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Mike’s Bastion 007: Eight Years on and Still the Real Deal
The Bastion 007 arrived at AC in October of 2016, all raw ti lugs, wound carbon tubes, and splashes of red on the logos and dropouts. The build was straightforward and comprised a SRAM Red Etap 11-speed group with a Quarq power meter, En...
August 10, 2023
BOTW: A Sea Green Bastion Road
I've been looking forward to this one for a while now. I finally get to talk about my new(ish) Bastion Road! As I'm hoping folks know by now, we take pride in putting a lot of miles into every bike we sell. We may not get to every last model, but between all of us at Above Category, we get pretty close. Until now, Mike here has been flying Bastion's color...
August 3, 2022
Bike of the Week: A Red Fade Bastion Demon Road
Bastion Cycles out of Melbourne, Australia, have a special partnership with Tom Warmerdam of Demon Frameworks out of Southampton, England. One Bastion/Demon frame will be built per country. And now, thanks to our most recent Bastion client build, you can scratch Mexico off that list (and 28 other countries, for that matter). If you are looking for a uniqu...
May 17, 2022
Bike of the Week: A Sparkling Burgundy Bastion Superleggera
We have yet to properly introduce Bastion into our family of frame builders, which is somewhat of a miss because we've known Bastion since the beginning. In fact, I rode what I believe was chassis number 002, and Mike, our famed sales expert, purchased number 007 back in 2016 when he was a client of ours before becoming a teammate. But we didn’t really wo...
December 17, 2021
12 Days of Breathtaking Builds 2021: Day 5 - A Bare Black Bastion Road Disc
Day five brings us another stunning Bastion, this time in the form of a road disc model complete with custom carbon and 3D printed titanium. Rolling on Partington R-Series wheels, it aptly showcases the cycling genius Australia has to offer. "Bastion is a remarkable blend of an age old design with cutting edge materials and technology. Providing the r...