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02 03 14bikeco.com 4 Fixed “MY DAD ALWAYS DOODLED AND HE KEPT A PAD ON HIS DESK. ONE DAY HE DREW THE STRIPE HE WANTED FOR OUR SHOES AND WENT TO OUR PATENT GUY, AN OLD COBBLER FROM BOSTON, AND SHOWED IT TO HIM. HE CALLED IT THE JAZZ STRIPE AND THEY LIKED IT SO HE PUT IT ON THE OLD SKOOL, STYLE 36. THAT WAS OUR FIRST SKATE SHOE THAT HAD LEATHER ON IT AND FIRST CAME OUT IN 77.” –STEVE VAN DOREN ON THE BIRTH OF THE VANS SIDESTRIPE

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6 Fixed PHOTO: Ian Sansom LOCATION: Herne Hill Velodrome, UK

8 Fixed RIDER: Juliet Elliot PHOTO: Sam Hart LOCATION: London, UK

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12 Fixed EDITORIAL May 2009

hings are exciting for fixed gear right We should accept all styles of riding and appreciate now, as new companies are started, the differences. If you don’t like the way others ride, old companies get reinvigorated and it should inspire you to ride in your own way. You can the scene continues to grow. Some take inspiration from anywhere. of the most interesting work is being If you ride fixed you know your foresight is better done on frames – especially frames when you are hacking it down the street through Tfor jumping around on. Bike companies are stepping heavy traffic. There was a point in time that I thought it up: Charge, Milwaukee, FBM, 14 Bike Co, Gorilla, I would never ride brakeless, but sure enough... It Volume and Subrosa are experimenting with designs happened. I have learned to be open and accept to suit the beatings that fixed riders are submitting that anything is possible, maybe not by me, but but their bikes too. John Prolly coined the term 700CMX definitely by someone, somewhere in the not too recently which I love the sound of... But it’s too early distant future. to try to define things. Despite that, it’s time to take a step back and Get inspired! appreciate what’s going on in ALL areas of fixed gear culture. Some people will try to clarify things Andy Ellis by imposing rules... but we shouldn’t listen and February 2009 continue to do whatever we feel like! The most important thing is to ride with others – I 38th Anniversary Limited Edition High Flange Track Hub Set & Custom Sprocket don’t do it as much as I should, which is why I know! Only 100 sets available in Europe . Individually serial numbered . Available in polished silver, black & anodised colour

14 Fixed European enquiries contact: Brick Lane Bikes, London . [email protected] . www.bricklanebikes.co.uk . +44(0) 20 7033 9053 ON THE COVER EMPTY CAR PARKS USED TO BE THE REFUGE OF SKATERS – NOW IT’S OUR TURN. GUS IN LONDON CONTENTS PHOTO: ANDY ELLIS

HERE: SUMMER’S COMING AND THE NIGHTS ARE GETTING SHORTER... HERE’S TO LAZY DAYS AND FUN TIMES! Fixed Magazine issue 3 PHOTO: IAN SANSOM Spring 2009

06 – FRAMES PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE GLOBAL FIXED GEAR SCENE 14 – EDITORIAL MEANDERINGS FROM OUR EDITORIAL MINDSET 20 – HOT AIR LIES, LIES, LIES... AND SOME NEWS 28 – INSTANTS FOOT FETISHISTS REJOICE 30 – DUALITY PARISIAN RIDING BUDDIES DISCUSS THEIR FRIENDSHIP 34 – MOST WANTED NEW PRODUCTS THAT HAVE OUR PULSES RACING 40 – WITH LOVE, FROM ADELAIDE FIXED MAG TAKES A TRIP DOWN UNDER 46 – EUROTRIP NINE IDIOTS ATTEMPT TO BURN THE OLD WORLD DOWN 66 – IMPENDING DOOM SO-CAL’S HOTTEST MOVIE RELEASE UNCOVERED 70 – POSTCARDS FROM VANCOUVER A DAY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, EH? 76 – SPIN TO WIN THE REBIRTH OF ROLLER RACING 78 – PENTABIKE WORSHIP THE DEVIL – FROM YOUR BIKE! 80 – ARTISAN CUSTOM FRAME BUILDER LEE COOPER UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT 82 – FLIP FLOP LONG TIME BIKE AFICIONADO/ARTIST MIKE GIANT SPEAKS 86 – BIKE CHECK A BIKE IS MORE THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS 88 – TRICK TRACK INSIDE THE WORLD’S ONLY FREESTYLE FIXED FORUM

