December 02, 2014
Notes from the Workshop
Scrolling through our Facebook or Instagram feed you'll see image after image of pristine, immaculate bicycles. While there is no doubt we drool over these freshly built bikes as pieces of fine art, the truth is that there is nothing we love more than seeing our bikes being ridden, enjoyed...
October 27, 2014
BOTW: Zio's Baum Corretto
I was asked to post this weeks BOTW mostly because Zio is allowing me to ride it, extensively, and I won’t shut up about it. I’ll save the bulk of my thoughts for another post, and use this one to give a quick rundown of this gorgeous frame and the...
October 20, 2014
Introducing Q36.5 Apparel
We are excited to officially announce what has been the worst kept secret of the past year. Last October we discovered Q36.5 which is a new cycling apparel company out of Bolzano Italy. We actually knew Luigi Bergamo quite well from his years at Assos where he was the man...
Chad Nordwall
October 09, 2014
Cycling Waves to Wine
Since moving to San Francisco from Australia, I have spent countless hours exploring on my bike, ‘discovering’ some of the most amazing cycling terrain that I have come across anywhere in the world. Okay, so we might not have the altitude of some of the great climbs of Europe, but...
October 02, 2014
Floor Stock Clearance – Focus Bikes
Occasionally, maybe once or twice a year, we have an opportunity for you to walk out the Above Category doors with a great bike at a discounted price. With the new range of 2015 models coming in soon we are selling out 2014 floor models at a reduced price. All...
September 17, 2014
Silca SuperPista: the last pump you will ever need
One of the most talked about and ogled over bike products to come out this year is -wait for it- a pump! That’s correct and after our first couple weeks with the new from the ground up Silca SuperPista Ultimate Floor Pump you can add us to the list of...
September 12, 2014
BOTW: A Well-Loved Pegoretti Marcelo
For this week we present a well used and well loved Pegoretti Marcelo that belongs to one of our customers. The bike is going on 5 years old and has many hard miles logged on it. Besides a few chips in the paint here and there the bike cleans up...
July 29, 2014
Tricking Out Our First Focus Build
Last time, we showed you our latest road bikes in a shop – our run of the Focus Izalco Max. Topping out that selection was the AG2R team replica model. This is Focus’s very top offering and is a stock build that comes out of the box with full Super...
July 18, 2014
Adding Focus To Our Line Up
If you've stopped by the shop over the last month or so, you've probably seen a couple stealthy and super light bikes hanging around. Well, our stock has finally trickled in and we are proud to announce the latest addition to our AC family - Focus bikes.
May 21, 2014
Campagnolo 80th Baum Corretto
We are very excited to announce a very limited edition bike that we’ve made in conjunction with Campagnolo in Italy and Baum Cycles in Australia recently. Our goal with Darren Baum was to make a special bike that brought together a few of our favorite things; the Giro de Italia,...
March 05, 2014
Worlds Fastest Travel Bike?
There are a lot of new things happening at AC; new location for the store, new website and new bikes. Here we’re going to talk about the new bikes, or Mosaic to be more specific. “New” may be a bit of an understatement as we’ve been riding and selling the...
