January 10, 2023
New Year's Resolutions Are Tough
The start of the year makes me happy. It's the time when I get the details for the coming season sorted, my gear dialed and my fitness back on track. But, for many people, it's a period of wall-to-wall resolutions, something I've always found hindered rather than helped me achieve...
Brennan Wertz
January 10, 2023
BOTW: Brennan's Back-to-Business Mosaic GT-1 AR
This edition of Bike of the Week isn't just about a new set of wheels we're rolling out of the door to a happy client. It's also the day AC's gravel pro Brennan Wertz unveils his new rig for his hotly anticipated assault on the 2023 off-road race season. And...
January 02, 2023
Don’t Call It a New Year’s Resolution
Chad "the boss" Nordwall loves a solid 40-mile bike ride. He's not known for his monster miles. He prefers to dream about hitting it hard and getting it done, but mostly just going for a ride. "That's not completely true," said Nordwall. "I like 100-mile rides; I just don't feel...
Ben Jones
January 02, 2023
BOTW: Sarto on the Water in Sausalito
We initially had this bike built for the ENVE Grodeo, and while it looked great, we decided to freshen it up and take it to the next level. Enter our friends at VeloColour in Toronto with the brief to do something cool. No hand holding required with those guys -...
Chad Nordwall
December 27, 2022
The Above Category New Year's Day Shop Ride
Happy Holidays! On New Year's Day, the Above Category crew would like to help you kick off 2023 in the greatest way possible: on two wheels. The ride will be led by the towering figure of gravel professional Brennan Wertz, who will guide the group through some of the most...
December 27, 2022
Where No Wheels Have Gone Before: Q&A With Lightweight’s Matthias Wissler
The Oxford English Dictionary may have given up on the strict meaning of the word ‘literally’, accepting that its use as a point of emphasis has become so widespread as to modify its very nature, but we can still say in the classical sense that Lightweight wheels are literally space-age....
December 05, 2022
A Fitting Question: Bike Fit Q&A With Jess Grubaugh
Bike fits are everywhere. They range from high-tech Retül affairs, to lo-fi setups that wouldn’t seem out of place in a Rocky movie, had Stallone wanted to be a pro cyclist rather than a pugilist. That is to say, there is significant variation between bike fits, why they're done, and...
December 04, 2022
Month by Month: The 2023 Above Category Dream Bike Calendar
If you're the sort of person who likes to keep the baguette in the musette, then look away now! Otherwise, browse on for a preview of the dream bikes the 2023 Above Category calendar has in store for you. And remember, all proceeds go to support the work of the Marin County Bicycle...
November 02, 2022
Bucking the Trend: Introducing Sarto’s New Aero Endurance Road Bike
It’s been a long time since Italian bikes were made in Italy. For countless decades, the knowledge and skills required to build a high-performance road bike were passed down from one skilled artisan to another, hand to hand, from generation to generation. An apprentice’s training, as the savior of the...
October 29, 2022
Understated Excellence: Behind the New No. 22 Aurora
"It's an iteration, an evolution. I think that's the way to think of it," explains No. 22’s co-founder Bryce Gracey during a video call to discuss the brand's all-new Aurora. And on the face of it, he's right. The release even looks like bike business as usual: new season, new things. But in...
October 26, 2022
BOTW: A Red Rocket Pinarello Dogma F
AC's Brennan Wertz may have concluded his gravel season, sealing the year with a fine 7th at Big Sugar Gravel that came only a week after he secured 3rd place in the Quadrupel Crown of Gravel series, but he's already back on the road, building his engine for the big...
Brennan Wertz