16 Fixed 3618 Fixed HOT AIR Put to the Sword The world’s first European Hard Ever since FBM released their all-American fixed gear frame ‘The Sword’, the question on everybody’s lips Court Bike Polo championships! has been ‘where are the forks?’. FBM have taken their time developing them to the point where they’re 100% happy with the result – and we think it’s time well spent. The new Sword forks are made from the same quality 4130 steel as the frame and are available in five colours – we think they look pretty damn sweet. Check out www.fbmfixed.com for more details.

In the last few years, the popularity of bike polo has submit a proposal were sent to every city in Europe exploded, first in the US before quickly spreading to with the resulting bids being voted on by all concerned bike scenes everywhere. Regular weekly throw-in – London’s bid was accepted and the event will be games are happening in cities around the world, with held over the weekend of 1-2 August 2009, with a full particularly strong scenes in NYC, LA, London, Berlin, tournament as well as side events, parties and other Paris and Karlsruhe. Last year there were a number fun bike stuff. The event is limited to 30 teams with a of tournaments where international teams visited and set number of teams per city (London will only field played hard, but 2009 will see the first ever European four!) – if you’d like to be considered, check out the Hard Court Bike Polo championships! Invitations to website www.ehcbp.org and register your interest! SuperTec... As well as riding Goldtec hubs, Ted has the green light to develop a line of fixed-specific parts that promise to bring a new way of looking at things. We’ve heard about some of the ideas that he has, and they’re interesting to say the least – Ted knows what works, so having a rider of his calibre on board is going to result in some pretty sick gear coming out of England. In other Goldtec news, they’ve recently released a 48 hole version of their famous track hub, aimed at bike polo players and heavy hitting freestyle fixed riders. The custom drilling adds a little to the retail price, Big news from London – SuperTed has left Profile but even so, they’re still a and signed on the dotted line for Goldtec, the UK bargain. www.betd.co.uk based parts manufacturer who have been turning out high quality track and MTB parts for the last 15 years.

20 Fixed HOT AIR Brick Lane Bikes x Bob Jackson

A meeting of minds between two of the bigger names in the UK ﬁxed gear scene, Brick Lane Bikes have recently taken delivery of a small run of collaboration framesets made by the legendary Bob Jackson of Leeds. The frameset is a little tighter than the standard Vigorelli and features a ﬂuted seatpost to get your rear wheel in super tight to the seat tube for increased stiffness in the rear. They’ve also used Paul Component track ends, with micro-adjust chain tugs built in to ensure your drive train is slick and safe and the whole ensemble comes in three custom colourways. A sick, sick collaboration and with the pound being at the weakest it’s been in decades, it’s pure handbuilt English quality at a bargain price – check out www.bricklanebikes.co.uk for more information.

