Videos
A Walk Through the Pegoretti Workshop
Blues, always the blues: Texas, Chicago, country, fusion, acoustic - you name it, you'll hear it during a day at Pegoretti. Non-stop blues, played out of a sweet-sounding amp and speakers that stand tall amidst welding paraphernalia, bel...
October 19, 2023
BOTW: A Cobalt Cerakote No.22 Aurora
Building up a No.22 Aurora is always a treat. Seeing how the integrated stem connects neatly with the frame, admiring up close the exquisite welding and the seamless melding of titanium and carbon imbues the whole process with extra gravitas. It's meditative, fulfilling, and just plain satisfying, as the video we made of the process shows. Watch a few min...
September 28, 2023
Out of the Saddle With Jordan Harris
In the third episode of ‘Out of the Saddle’, a film series featuring riders in the Above Category community and the dream bikes we build for them, cyclist, environmental activist and famed A&R man Jordan Harris looks back on a life in motion. From signing some of the world’s biggest acts as the co-founder and chairperson of Virgin Records US to innova...
July 2, 2023
AC Abroad: Seeing Sarto Bikes
A video call can get you in the ballpark, but it won't get you to the game. At AC, we're well used to screens, phones and WhatsApp to chat with partners in far-flung places (a service used by everyone but Americans, it seems), but there's nothing like getting on a plane and seeing someone for real. So in the spirit of sealing friendships and getting a lin...
December 23, 2022
Build Watching: A Mosaic GT-1 45 (The Peaceful Graveler)
What gives a bike a vibe? Is it a certain combination of parts, sweet wheels, a dose of titanium, the perfect saddle, a paint scheme? Whatever it is, like cool, grace and the ability not to care what people think, the magic is in the ether. So when we filmed our latest Build Watching video featuring a Mosaic GT-1 45, we didn't blink when the bike became k...
August 24, 2022
Out of the Saddle With Xande Macedo
Out of the Saddle is a video series spotlighting riders in the Above Category community and the dream bikes we build for them. In our second episode in the series, we feature Brazilian designer Xande Macedo, whose Above Category custom Prova Ripido connects the dots between his first mountain bike experiences in Brazil and the trails he now calls home in ...
August 12, 2022
Build Watching: A Baum Reborn
I love metal bikes for the simple reason that I get a lot of satisfaction out of staying with the same product for several years - if not a lifetime. As the seasons tick by and the miles become monuments to a life spent doing what you love, a steel or titanium frame will be there for every turn. You can knock them down, sweat all over them, crash them, an...
June 1, 2022
Build Watching: A Prova Mostro City Ripper
City bikes tend to suck. They're often heavy, with cheap components and low-grade materials. Sometimes there's a cool graphic, but it's all lipstick on a pig. And because they're uninspiring, they don't get ridden and end up collecting dust. So when a client asked us to build him a no-holds-barred commuter, we jumped at the chance to show that about-town ...
May 24, 2022
Demystifying The Lightweight Wheels Range
Lightweight wheels are excellent - if a touch mysterious. So if you're trying to figure out which wheel to purchase from this German boutique brand but can't get past the names, our latest video will help. So put those tricky wheel names to one side, and let Above Category's professional gravel racer Brennan Wertz walk you through what each model does and...
May 4, 2022
Build Watching: A Black and Pink Prova Speciale
A custom bike made to go to metaphorical Mars. A matt black and pink Prova Speciale Ti built with Campagnolo Super Record EPS and Ceramicspeed everything. An absolute beast with an Absolute Black ENVE-wrapped one-piece cockpit, slung with ENVE SES 3.4 wheels and Vittoria Corsa Control rubber. THE BUILD FRAME: Prova Speciale Ti COCKPIT: Absolute Black one...
March 28, 2022
Out of the Saddle with Salifu Mohammed
Out of the Saddle is a video series spotlighting riders in the Above Category community and the dream bikes we build for them. In our first episode, we feature an icon of Marin cycling, Salifu Mohammed, a masterful painter from Ghana who reflects on how riding bikes became a way of life, his passion for art, and how his AC custom Mosaic GT-1 bike brings t...
October 14, 2021
A Pro's Personal Pegoretti
This week on the journal we have another build dear to our hearts. This beautiful Pegoretti Marcelo is a particularly special one since it is my own personal bike and one I have had the great fortune of already riding well over a thousand miles on. I have owned, ridden, and raced numerous bikes since my introduction to this lovely sport years ago. I hav...
September 16, 2021
Picking the Perfect Gravel Wheels: The Enve AR vs G Series
Spend anytime looking at our personal bikes or our client gravel builds and it's instantly clear that we're big fans of Enve wheels. But with two different line ups, the AR and G series, it's not always easy deciding which direction to go. Make no mistake, they're both incredible options, but they both cater to different niche gravel needs. To help clarif...
February 2, 2017
The Escape From LA: Stage 1
Say the name “California” to an outsider, and the conjured mental images are almost universal. Movie stars, beaches, the Golden Gate Bridge, progressive politics, perpetual sun, and the unending freeway-driven sprawl of Southern California percolate. But, for those of us who live here, there is a vast, unexplored middle between — and around — the sometime...