Author: JBall

Fixed Gear Historian

MASTER 2023 HIGHTEK FRAMES, FORKS, AND BARS ARE LIVE!

GO GO GO. The brand new 2023 Master line of frames and components are officially up for purchase! Ranging from $559 – $669, Master is now offering each frame as a set for the first time ever. Headset included too!

5 frames, 5 incredible paint jobs. In the mix we’ve got Watcha Grimey Gold, Dizon Cerebral Lavender, Molina Faded Freight, Zendejas Clearest Blue, and Marquez Ghvst Rider. Here’s what Kareem had to say about the frames:

“This frame is made from 4130 heat treated chromoly and features an integrated headtube drilled for gyro tabs, gusseted top tube and down tube, Mid BB shell, butted seattube, removable U-brake mounts, and yoke style bb cluster for maximum chainring and tire clearance. The Master Hightek frame has the shortest FGFS wheelbase with full barspin clearance.”

If these framesets weren’t enough for you, Master is also offering more neutral colored 26″ freestyle Chopstick forks! Chrome is now sold out but black is still available at the time of writing this. Specs on this fork:

408 A-C

20mm Offset

165mm length threaded Steerer

Designed for 26″ wheels

Additionally to the frames and forks, Master has released a pair of 6.66″ 2-piece bars titled the Three-6 bars! Sporting nearly half an inch higher than all of their previous offerings. Specs on the new bars:

“Our new multi butted handlebars are back! Strong, light with perfectly styled bends.”

RISE 6.66″

WIDTH 29″

UPSWEEP 2.5°

BACK SWEEP 10°

MATERIAL Double butted heat treated 4130 CrMo

Lastly for the Trick Track and Track bike folk, the Turbo saddle rip titled the “Masterbo” saddle is live! Comes in some wild colors. Here’s what Master says about these beauties:

“Our new offering for the track crowd. Classic shape with grippy vegan suede cover.”

Through the Master website, you can basically now order an entire bike sans rims. Shoutout to Master for providing the products our scene needs to survive. Check out all of these wonderful items in their shop HERE!

MATT SPENCER – TAKE IT

When I first started doing tricks on fixed gears around 2010, Matt was one of the first riders I got really into. His fluent style, trick choices, and editing were what drew me to his riding back then. 13 years later, Matt continues to deliver on all those things and more. This was one of the edits we had the pleasure of premiering during the Suck My Comp weekend and you already know I will be watching again and again and again. Nearing 15 minutes of wild spots and a wide variety of riding, this is one for the ages.

Matt prefaced me on this edit basically saying it was just a bunch of decent tricks gathered through the years, almost like a throwaway edit, but this is far far far from just leftover “decent footage”. So many scary setups, sends, flow, all of the above (besides barspins of course). Sit back for this one, get Lost and Take It in.

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OFF TRACK EP. 21 OUT NOW

Off Track episode 21 is out on all platforms now! In this week’s episode we discuss all things regarding our recent Suck My Comp 6 event, Master’s 2023 frame drop, Volume’s return to Fixed Gear, some bike roasting, and more!

2023 Master Hightek Line REVEALED!

The new batch of 26″ Master Hightek frames (dropping Dec. 2nd 3pm PST) has been revealed! These colors are looking absolutely NUTS. Probably some of the craziest colors a production batch of frames has ever offered. Available will be:

Jimmy Watcha – Grimey Gold

Miguel Zendejas – Clearest Blue

Matt Dizon – Cerebral Lavender

Gus Molina – Faded Freight

Marco Marquez – Ghvst Rider

Which one is your favorite?

Kareem For Master Pants – Now Available!

First of all, I’d like to let everyone know relatively informally that Master is dropping their much anticipated 2023 26″ Hightek frames THIS SATURDAY (December 2nd). In the buildup to that, Kareem just released these really cool, really limited supply of Master Puf pants. These wide bois come in black cargo and red corduroy and are available starting at $115. Along with the drop came some really cool shots of Kareem on both of his wheeled devices of choice. Snag a pair here while they last!

SUCK MY COMP 6 – FGFS HIGHLIGHTS

Tonight I present to you day 2 of our recent FGFS event we held a few weekends ago. SO many killers and good riding all around. This was probably the toughest year to judge so far as the level of competition was mega high. Big shoutout to camera hands Andy and Suzie for capturing the energy of the day beautifully. Sit back and enjoy!