Back to the Future

With the amount of hi-tech doozywhatsits available them at the top of the game. Our favourites are the in the cycling world today, it’s reassuring to see there Concor SuperCorsa in black synthetic suede and are some classics still around – or in the case of San the Regal in white, but the range is wide enough for Marco, reissued. The Italian seat manufacturer has there to be something for everyone. Prices for this seen the demand for their vintage saddles go through handmade Italian craftsmanship are good and what’s the roof in recent years and so has re-released more the saddles are comfortable and look sweet. some of the classic saddles that helped to establish www.sellesanmarco.com

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HOT AIR Halo Aeroage Vans Supercorsa Inspired by the classic Italian racing shoes of the Fixed 60’s, the Vans Supercorsa has just dropped, throughout the world. Featuring the legendary Vans waffle sole for ultimate pedal grip and a perforated leather upper, the Supercorsa look traditional yet EDITORIAL rides like a regular Vans shoe. www.vans.com Ian Sansom- ian@fixed-mag.com Andy Ellis - andy@fixed-mag.com

DESIGN Nick Butterfield nick@fixed-mag.com Steffi Sobotka steffi@fixed-mag.com

Thankfully the days of inexpensive but crappy pre- CONTRIBUTING WRITERS built wheelsets seem to have passed and Halo are Tony Fast, Monique Kawecki, Odge Wong, Ted C the latest company to release a quality wheelset SWRVE James, Louis David, Toma, 401 Rush at a price that means you won’t have to sell a M kidney to get them. CNC machined hubs and CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Y anodised deep section rims are built up using Greg Falski, Dave Essom, Sam Hart, Sven CM a double butted spokes – www.halorims.com Kovac, Monique Kawecki, Tom Oldham, Dave Strunk, JeffLuger, Dustin Klein MY

Fast Friday DVD CY Fixed is published four times a year by Death www.fastfriday.com CMY Trap Publishing and is available free from Sit back, relax selected bike shops around the world K and enjoy one of the most inspiring ADVERTISING bike movies we’ve Please address all advertising enquires to seen this year. ian@ﬁxed-mag.com Fast Friday is a documentary of The opinions expressed in Fixed Mag are not a movement that necessarily those of the editors and publishers. started in Seattle Thanks to everyone who made this possible, you to promote their know who you are. cycling community. Featuring footage Fixed magazine is printed on unbleached 100% from the early days, recycled paper using vegetable oil inks. with a dozen riders at the Cadence warehouse, to the ﬁnal event where more than 100 people showed SWRVE are releasing a new version of their ¾ length up, Fast Friday documents the growth of a movement shorts in a more traditional, summer short length Printed by Calverts and the positive impact it can bring to everyone who is right about now. They’ll be available in both WWR 9/10 The Oval, a part of it. If you’re looking for back to back freestyle and cotton versions, with black or grey in each London E2 9DT bangers, Fast Friday is not your movie, although and should be slightly cheaper than the ¾ version. Tel: +44 (0) 20 7739 1474 there is plenty of trick eye-candy from riders such as With double thickness material to the butt and a Keo and Kia from Seattle. Inspiring beyond words. host of cycle friendly features, these are looking so rad. Roll on summer! www.swrvecycling.com

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HUBS . FRAME DROPOUTS . LOCKRINGS . CRANK SETS . LEVERS . CALIPERS Surly Dingle cog Howies bargains! This looks pretty interesting. Howies clothing have Ever wanted to run two just announced that different gears with the Fixed mag readers will minimum of hassle? The enjoy a 15% discount Surly Dingle is a CNC off all purchases made machined cog that has – to qualify, all you

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Volume just released the new version of the Cutter turn to the Most Wanted pages, but in the meantime, frame that has been setting ﬁxed freestyle world on check out this version in the new bubblegum pink ﬁre in the last few months, with new drop outs and colourway. It’s also available in raw and black, with a few other features to improve things. For a full test white and aqua getting cut. www.volumebikes.com BobbyBobby

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LOOK DOWN. You can tell a bike rider by the wear and tear on their shoes. I’ve been snapping photos of rider’s footwear for a few months and I was pretty surprised at how many people in London opt for clipless pedals. d[m It seems that the type of shoes that people choose to ride in is split pretty much down the middle. Those I]Z who commute a long distance, or work on their bikes favour Sidi’s and clipless pedals (usually Time Atacs), while ﬁxed freestylers, casual riders and newbies opt for skate shoes – Vans in particular thanks to their simple, tough and clip-friendly construction. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter what you ride in, as long as you’re out there having fun. D$;$H$:$YoYb[Yecfkj[h '( Words and photos by Ian Sansom

