Behind the Build
Behind the Build: A Climber’s Sarto Asola
Our client Josh tasked us with creating an exceptionally light road bike that would fly up the hills, a fun and carefree machine for rides in the Bay Area and Marin. Naturally, new builds often require a little back and forth between fra...
February 25, 2022
Behind the Build: Old Dogma, New Tricks - Ray’s Pinarello Dogma F
The brief: A bike to blaze. A silvery bullet built to grace the Golden Gate at warp speed. With an older Dogma at home and a gravel machine in the works here at the shop, AC client Ray had an opening in his stable for an up to date speed machine. So we scoped him out a Pinarello Dogma F - the newest and lightest Dogma from the Grand Tour-winning Italian b...
February 2, 2022
Behind the Build: A Client's OG Green Sarto Seta Plus
If in doubt, go with what you know. Whether you’re purchasing a new bike for the first time in thirty years, as was the case for the owner of this effervescent Sarto, or choosing a pizza in an unfamiliar town (calzone, c’mon!), there’s something to be said for safe bets.Finding himself somewhat at sea with the latest tech and leading brands in the cycling...