May 12, 2016
A Matter of Style: Looking Good on the Bike
Cyclists are an odd bunch. From an outside, lucid perspective, one would assume we're all completely mad, dressed in styrofoam hats, stretchy pants, and clicky shoes. Compounding the issue? Our, shall we call it, "interesting" sense of fashion. But, together with Italian cycling clothier Q36.5, Above Category is here to...
May 06, 2016
BOTW: Palicci's Mosaic RT-1 Disc
This bike of the week is another handmade beauty from our friends in Boulder, Colorado, a Mosaic RT-1 Disc. This bike was conceived after a long year of heavy rain and stacked training schedules in the Bay Area. The idea was to create a bike that that would offer a...
April 29, 2016
Bike of the Week: Budnitz No. 1
Paul Budnitz, like us, is an obsessive. He created the art toy juggernaut KidRobot in 2002, bringing chic creativity to the world of playthings in a big way, detail-laden toys that more often than not become collector’s items. And, in 2014, he co-founded Ello, a new take on social networking,...
April 28, 2016
The Effortless Zenith of Custom Bicycles: The Above Category x Baum Cycles Process
The second in a two-part series on Above Category's and Baum Cycles' partnership. We illustrate the ease and attainability of a custom bike with Above Category, especially a Baum, the pinnacle of performance road bikes.
April 22, 2016
Bike of the Week: Andre's Baum Corretto
This week we bring you our latest Baum Corretto build, perfectly blending a stealthy look with a dab of subtle colors to bring a perfect touch of class. We built this for a client in Brazil who likes fast bikes, fast cars, and knows exactly what he wants. Let's dive...
April 13, 2016
The Baum Supremacy
We believe that Baum Cycles builds the finest road racing bicycles in the world, from a performance, fit, and finish perspective. In a phrase, Baum produces the epitome of performance personalization in a mass-produced world. We went on a journey to Geelong, Australia to find out why and how. Read...
April 08, 2016
Bike of the Week: John's eTap Mosaic RT-1
Each day we deliver a Mosaic RT-1 is an exciting one, but what makes those days even better is when our out-of-town clients make the trip to San Francisco, where we share the pleasure of taking them on their inaugural ride while experiencing all of our favorite coastal roads. Case...
March 18, 2016
BOTW: An Inky Black Pegoretti Day is Done
The last Pegoretti Day is Done rolls through Above Category, dressed to the nines and leaving passers-by with jaws agape the world over.
March 10, 2016
Tyrolean Spring
A report from the headquarters of Q36.5 apparel, where we spent two days discovering Bolzano, finding out about new pieces coming our way from the skunkworks at the foot of the Dolomites in South Tyrol, and riding in some seriously early Spring conditions high into the snow.
March 02, 2016
The Periphery: Nibbles of NAHBS
There's something to be said for enjoying a permanent handmade bike show on a daily basis inside the concrete and rebar confines of Above Category. It gives me a sense of jaded pause when I visited the spectacle that is NAHBS in the bustling burg of Sacramento, a unique perspective...
February 25, 2016
Campagnolo: Mechanical Fantasia
We visited Campagnolo's storied factory and headquarters in Vicenza, fulfilling Derek's long-lived Campy obsession and seeing the making of mechanized Italian sausage firsthand.