Distributed in the UK by Moore Large Ltd - [email protected] - www.knog.com.au 28 Fixed DUALITY Riding hard through the streets of Paris, France, Toma and LUIS DAVID & TOMA Luis David describe their friendship

LUIS DAVID TOMA (MAD BROS RECORDS) (CYCLOPE BIKE SHOP) I guess the first thing that comes to my mind when I Luis David. My heart races when I think about the first think about Toma is ‘passion’. This cat eats, drinks, time we met... It was a perfect summer day along the smokes and lives fixed gear, and I respect that a lot. river. His yellow Aerospoke was shining on me like On his bike, he’s kind of always ahead of me; but I sunlight through a deep blue sky. He glanced at me don’t feel competitive – we’re just riding. Even when and then sped off into the sunshine, pulling a super carrying wheels or frames and through traffic, he’s a fast wheelie. I never saw him again, but I’ll never fast motherf*****. But when some car tries to kick me forget that time off the road, I am confident that T is there if there’s a problem. I don’t know if we were born to ride, but we certainly ride with pride

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1. VANS ERA GABE MORFORD 3. CARHARTT HOODIE 5. SMEEAR HAT 7. ARCHIES ADDIE BACK PACK www.vans.com www.carharttstreetwear.com www.smeear.co.uk www.archiesgrobags.co.uk Hands/feet down, the best pair of Vans I’ve worn for World famous for their workwear, Carhartt’s street We love small brands and Smeear are one of our Handmade one at a time, Archies Grobags are a riding yet! Stiffer sole, hard wearing upper and water- line just stepped up with a water resistant hooded favourites. Each cap is hand made in London from one-man operation with the emphasis on getting proof to some degree – if skateboarders caught wind sweatshirt, with a useful phone pocket to the rear. reclaimed and/or recycled materials and is tailored the right bag for your needs. The all new Addie of how tough these are... damn, there’d be none left. Made from 100% cotton, the material has been a little more stylishly than the average cycling hat. backpack helps spread heavy loads across both I hope Vans keep producing them, or at least change treated with a waterproofing agent to keep you Smeear hats are well thought out, with touches like shoulders, making it more versatile for those who the colours up for next season. Gabe knew what he dry in light showers. The phone pocket features a reflective materials under the brim of some of the use their bike for everything. Clever use of materials was doing when he specced these out! – Andy waterproof zip to keep the worst of the weather and pieces. It’s hard to say what will be in stock with means that it packs down small for day to day use, they’ve resisted the urge to go overboard with the Smeear at any one time, as the materials change but expands to huge proportions when you need the 2. CONDOR HUBS logos. Good work! – Ian based on what they can get their hands on, so the extra space. Incredible quality and attention to detail www.condorcycles.com best thing is to check out the website – Ian in one of the best bags we’ve ever seen – Ian Condor Cycles on Grays Inn Road have been serving 4. CHARGE DISH WHEELS the London cycling community for more than 60 www.chargebikes.com 6. CADENCE SACE 8. KNOG BEETLE LIGHT years. Newly released are their economy track hubs, I always steer clear of wheels I haven’t built myself, www.cadenceclothing.net www.knog.com a high flange unslotted hub with sealed bearings, but these Charge Dish have been on my bike for I didn’t need the Sace pouch, but it’s so well made Knog have recently added the Beetle light to their which are very reminiscent of Gran Compes. These three months and they’re still in perfect shape. The that I just wanted it – I didn’t think I’d actually use ever-popular line – a twin LED light with twice the roll exceptionally smoothly and the build quality is rims are slightly wide than a normal rim which means it... Then one day I headed out for a ride with just a brightness and four different modes – constant, fast just great at this price point. We’ve been rolling on that you can run bigger tyres if you choose, yet can camera and a few tools and the pouch was a perfect flash, slow flash and alternate, which gives you an them for hundreds of miles and have nothing but still fit 23’s should you want the speed. I went for the size, so I gave it a go and now I use it everyday. I’m option for most situations. The Beetle has no brack- good things to say. A full range of colours means polished versions because it looks as though there’s sure that you could get a pretty comprehensive small ets to ruin the lines of your bike and the amount of that you’ll be able to build a set of low cost wheels no braking surface for a cleaner fnish. 32 hole rims, tool kit in there, or maybe even 80 tea bags... – Andy light they put out is surprising, plenty enough to be that you can rely on – Ian sealed bearings and a great price, too. I’ll let you seen from several hundred metres away – we can’t know if and when they break! - Andy recommend them enough – Ian

