Author: JBall

Fixed Gear Historian

CHASE HENLEY – HOSPITAL CASE

Rounding out the year with one of the highest anticipated videos of the year, Chase Henley – Hospital Case. Although a lot of this footage is over 2 years old already, this video showcases the fact that Chase is the most talented person to touch a fixed gear drivetrain in the last 5 years. Chase has already been filming for a new project with Ruff, so stay tuned for that in the coming year. Originally premiered at Suck My Comp 7 weekend on November 16th. Enjoy!

84Kick – Tadashi Bike Check

Our old friend Tadashi runs down his equally old Bombtrack Dash bike courtesy of Satoshi. He was nice enough to add english subtitles on this so we can keep up with the conversations!

Bolt Drive Improvement Tutorial

After some discourse in the discord, Marcus made a video explaining how to make your bolt drive sprocket work better. If you’ve got a bolt drive sprocket with wiggle, try this out before changing sprockets!

Suck My Comp 7 HIGHLIGHT REEL

2 days, 2 competitions, 1 recap video! Here are the best moments from our recent 2 day SMC 7 comp. Big shoutout to Andy and Josh for capturing the days!

New Thrasher + Cutter Colors

Volume keeping the new colors coming. This run has the Thrasher available in an iridescent sparkle half tone with the “Prismatic Universe” colorway and the Cutter in a Spiderman style Red/Blue half tone. I’m really digging that sparkle on both frames. Check them out here!

Waveywheelies – BMX Crank Installation

Popular fixed gear youtube sensation wavey wheelies throwing some BMX cranks on his beautiful Mash Reyes build.

Street Quarter Session + Glimmer Squad

Matt took us to this wild looking DIY quarter recently. It was hard to get clips on but the boys were airing it pretty nice-like. We also realized we had nearly a whole squad full of Glimmers, so naturally we had to gather them for a pic.

FGFS + TRICK TRACK BUYER’S GUIDE 2025

The time has come! If you’re looking to build yourself a fixed gear trick bike, you’ve come to the right place.

The long awaited tri-annual buyer’s guide has emerged. In this article, we’re going to break down your buying options as of now for FGFS and Trick Track products. Availability will vary depending on when you’re looking at this article, but we’ll do our best to foreshadow the market. Let’s dive in!

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Eurotrip – The Arch Session

In Den Haag we were taken to this insane arch. Look how tiny them boys look compared to it while airing it. Absolute unit of a structure that I wanted no part of. Ritchie and Jakub were getting pretty high up there, it was nuts. Great group of dudes on this sesh!