Author: JBall

Fixed Gear Historian

84Kick – FIXIKA Georgy Porgy EDIT 2024

Not exactly Fixed Gear, but 84Kick just released this cool edit of Kai. If you don’t know Kai, he is a pioneer of the Fixed Freestyle movement in Japan and was featured in Bootleg Sessions 2. He’s riding a Blackmarket NSF freewheel mode in this video, but it’s still fun to watch him rip around on it and see an FGFS legend still having fun on bikes.

Wheel Talk – Doing Hoodrat Stuff With My Friends

ANOTHER ONE. Slum has been on fire with the new videos this year. We’ve got a lot of new goodness going on here. Some callouts: that intro title sequence is crispy, Slum is on a BMX stem (Not just any BMX stem, but the Sadio MTS Rocky stem. Huge fan of that), the FBZ are reunited, Snow put his pegs back on, and we’re seeing some new spots being ridden. Wheel Talk content never disappoints!

Check out Slum’s full blog post and gallery here

Satoshi Hashimoto – Bike Check

While Satoshi was in town for SMC 6 I pulled him aside to snag some photos of him and his Courttek. Although the setup may be a bit dated for some, it was an honor to meet him him and ride his bike. It’s set up almost exactly the way I prefer my Trick Track bikes. I have a bunch of other people’s bikes to post up from this same setup, so lookout for some more bike checks. For now, check out Satoshi’s full setup and rundown after the jump!

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SMCGR 2024 VOTING NOW OPEN!

SMCGR 2024 is upon us! Global rankings based on the 2023 year are here and ready to be revealed at the end of the month. As you know (or if you don’t, now you know), we have a voting section of the rankings where the people (you) get to vote for your favorite rider of the year, dubbing them the “People’s Champ” for the year.

1 vote per IP address in each of the 3 categories which includes Men’s FGFS, Men’s Trick Track, and W/T/F freestyle. Voting ends a week from today on the 26th.

VOTE NOW:

Men’s FGFS

Men’s Trick Track

W/T/F Freestyle

RUFF CALENDAR NOW AVAILABLE

Corey put together this amazing Ruff calendar from misc. shots on his film camera over the years featuring the Ruff squad! This might actually be the first FGFS specific calendar ever. Here’s the details:

Riders and friends:

JACOB RUFF
MATT SPENCER
COREY SAN AGUSTIN
JOHNATHAN BALL
CHASE DAVIS
CHASE HENLEY

FRIENDS:

LUCAS “PIZZA_MAYNE” PETRUZZELLI
TYLER JOHNSON

This calendar features film photos shot and collaged by Corey San Agustin.

Photos were taken from 2019 to 2023 while filming for edits in Barcelona, Boise, Southern California, Seattle, Portland and Atlanta.

Buy one here!