May 04, 2015
The Belgian Waffle Ride
Masochist (n) [mas-uh-kist]: a person who is gratified by pain, degradation, etc., that is self-imposed or imposed by others. I feel like that word gets thrown around quite a bit in cycling. If you think about it, it works; we’ve all at one point been riding to the point of...
April 23, 2015
Meet Your Maker! Aaron Barcheck of Mosaic Cycles
If you know Above Category, in all likelihood you know about Mosaic’s incredible steel and titanium custom bikes that we’ve had on our walls and been riding since January of 2013. You’ve read about Derek’s Louisiana adventure on his new Mosaic RT-1, all our ride reviews and seen some incredible...
April 10, 2015
Review: Q36.5 Cycling Socks
Socks are one of those pieces of cycling kit that normally don’t warrant a lot of thought for most of us, especially when compared to their flashier cousins of shorts, jersey, vest and even the helmet and sunglasses combo. That is until you’ve had a truly great pair of socks...
April 08, 2015
Quick test report, Shimano C24 tubular wheels
If you've been following us for a while you will know that we ride a lot of different bikes. Even more than that we ride a lot more wheels and other parts on those bikes. One thing we'd really like to do a lot more of (time permitting) is write...
April 01, 2015
Rouge Roubaix
105 miles, rowdy gravel sections, two cramp inducing climbs maxing out at over 15%, and the famed southern humidity. That's what I had to look forward to when I took to the line of the Rouge Roubaix road race in St. Francisville, Louisiana. Not only would this be one of...
March 29, 2015
BOTW: Rhett's Argonaut
We've only been working with Argonaut Cycles out of Bend Oregon for a few months now so we really haven't had much to show up to now seeing how build time is 8-10 weeks currently. But the frames are slowly starting to trickle in starting with this one. If you...
March 11, 2015
Bicycling Magazine's Q36.5 L1 Salopette Bibshort Review
We are really excited about this weeks 'Products We Love'...and not just because it is about one of our favorite all time products in the Q36.5 Salopette L1 Essential Bib. What we're most excited about is that this review has been written by Joe Lindsey of Bicycling Magazine.
March 04, 2015
BOTW: A John Player Special inspired Baum Corretto
This week we get to show off this Baum Corretto in black and gold. The colors are based on one of our favorite Formula One cars, the Lotus 72D. While Lotus at that time were known for pushing the boundaries of performance and weight reduction taking a driver with as...
February 18, 2015
Where are they now: Eight Months on a Mosaic RT-1
This week we’re introducing a new feature: ‘Bike of the Week (BOTW): Where are they now?’ In this series, we’ll take you beyond the (previously featured) bike to understand more about it’s owner, why they chose it, how the bike is performing, where its been ridden and what changes they’d...
February 15, 2015
BOTW: Mosaic RT-1
We've shown other Mosaic RT-1 builds before, but if you are new to our site this is the Boulder, CO companies top of the range road frame. The RT-1 (Road, Titanium, top of the range) frame features custom selected tubing in various diameters, custom butted main triangle, custom geometry, 44mm...
February 11, 2015
BOTW: Baum Turanti
The Baum Turanti is the titanium cycle cross frame from the Australian company. But for most people it will be much more than, or even anything but, a cycle cross racer. These days, in the ever-expanding role of what bikes are specially made to do, the gravel riding bike is...
