February 13, 2012
Save the date, Baum at AC!
On Wednesday, February 29th at 6:30 pm Above Category will be hosting Darren Baum, founder of Baum Cycles all the way from Geelong, Australia! Baum Cycles is fast becoming known for building some of the highest performing bicycles in the world. His company’s steel and titanium frames are meticulous, beautiful...
January 04, 2012
Picture Of The Week
Starting 2012 out right! Great morning ride with some easy intervals on the top of Tam. This picture was taken about 10 miles from the shop with all but one of those miles climbing. Just another reminder that we are living in cycling paradise here!
January 03, 2012
Picture of the week
Starting 2012 out right! Great morning ride with some easy intervals on the top of Tam. This picture was taken about 10 miles from the shop with all but one of those miles climbing. Just another reminder that we are living in cycling paradise here!
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...
