December 04, 2010
Parlee Z5 in Chicory!
Here's a quick sneak peak of a Parlee Z5 we are building right now. Had to stop as we have the wrong sized spindle for the compact Cannondale SI SRM crank and also didn't get the correct length for the custom battery mount. Learn something every day here... This bike...
November 19, 2010
Sneak peak at the new AC Service Center...
Here is our excuse for the major lack of blog updates the last month. Looking back we are pretty psyched how fast we got our new Service Center built up. So, if you are local come on in and see what Ralf and Kris are working on and ask what...
November 05, 2010
Views from today's ride...
Another gorgeous day for riding here. Sorry for doing this but here is yet another installment of why it's so great to be able to live and ride here... Got out a little later than usual, sat around in the chamois for a few hours before I just got up,...
October 23, 2010
The New Year
No, it's not January 1st, but it is the start to a new year for a lot of cyclists or at least the ones living off the snow belt. This was my first week of real training for next season hence the New Year. And of course with this being...
October 06, 2010
Shop Ride
Joao and I riding the dirt path that leads into Samuel P. Taylor Wednesdays ride, 7:00am at Above Category, 50ish miles Z2-3 as flat a ride as we have... Come join us for 3hrs! Through the towns, up Whites Hill, up Golf Course hill, Nicasio Res, back on Sir Francis...
October 02, 2010
Friday night picture
Pegoretti Big Leg Emma. My bike, about time it gets built. We'll start with a call to Spectrum Powderworks on Monday for a matching fork and stem. Have a wonderful weekend!
October 02, 2010
Bespoke computer mount?
Woody "Macgyver" our shop manager has been growing a little tired of the minimal placement options of his Garmin 500 on the stem or bars. Plus he spent so much time to come up with the paint scheme on stem and bars that it was a shame to cover it...
June 29, 2010
An Open Letter to Bicycle Quarterly
What follows is a brief letter from Above Category's Elite Team Captain from last year, Ian Tuttle, giving his feedback to the "review" of Dario Pegoretti's Love #3 and his own experiences of that bike. I have my opinions as well, but learned that if you don't have something good...
June 25, 2010
Today's ride & our new BMC Team Machine
We really needed to get a report out due to our absence the last couple of weeks, sorry about that! Kris (our tech) is in Bend OR right now racing at the National Championships. A pretty damn good showing in the TT there w/ a 12th place finish as well....
June 16, 2010
Yes, we are still alive, thank you
We've had time to build some killer stems though! I guess you could just say that I've had a little writers block though! We are coming back with more updates soon, promise, kinda... Thanks for all the emails and calls. Have had a super busy last few weeks building some...
May 22, 2010
2010 BMC Pro Machine
Here are a bunch of Photo's from Dean Bentley of the 2010 BMC Pro Machine that I built up last weekend. We are so psyched on this bike and the color for this year, so much nicer in person than in the catalogue. If you like blue this is a...