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9. HOWIES MERINO 11. VELOCITY DEEP V’S 13. HALO TWIN RAIL COURIER TYRE 15. PROFILE FIXED HUBS www.howies.co.uk www.velocitywheels.com www.halorims.com www.profilefixed.com Merino, let me count the ways that I love thee... There’s no need to tell you how stiff, strong and The problem with lots of the coloured tyres available I have been riding the Profile track hubs hard and Nature’s gift to the bike rider comes in the form of pretty much indestructible Deep V’s are for every day is that they’re more intended to look good than work they are super solid with no slipping in the dropouts this light weight and fine wool that can woven into a riding on the street. OK, they’re not the lightest rims well – but we’re greedy and don’t see why you can’t at all. They feel really smooth and roll forever, which material that come close in feel to a t shirt. Merino in the world, but you can’t have it all. Velocity have have both. The Twin Rail Courier tyre uses Halo’s helps make them a truly excellent hubset. Look out keeps you warm when it’s cold, cool when it’s hot recently worked out a method for applying graphics well-proven twin ridges of extra rubber for added for more colours popping up, and the double fixed and works to transport sweat away from your body to the rims, which has meant the already large range wear resistance and puncture protection. There’s hubs available now. The lockring supplied is twice the as you exercise. As a bonus you can wear it for days just got bigger. Velocity Deep V’s are available in also layer of puncture resistant material under the thickness of most others so you can tighten it with no before you begin to notice that no one wants to sit 650c and 700c, and with a variety of drilling options tyre and a tough 120tpi casing, plus a reasonable fear. Light enough for the track, yet strong enough for next to you. The Tripster polo shirt is the one to wear to make sure you get the perfect set up – Ian price tag – Ian tricks with 28, 32, or 36 hole drilling – SuperTed when you ride your bike to the pub as the days get longer. Check it out at www.howies.co.uk – Ian 12. NARI FURI 14. OU RY GRIPS 16. SWRVE www.narifuri.com www.ouryusa.com www.swrve.com 10. BERN BAKER HELMET Fresh out of Japan comes Nari Furi, a streetwear/ Made with pride in the USA, Oury grips were We love this company, who combine an ethical www.bernunlimited.com bike brand who’s product look just as good off the originally intended for the BMX and mountain bike stance on manufacture with equipment designed to First of all, I don’t wear usually wear helmets but I bike as on. Less than two years old, Nari Furi is markets, but it wasn’t long before fixed gear riders work well on your bike and look good at the same made an exception with this one because it’s light, making an impact at home in Japan and increas- noticed their benefits – soft, yet chunky rubber time. The Milwaukee hooded jacket has been an protective and it looks good. I know I should wear ingly in other countries too. Everything is designed to that absorbs the impacts of street riding and were indispensable piece of equipment, with it’s water and them more, but I wear this when I jump down some work on a bike with nicely thought out ideas such as durable enough to last for ages. OK, the huge range windproof softshell material, and a full zip, adjustable stuff, which is not very often. It’s comfortable with a phone pockets on the right hand chest for easy ac- of colours probably helped out as well, but there’s no hood and handy pockets to the rear to carry your on sweet design tha manages to avoid making me look cess when you’re riding with a messenger bag. Well denying their high quality and low cost. bike essentials. One of the best pieces of cycling kit like Toady from Mario Kart, which is a bonus – Skelly made and with a great fit, we like! – Ian Recommended – Ian I’ve ever owned – Ian

