Interviews

84Kick – FORKONE INTERVIEW

Love how involved and dedicated Satoshi has been to creating high quality Fixed Gear content for the pleasure of our eyeballs. Satoshi just dropped an interview with the very mysterious Forkone, aka Koichi Higo. They cover a vast amount of really interesting topics so it’s worth sitting down and watching. Especially since Satoshi was kind enough to translate it for us.

OFF TRACK Ep. 26 feat. CONGO

YOUKNOWWHATSGOOD! Today we talk to Congo about his extensive history and influence in the Fixed Gear scene, with some great stories sprinkled in. Wide man coming through!

OFF TRACK – DEVAN GALLAGHER

Today we have the pleasure to release our newest episode with the #2 ranked Woman FGFS rider in the world and the first woman to join our show, Devan Gallagher! With a deep history in the sport and huge determination to progress, Devan is truly an inspiration on the bike with great stories and memories to share. Enjoy!

Ed Wonka 2016 Interview by Tom Mosher

What a gem and perfect timing with our recent Mike Schmitt Off Track episode. Tom Mosher, founding father of our sport, recently hit me up telling me he had an unreleased Ed Wonka interview he conducted from 2016. He dropped it on his Youtube channel and although the audio isn’t the greatest, you really get some insightful looks into Ed’s personality, thought process, and history. Tom is a great interviewer and I wish he went through with what he called “Trick Track Radio” cause Tom is a perfect person to talk to about Fixed Gear history. Maybe we’ll get him on the pod soon?

JBall Welcome To Resist Interview!

Starting off the new year with some big news, I am officially part of the Resist Bikes 2024 team! We have some exciting things in the pipeline, but for now just check out my welcome interview with them here. Big thanks to Resist for the support, I’m honored to be the first on the team!

Look out this week for a full bike check of my current Ruff build on here.

GTK – ANDY SPARKS

Quite possibly the most recognizable face in the Fixed Gear scene, Andy Sparks is an outspoken man with vast amounts of fixed gear knowledge and skill. Being in the scene for almost 10 years now, Andy knows a thing or two about the “sport”. Here we gave him a chance to talk about himself and spread some fixie knowledge to the new generation of fixed gear kids. Buckle up, cause this just might be our best interview yet. Big thanks to Andy for being down to share his thoughts and thanks to Slumworm for providing essentially all the photos, we here at SMC are honored! If you aren’t already, follow Andy on IG @lolandysparks . The Andy Sparks interview is here, enjoy:

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GTK | KAREEM SHEHAB

We got the man himself, Kareem Shehab, to answer some questions about himself to get to know him a little better in this edition of GTK. Well known veteran for his legendary FGFS videos (Death Pedal, BMH, Southern Safari), his skills on the blades, his huge grinds, and his bike company Master Bike Co, Kareem Shehab is a jack of all trades and certainly deserves to get a little more about himself shared with the world. If anything, we’re the ones who don’t deserve this man’s time and attention. Personally, I used to idolize this man and dreamed of meeting him one day, so being able to interview him is truly humbling. He’s seen this tiny FGFS community start from it’s roots and continues to be a driving force of content and components to keep the scene going. Here is, the Kareem Shehab interview:

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(Photo by Devin Tolman)

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