, the magic is in the ether. So when we filmed our...
August 24, 2022
Out of the Saddle With Xande Macedo
Out of the Saddle is a video series spotlighting riders in the Above Category community and the dream bikes we build for them. In our second episode in the series, we feature Brazilian designer Xande Macedo, whose Above Category custom Prova Ripido connects the dots between his first mountain bike experiences...
August 12, 2022
Build Watching: A Baum Reborn
I love metal bikes for the simple reason that I get a lot of satisfaction out of staying with the same product for several years - if not a lifetime. As the seasons tick by and the miles become monuments to a life spent doing what you love, a steel or...
Chad Nordwall
June 01, 2022
Build Watching: A Prova Mostro City Ripper
City bikes tend to suck. They're often heavy, with cheap components and low-grade materials. Sometimes there's a cool graphic, but it's all lipstick on a pig. And because they're uninspiring, they don't get ridden and end up collecting dust. So when a client asked us to build him a no-holds-barred commuter,...
May 24, 2022
Demystifying The Lightweight Wheels Range
Lightweight wheels are excellent - if a touch mysterious. So if you're trying to figure out which wheel to purchase from this German boutique brand but can't get past the names, our latest video will help. So put those tricky wheel names to one side, and let Above Category's professional...
May 04, 2022
Build Watching: A Black and Pink Prova Speciale
A custom bike made to go to metaphorical Mars. A matt black and pink Prova Speciale Ti built with Campagnolo Super Record EPS and Ceramicspeed everything. An absolute beast with an Absolute Black ENVE-wrapped one-piece cockpit, slung with ENVE SES 3.4 wheels and Vittoria Corsa Control rubber. THE BUILD FRAME: Prova Speciale...
March 28, 2022
Out of the Saddle with Salifu Mohammed
Out of the Saddle is a video series spotlighting riders in the Above Category community and the dream bikes we build for them. In our first episode, we feature an icon of Marin cycling, Salifu Mohammed, a masterful painter from Ghana who reflects on how riding bikes became a way of life,...
October 14, 2021
A Pro's Personal Pegoretti
This week on the journal we have another build dear to our hearts. This beautiful Pegoretti Marcelo is a particularly special one since it is my own personal bike and one I have had the great fortune of already riding well over a thousand miles on. I have owned, ridden,...
Brennan Wertz
