August 04, 2017
BOTW Dave's Orba Occam
This week we take a departure from our usual stream of handmade titanium and steel road bikes to show you something a little different. This bike is neither made of metal or a road bike, but instead an all carbon, full suspension mountain bike. It's not often that we build...
August 04, 2017
The Holy Grail of Bibs Q36.5's Salopette L1 Essential
The best performance marker for a pair of bibshorts has always been a metric of inconspicuousness. If the wearer didn’t notice them, they had done their job. Enter the Q36.5 Salopette L1 Essential Bibshorts, which embody the “second skin” philosophy outlined above to a T. Born from the Northern Italian...
August 04, 2017
Jack of All Trades, Master of None: 700c vs 27.5"
There’s a great deal to be said for versatility, especially in the hyper-specialized (no pun intended) world of premium road cycling. Aero-this. Climbing-that. Cobbled-there. It’s the world of bikes-turned-racecars, so it’s incomparably refreshing when something like the Open UP comes rolling around, lightly promising to be all things to almost...
Derek Yarra
August 03, 2017
Bike of the Week - A Dipped Tip Baum Cubano
Clean and simple is always a great choice and knowing hot to add just the right level of pop is what can really take a bike over the top. This week we bring you an incredible Baum Cuban, blending matte and gloss black with just the tips dipped in glossy...
August 03, 2017
The Liberation of a Cyclist: David Millar & Chpt. 3
Professional road racing is punishing, no doubt, and it's not confined to the very act. The preparation is a daily ritual in preparing to suffer, which in and of itself is suffering. It is taxing, and it is painful. And, in a long chain of events, it lends us a...
August 03, 2017
Solitude
We go through the motions, checking our phones every three minutes, every time they lord over us. Notifications. Pings. Emails. Slacks. Texts. DMs. Likes. The machines have risen in the most subtle, inventive way possible. And now, the robots are taking over our vehicle for escape, our magic carpet to...
August 03, 2017
It's Not a Review: Riding the Open UPPER
We thought about reviewing the new Open UPPER, until we realized that all we needed to do was point readers back to our original UP rundown a year ago. But, along with Open's evolved gravel bike, we've spent the past year getting under the skin of the genre-bending riding style....
August 03, 2017
The Top Ten Reasons to Ride in the Rain
This winter has been the wettest on record in Northern California, and our drought has been crushed by an endless, merciless torrent of rain that the National Weather Service terms an "Atmospheric River". It seems our every-three-day storm cycle is accompanied by a deluge of closed roads, closed schools, and...
August 03, 2017
The Orbis Has Landed
And so it is that the world's foremost titanium builder wades into the fray - that same fray that has been at the contentious forefront of road cycling over the past two years: The Great Brake Schism. Baum Cycles hath arrived after a long and worthy wait, introducing their first...
August 03, 2017
The Irrelevance of Le Tour: A Perspective
In the post-Petogate era, with Team Sky tightening its ever-increasing Vader-like death grip on what some consider cycling's greatest spectacle, has the beloved Tour de France reached its apogee? Have the Giro and the revered Classics usurped the throne? Our newest guest contributor, Remy Hitt, dives deep into the lows...
August 03, 2017
Bike of the Week: Drew Hartman
Baum's legendary prowess for building titanium isn't limited to end consumers and aficionados, it's also pervasive within our own industry. It's always a pleasure to build bikes for our peers, and this BMW-inspired Corretto going to a rather particular shop owner east of the Mississippi was a true joy to...
