Volume Prototype Stem Review

While I haven’t shared any pictures yet of my new Ruff build yet, i thought I’d show off the stem I’ve been running first. Volume was kind enough to send over one of their prototype stems for me to try out and review. Click into the post for full thoughts and gallery, lets go!

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84 KICK LOS ANGELES TRIP

A lot of people say “my life a movie for real”, but Satoshi’s life is truly a movie. He stays traveling the world and documenting the best times with his bike. When Satoshi told me he was coming out for our competition, I was incredibly flattered that somebody would come all the way from Japan for an event I was throwing. Top that off with the fact that he’s a legend in the game and I’m basically fan-boying.

84 documented what feels like every moment of his whole trip. So many familiar faces, places, tricks, moments, and everything in between. This hour long movie is really worth sitting down taking the time to soak it all in. You get street riding, flat riding, competition coverage, and more. Satoshi really went above and beyond in the edit here with all the handmade graphics plus having to sort through hours and hours of footage to narrow this all down.

Sit back, relax and enjoy. Arigato!

Max Corcoran Takes Your Trick Suggestions

Super fun video concept from Max! He polled his followers for trick suggestions and he kindly obliged. Some familiar tricks and some foreign tricks in regards to Max’s skillset, but he made it all happen and actually mostly made it look easy! He even went the extra mile and went to a bunch of different spots for each suggestion. Worth a few watches!

Max Corcoran – Courttek Bike Check

Although that FOAD already posted a video bike check of Max’s Courttek, I thought I’d still share a photo breakdown of his extremely dialed Master Courttek build. A perfect mix of commuter and trickster. Full breakdown and gallery in the post!

Also reminder to watch his LA trip edit HERE

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Marco Marquez Master Frameset Closer Look

As we all know, the new Master 2023 frames dropped and are some of the most interesting colorways fixie has seen to date. Oscar Lopez sent over this gallery that gives us a closer look at all the details on Marco’s “GHVST RIDER” colorway plus a look at his current whip. Click into the post for the full gallery and snag a frame here!

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MAX CORCORAN – AUS 2 LA

Traveling 18 hours from Melbourne, Max Corcoran made his way up above to California to ride some bikes with friends. Park, street, and everything in between, Max is a rising star that can do just about everything on his pegless 700c FGFS bike. Showcased in this here video is only a fraction of his talents and I can’t wait to see where he goes from here. It was a pleasure having him around and a pleasure to point a camera at him.

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!