January 21, 2016
The Skinny on Power: The Intro
There’s a bracing reality that sets in after the Holidays, after months of finding ourselves in a desk-addled swirl, after pulling out the laptops in the morning instead of the Sidis, and after neglecting our usual 15 or 20-odd hour riding weeks in favor of the single-digits. Single-digit weeks where...
January 18, 2016
Etheric Force: SRAM Red eTap's Arrival
Minimalism. Simplicity. Elegance. Tenets of how we build bikes, aesthetic considerations that lend themselves to supreme function. SRAM's eTap group has landed on three very special Above Category-exclusive bikes.
January 15, 2016
BOTW: The Awe of the Golden Gate
The Golden Gate Bridge is iconic. One of the world’s most recognizable landmarks, it lies a mere 3.5km as the crow flies from the front door of Above Category. Millions of tourists, onlookers, and passersby stand slack-jawed at the sight of its massive span strung between two massive, ruddy coral...
January 13, 2016
fi'zi:k: Italian Modernism Defined.
Above Category was founded on a love for brands that seamlessly blend the highest levels of performance with elegant, beautifully executed design. It’s the essential thread that ties together every single one of our partnerships. It’s obvious in the frame builders and manufactures you see in our offering, but it...
December 30, 2015
Presenting: Chpt. /// by Castelli
When Chpt. /// (phonetically: Chapter Three) by Castelli first popped onto the radar this summer, we were intrigued. Castelli as a brand is two distinct things: Road racing and Gabba. Their Chpt. /// collaboration with David Millar is decidedly neither, a sharp departure for the Italian brand. Casual lines, fashion-forward...
December 17, 2015
The Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: Day Four – Mosaic's XT-1 Weapon
The hour is nigh - Christmas morning is but a week away. If you're one of the unorganized, like yours truly, you're hitting the panic button, frantically mailing cards and buying gifts. If, on the other hand, you're not - you passed handwriting with flying colors, your desktop is kept...
December 15, 2015
Introducing the Twelve Days of Breathtaking Builds: Day One.
Over the holidays, as you're bombarded with email from cut-rate discounters offering 12-day flash sales peppered with unhinged desperation to move obsolescent product, we decided to offer up something a bit more...refreshing. Meet our Twelve Days of Christmas event, but instead of partaking in tradition of hawking off-brand XXXL bibshorts...
December 09, 2015
Bike of the Week: Ciavete Dreams
This week in our popular feature, a Pegoretti Responsorium Ciavete hewn from the dreams of Dario's loyal fanbase. Ciavete is Pegoretti's original "Surprise Me" paint scheme, an artist given his liberty with a blank canvas. On this assemblage of Columbus XCr stainless steel tubing is Dario's vision translated into pink, fuchsia,...
December 07, 2015
Embracing Winter's Misery with Q36.5
The days are short, nights long. Mornings are frigid. Evening is worse. If there is a hell for cyclists, the whole of the Northern Hemisphere above the 37th Parallel is being dipped into it for a three-month swim. This is when a nice ride can go from a simple excursion...
December 04, 2015
The Periphery: In Pursuit of Perfection with Q36.5
Hyperbole. It's a word, but also a notable human attitude, the ability to lose perspective of the grey hues lying in the middle of the poles of an idea, of a thing, of a product. It fuels war, cable news, politicians, and marketing campaigns the world over. Sometimes, though, when...
November 10, 2015
BOTW: Black and Blue Dogma
Since Pinarello unveiled their 2016 Dogma colors earlier this year, we have been very impatiently waiting on their arrival. It's been a slow trickle, but one by one they've been showing up in our shop. We finally got a black and blue model in and wasted no time in getting...