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38 Fixed WWW.CONDORCYCLES.COM HOME TO THE TOUR DOWN UNDER, BEAUTIFUL BEACHES AND THE BEST VINEYARDS IN THE WORLD, THE (NOT SO) QUIET CITY ALSO HAS AN EMERGING TRACK BIKE SCENE... BY MONIQUE KAWECKI. ith flat roads and benign PHOTO: SVEN KOVAC weather, there is no reason not to pedal in Adelaide, Australia. Still, I was so !$%, &ROM surprised to come back to my hometown and Wfind a thriving fixed gear scene. We have it all – organised alleycats, carpark races, and Tuesday Night Rides are all what bring the community together, plus a beer or four in the mix! Man, there is even Sunday Polo going on. One of the smallest cities in Australia, we still represent hard. The riders here kill it like anywhere in the world – just without the ego. I’m no longer surprised when the Tuesday Night Rides are on – even when its 40 degrees centigrade outside. And although it is compulsory to wear a helmet – and thats across the country – no one is worried about helmet- hair, except for me. That’s the mentality of most riders – and it makes all the more fun riding here.

! It’s a little different to riding in other parts of the world like Paris or London. Our city is fairly small (quality not quantity!), we have In Full Gear long, straight roads and summer temperatures can rise to 46 degrees centigrade – where the air gets dry and you can cook an egg on the )$% concrete in a few minutes – and yes, I’ve tried it! With a slightly smaller population than the other states in Australia, the ﬁxed gear community here is tight and the vibe is great. It is always exciting to see a new bike ride past you on the street. Everyone tends to get involved, so chances are you will know that person within a few weeks. The crew get together for all kinds of events, and there is amazing support from stores like Crumpler, Area 101 and North Adelaide Cycles. In the past few months, there has been the Mash Dash for Cash car park race, the Ride Hard Photographic Exhib and also a Council of Doom screening. Not to mention the recent National Track Championship at the Superdrome. And its not like there is a lack of places to ride, some you just need to ﬁnd…

40 Fixed 350%2$2/-% #"$ &2%3(!)2 Often forgotten by urban cyclists, Adelaide is home The city in general is a great place to ride. The We also have the most amazing beaches – blue to the largest wooden Velodrome in the Southern layout of the CBD is in a grid, so that makes it pretty skies, clear ocean and white sand – yes, the Hemisphere. Designed by track specialist Ron Webb, hard to loser your way but easy to discover new postcard was right. A ride along the esplanade at the Adelaide Superdrome at Gepps Cross plays host shortcuts. The traffic isn’t hectic – our peak hour isn’t Brighton beach at 9pm – sunset – is the hot tip. The to a lot of events – both national and international. nearly as bad as off-peak in London, but the main sky is filled with pink and purple haze whilst the Fridays are come-and-try nights, so that is the night roads do get congested which makes weaving your smell of the ocean intoxicates you. And a dip in the to go if you want to scope it out. That’s exactly way through to the other city of the city more fun. ocean afterward is a given. It’s priceless. what a friend and I did and damn, it was good. We The Hindley Street carpark is also great for riding. couldn’t resist checking out the basement brimming Once you get up the six levels, the rooftop is great &//$,)15/2 with track bikes, some new and some vintage. for chilling out, practising tricks and enjoying the Starting (and/or finishing) any ride is best executed It is an amazing sight. BT’s everywhere, Bianchi, view. And if the city fumes get too much, a ride on with a drink at the Exeter, whilst the Austral is also Malvern Star, Cinelli, you name it – they are all the River Torrens is only a few minutes away. good for a pale ale. Both are on Rundle St – also there. The atmosphere is electric. And that’s before the best spot in town to perfect the art of people- you get onto your bike. Although the riders at the (!.').'/54 watching. On the same street lies Vego & Lov’nit, the ‘drome are serious about their sport, they are fairly Tuesday Nights are organized by Jolan (myspace. vegetarian eatery with the best vegetarian lasagne approachable. com/adelaidefixedgear). These rides can take us you will ever have. I can never go past Sushi Train anywhere, and suggestions for new routes are on Gouger Street. The service, food and green tea PHOTO: SVEN KOVAC %$7!2$34/7.6%,,9 always welcome. The usual riders are unpretentious, (free!) is always just what I’m after. Still, being away The outdoor velly at Edwardstown circles the football fast and always good for a laugh. Alleycats are for two years I have a lot to catch-up on. The locals oval there, is made from bitumen and not very steep mainly organised by Push the Envelope Bike know where its at. So I caught up with someone who at all. It is just a short ride from the city to get there Messenger Assoc. and 517151K Dan Kouriah and he knows Adelaide inside out – Dan Kouriah, ADL FIXT and it’s a nice ride through suburbia. always manages to find new routes in the CBD. DONGORGON, to find out more about the rise and rise of fixed in our city of Radelaide...

