December 18, 2016
The Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: Day Five
DAY FIVE: THE CLASSIC CORRETTO What can we say about the Baum Corretto that we haven't already said? At the end of the day, after all is said and done (and, as they say, variety is the spice of life), they remain our favorite road bicycles. Lately, we've been accused...
December 16, 2016
The Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: Day Three
DAY THREE: THE MULTICOLORED MOSAIC Today's Breathtaking Build has a roundabout kind of story. This bike was never supposed to exist. Originally, this bike was a Mosaic GS-1, built with one specific purpose in mind, above all others: The infamous, brutal, and equally breathtaking Dirty Kanza, the mother of all...
December 15, 2016
The Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: Day Two
DAY TWO: THE BLACK PEARL Day Two's offering to the gods of the Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds, a monochromatic Baum Corretto. It's made of titanium, mined from one of the world's few Ti ore producers in China or the former Soviet Union, then processed into tubing in the United...
December 14, 2016
The Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: Day One
It's that time of year again. A wonderful time, when instead of force-feeding you a non-stop avalanche of holiday deals and marketing blitzes like any normal cycling retailer should, we spend twelve days foisting what we're good at on the world. Yes, this is the 2016 edition of the Twelve...
December 09, 2016
Bike of the Week: Fate's Corretto
A skeptic finds riding joy in a Baum Corretto, our titanium security blanket in bicycle form.
November 03, 2016
Introducing: The Zipp 454
Zipp is a cycling technology powerhouse that's often sat on the forefront of cycling technology. Amongst the first to use carbon in wheels, they've consistently pushed the envelope of what's possible when it comes to aerodynamics and weight. So, when we heard whispers of a new, secret project from Indianapolis...
October 28, 2016
Q36.5's Dottore Bibshort: Updated to v2.0
Back in July, we reviewed Q36.5's new Dottore bibshort, the Italian apparel tech house's new flagship piece. From a comfort and performance perspective, we were absolutely smitten, but we had a complaint, and one that Q36.5 took to heart: The length. Even on the longest-legged members of the AC crew,...
October 28, 2016
Bike of the Week: Azzurra Corretto
More than a couple of years ago, we were proud to present a Baum Corretto celebrating two of our favorite things: The Giro d’Italia, and Campagnolo in 80th Anniversary livery. It was everything Italy, and everything our inner cycling history professor longed for. But, like that professor’s university students, our...
October 27, 2016
Pandas and Laser Beams - The M.F.S. Argonaut
Unless you've been living under a rock, you've surely seen the this Manual for Speed/Argonaut collaboration dream bike plastered all over the internet. With the paint derived from dreams of panda bears and laser beams, there is no doubt this one of a kind concept bike will have you scratching your head...
October 25, 2016
BOTW - Blue on Blue Baum Beauty (say that 10 times fast)
This week we're going to highlight one of our favorite Baums to date. Okay, I know it's wrong to pick favorites and that we probably say that every time, so let's scratch that. This time around our bike of the week is yet another stunning Baum Corretto, wonderfully dressed in...
Derek Yarra
October 14, 2016
Grinduro Will Save Bike Racing
photos courtesy: March Gasch, Colin Meagher, Dain Zaffke, Dusty Bermshot, Ian Stowe I'll be the first to admit skepticism when Grinduro exploded across the pop-cycling blogosphere last year. I viewed the event with a small degree of contempt. It had all the trappings of a doomed-to-fail hype machine (Don't fault...
