March 21, 2024
BOTW: Yellow Not Mellow - An Ohlins-Inspired Mosaic MT-1 Hardtail
As hardtail mountain bikes go, this Mosaic-meets-Ohlins build may well rank at the more insane end of the stoke spectrum. But, as ridiculously kitted out as this bike is, it’s still a fundamentally practical trail bike. In other words, we chose components that could take a beating and keep on...
Chad Nordwall
March 15, 2024
Watt Magic: Brennan Wertz's Insane Hour of Power Test
When it comes to cycling and the application of power, there's no hiding from the numbers. As painfully binary as it may be, the number that comes back after giving your all for an 'Hour of Power' is a measure of your strength. Recently, our pro gravel racer, Brennan Wertz, took...
March 12, 2024
BOTW: An Electric Blue Tri-Composite Sarto Raso
Raw carbon fibre shot through with blue - surface signs of the Tri-Composite copper filaments that denote the extra special origin of this Spectacular Sarto Raso. Some bikes get you with looks, and some with tech. Some serve your heart up, and you hope it doesn’t break. From the marbling...
Peter Harrington
February 29, 2024
I'm on the Trainer, Baby
In an effort to provide balance both from an editorial perspective and for those with a busy schedule, I'll now attempt to state my case as to why I think everyone needs a trainer. In today's always-on world, finding the time to exercise, let alone properly train for an event...
Julius Berith
February 27, 2024
Riding in the Rain & A Bastion Longer Term Test
Recently, I've strung together some pretty solid saddle time on my Bastion Road. My aim was to get a good block of consistent riding under my tires so I could do a better job of conveying to our potential clients all the Bastion's idiosyncrasies, how it felt on longer rides,...
Chad Nordwall
February 22, 2024
Prototypes, Profiles and the New Partington 31/31 R-Series Wheels
Two years ago, the guys at Partington sent me a pre-production pair of their 31/31 profile R-Series wheels to test. The only other rider to see the wheels was Cadel Evans, who tested them in Australia before they got flown to San Francisco and onto Above Category. However, I had no...
Chad Nordwall
February 13, 2024
BOTW: Chad's Mosaic GT-1 IAR
When I heard that Mosaic was releasing an integrated version of its GT-1 AR platform, I made a mental note to explore the idea of building a high-performance, fender-ized winter bike. Before moving to California some twenty years ago, I spent each winter riding through the slush of Seattle, where...
Chad Nordwall
February 13, 2024
Ride Review: The Mosaic GT-1 IAR
Smooth isn't usually the first adjective people reach for when asked to describe how their bike feels. But after only a few revolutions out of the AC door on my new Mosaic GT-1 IAR (we'll get to what the acronym means and why it matters), smooth was the feeling I...
Chad Nordwall
February 01, 2024
Florida Man Rides Again: Reviews the Mosaic GT-1 and the Kask Elemento
AC's resident Floridian and Sales Director Julius Berith does the double this week, reviewing his Mosaic GT-1 45 and Kask Elemento helmet in one wild swoop of tubeless rubber. So, without further ado, please give the man a humid high five and a big welcome to the AC journal. Over...
Julius Berith
January 31, 2024
Interview: Kask on Why the Elemento Helmet Couldn’t Have Been Made 5 Years Ago
If you spend enough time on social media, you'll soon start to figure that every product pushed to your feed is more or less the same. Let's blame closed systems and the scroll. When everything is presented in the same setting, speed and style, with excitable adjectives denuded of impact...
Peter Harrington
January 26, 2024
BOTW: An All-Business No.22 Drifter X
We've been on a No.22 Aurora trip of late, but this week's featured build firmly turns the cockpit away from the road towards the gravel, and No. 22's blindingly quick Drifter X. With its svelte CNC butted titanium tubes, massive 700x45 tire capability and integrated titanium seat mast, the Drifter...
Peter Harrington