PHOTO: MONIQUE KAWECKI PHOTO: SVEN KOVAC

42 Fixed event, every second person is on two wheels – which is great – as the it brings awareness and encourages people to cycle. The government has (apparently) put a lot of money into making our city more cycle friendly, although I think it is the drivers who are not aware. 7(!4!2%9/524(/5'(43 )+./79/5535!,,94%,, 4(%-7(!49/54().+ $!. Drivers see us as an inconvenience. Make eye contact as you would with a rabid dog and maintain your legal right as an (ecologically sustainable) road $!. 9/5´6%"%%.2)$).' user. Yes, it’s freaky when the Tour Down Under is on &/2&/2%6%2./7 7(),34 & cars suddenly start respecting cyclist’s right of way +/52)!( (for a week, anyway) because they don’t want to run 47%.499%!23/&4(!4(!3 over some famous rider! "%%.053().'0!2#%,3&/2 !33´/,%3(/7,/.'/&4(!4 7(%2%$/9/53%%&)8%$'%!2 (!3"%%./.&)8%$'%!2 2)$).').4(%&5452% My buddy Jesus Walrus returned from CMWC I see the thrill of bicycle riding and general dawning Budapest 2001 UBER-hyped about trackbikes and of commuting logic becoming more & more apparent later that year after snapping another pursuit frame as obnoxious commercial media uses desperate PHOTO: SVEN KOVAC I traded some parsley for a mate’s trackbike. The tactics to sell their ridiculous petrol-based vehicles. frame was WAY too big for me & after six months Of course fixed riding embodies this thrill. My 50:14 I had totally killed the rear wheel, what with R&D ratio may scale down, though – it’s way more likely adjusting my bunnyhopping technique. I kept killing I’ll get my Piorelly happening soon. roadbikes until I won my orange Velocity wheels at ACMC 2006 then grabbed an ancient Paconi and Extra large ups to *ukJOSH193 *SHINO-ICHIBAN its been on like Donkey Kong ever since. Many *SUPERMIKE *nycSQUID&AMY *ausMACKA *ALL couriers are forced to slap a brake on their whips as PSYKLISS Kouriah KerbMonkeyz onelove* Sweet their employer demands, unfortunately. Our weather blud FLEXXORZ extremities will affect your tyre pressure, too – one day will be super hot and dry, then when a cool RIDE MORE change comes, you’ll find your tyres are soggy! With such a relaxed attitude, plenty of spots to check out and people to ride with, Adelaide is 7(!4!2%3/-%/&4(%"%34 definitely a city to make tracks in. 4().'3!"/542)$).'&)8%$ !.$).!$%,!)$% Fixed is bike and rider in harmony. Adelaide’s CBD grid layout maze is just like a game of Pacman, complete with bonus fruit at the Central Markets on Gouger Street. The best spots to ride in Adelaide are Edwardstown Velly, Greenhill Road Summit, &/2-/2%).&/'/ Superdrome at Gepps Cross (indoor 250m, wood 30!#%#/- surface, 43° bank) and Linear Park. Fixed fever has 4/-9 caught on in the southern reaches of Down Under. When Adelaide is home to the Tour Down Under, it !$%,!)$%&)8%$'%!2 looks as if every rider is lycra-clad. Right after the /2*534'//',%

