December 26, 2011
Picture of the week; the Goomah
High above the Pacific on the latest bike out of Ticino. Much more to come on this rig in the following weeks…
December 12, 2011
Picture of the week: The joy of early morning rides
Three quarters the way up Mt. Tam at ~7am…
December 11, 2011
Bike of the week: Parlee Z5 in Candy Blue
This is our latest Parlee Z5 builds which included a custom candy blue paint. With a SRAM Red build, Power Tap/Enve wheels (clincher), Zipp SC Bars, stem and post, Arundel cages and Fizik saddle and tape it weighs in at 14.7lbs. The Parlee Z5 has nice twin seat stays...
October 25, 2011
Baum Ristretto Part III, the ride.
In yesterdays post we covered the Baum Ristretto frame set and went into a little detail on the build. Today we’ll go into more detail on the build and since we have well over a thousand miles on the bike will talk a bit about the ride. Enjoy! Back from...
October 24, 2011
Building a Baum Part II, the Ristretto.
The day has finally come, it’s been a long trip from Australia. Hopefully the frames have been packed well… Both the Ristretto and the Corretto were perfectly packed and then all work stopped in the shop as we unpacked and oogled them. The frameset as it comes from Baum. Frame,...
October 06, 2011
New Parlee Z5 in Matte Black
We just received this Parlee Z5 in today. This is the first one we’ve done in matte black (besides the stock Z5sl) and it turned out great. The customer also had the panels done in glossy white paint with light blue for the borders. Great combination and thanks to...
September 27, 2011
Meet the AC crew, starting with Ralf, the Berufsmechaniker
Meet Ralf Medloff, Professional bicycle and race mechanic. I asked Ralf a few questions the other day so you can all get a better picture of the man who’s keeping your bikes in top shape! Q: Ralf, where were you born? A: East Berlin, Germany in 1974. Q: Wow, so...
September 22, 2011
Slowing down
Had a great early ride yesterday morning. Nice and sunny at 7am but cool enough to need a wind jacket. As I rode towards the water the fog started to come in and as if I needed it, reminded me how lucky we all are to be able ride every...
September 20, 2011
Introducing Baum
All of us at Above Category are extremely proud to present the latest addition to our shop, Baum Bicycles. Baum is a custom frame building out of Geelong, Australia, started by Darren Baum.
Chad Nordwall
June 17, 2011
Fourteen rides on; ENVE's new 6.7 wheelset
We received the brand new ENVE 6.7 wheels a little over two weeks ago. We’ve been waiting for these wheels for quite a long time. The guys at EDGE (as the company was known as back then) have been telling us about this new wheel for quite some time. This...
June 08, 2011
ENVE’S NEW 6.7 WHEELSET HAS ARRIVED
Fresh off the UPS truck this morning; the brand new Enve 6.7 wheel set. Seems like it’s been ages since we first talked to Jason and Jake of Enve Composites about these but they were true to their word and they have arrived! We should hopefully have some tires glued...
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