August 05, 2017
A Belated Introduction - The Women's Collection by Q36.5
As you may have noticed, we are unashamed to sing our praises for Italian apparel makers Q36.5. We've shared our appreciation repeatedly and highlighted a number of individual pieces, but somehow we've yet to mention how wonderful their entire range of women's apparel is.
August 05, 2017
BOTW - A Truly Custom Mosaic GT-1
Let's be honest here. As much as we all like to make fun of the buzz words and all the marketing hype that keeps the cycling industry turning, there are some things that we cannot deny. Among those things is the fact that a purpose built bike for mixed terrain...
August 04, 2017
BOTW - A Dura Ace clad Team Sky K8
There has always been a special place in our hearts for Pinarello Dogmas. From the latest flagship F8 all the way back to the historic FP Magnesium, they've forever been a stalwart on our list of favorite rides. This week we bring you one of our latest Dogma builds, this...
August 04, 2017
The Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: Day Two - The Stealth Argonaut.
Continuing our Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds, we present our Day Two offering of our favorite builds from 2015, a blacked-out Argonaut laid-up by one of America's foremost carbon manufacturers. Built to conquer the high mountains of Colorado, this custom stealthy Argonaut has one purpose: Stealing KOMs. But uphills aren't...
August 04, 2017
The Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: Day Five - The Italian Blue Pinarello
Pinarello and tradition are two words that tend to go hand in hand. Tell us about the marque from Treviso, and we'll regale you with tales of Banesto, Indurain, and Dario Pegoretti's longtime relationship with Pinarello race teams. But...disc brakes? The traditionalist's deciduous enemy? The answer is an emphatic yes....
August 04, 2017
The Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: Day Six - The Surgeon's Argonaut
Halfway points. Sometimes they're celebrated. Sometimes they're dreaded. Sometimes, like the 11km sign in a 20km TT that's going really well, they're a moment of elation as our power ticks upward and the Slayer pounding in our head amplifies. That's how the Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds is going. No,...
August 04, 2017
The Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: Day Nine - Mosaic's Nuevo Classic RS-1
The finishing straight has arrived. Day Nine is upon us – four builds remain in the Twelve Days, and we’re excited to roll this one out for your perusal. Crafted by the precision builders of Mosaic in Colorado, it’s a striking example of what happens when we’re given creative license...
August 04, 2017
The Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: Day Eleven - The Belgian Baum
The penultimate day is here, and with it, our final two Breathtaking Builds. We’ll keep these short and sweet, as they’re both getting their own features in the Journal in January 2016, but we figured that since they both came together in the waning moments of 2015, they were deserving...
August 04, 2017
The Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: The Wrap.
The Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds are over. Bummed? A little. We wanted to thank everyone for reading, calling, emailing, texting, and commenting their support and excitement. We’re extremely grateful to have been given the opportunity to put our creative vision, passion, and love of cycling into functional art; man’s...
August 04, 2017
To Borrow a Wunderbike The AC Mosaic RT-1 Demo Program
Meet not-your-average rental: The Above Category Mosaic RT-1 Demo, a curated AC build made to fly over Marin County's toughest roads.
August 04, 2017
The Skinny on Power A Mea Culpa on Week 1/2
It's a known fact that travel is disruptive. Travel interrupts routine. Routine, more than willpower, is what fuels even the most dedicated of professional cyclists (and being PRO in every field, for that matter). Routine and routine's habits always trump desire, whether it's desire to sit on the couch, desire...