44 Fixed 3/-%'%4/.)4 t began, as most things do, with a spark. Fixed Gear London were invited to attend the Bright skate tradeshow in Frankfurt, Germany, to help spread the word of ﬁxed gear. The Suburbs crew, representing IParis, also got the call, so we decided to pool our resources and travel together. With Paris and Frankfurt already on the itinerary, it made sense to try and ﬁt in some other spots en-route and before we knew it, we were planning a full-blown road trip.

46 Fixed What really turns a spark into a flame is the fuel you add. The internet and movies such MASH-INSPIRED HILL BOMBING as Bootleg Sessions has brought fame to IN THE WOODLAND AROUND WUPPERTAL, GERMANY riders like Superted from London and Tom PHOTO: IAN SANSOM LaMarche and Tony Fast, two incredible Philadelphians with totally different, but equally rad, riding styles. We mentioned the trip to them and before we could say ‘hell yeah!’ they had booked their flights and we were counting down the days. The crew was to be SuperTed, Andypancake, Odge Wong, Tom Lamarche, Tony Fast, Pouya Kamali, Ian Sansom, Greg Falski (photographer) and Myriam Gervais (filmer) – an amazing group of people...

LONDON PART ONE BY ANDYPANCAKE Tom and Tony had never even been to London before, let alone France or Germany. They arrived at the brand new Heathrow Terminal 5 two days before we were due to leave for Europe to get some riding done in the city of London. Tom was the ﬁrst person to get hold of the new Charge Scissor frameset that Ted had a hand in designing and the Philadelphians both built up their bikes in a matter of minutes. Swear down... it was that quick. Bagels were eaten every day from the world famous shop on Brick Lane. There’s just nothing else in London that is as cheap or tasty and with our minimal budget, it became a focus for our eating habits. That night we went on a ride to Southbank, a legendary skate spot and it was amazing to see Tom and Tony ride in real life, not just on Bootleg sessions or internet clips! I can’t believe the stuff they had down – it made us want to ride so much and it was good to have some fresh and different input. We got up late the next day to ride the new curves of the redesigned Stockwell skatepark, before heading to Wandsworth roundabout (famous as a BMX spot and as the location for a scene in Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece ‘A Clockwork Orange’. “WITH PARIS AND FRANKFURT ALREADY ON THE ITINERARY, IT Tom and Ted’s BMX backgrounds shone through as they consistently threw down new and stylish tricks. MADE SENSE TO TRY AND FIT IN SOME OTHER SPOTS EN-ROUTE AND Soon it was time to leave London and immerse ourselves in the culture of foreign BEFORE WE KNEW IT, WE WERE PLANNING A FULL BLOWN ROAD TRIP” lands. We pulled out all the stops on the transport front and got ourselves a pimped

48 Fixed 2000 MILES OF DRIVING TAKES IT OUT OF YOU. ODGE, ONE OF THE TWO DRIVERS, CATCHES ZZZ’S PHOTO: GREG FALSKI

out van that is normally used by bands on British culinary delight that is the Scotch Egg tour who need a secure loading area and – breaded sausage meat wrapped around a room for plenty of people – just like us. With boiled egg. He didn’t know whether to eat it, nine seats, a DVD player, Playstation and two juggle with it or throw it overboard. Soon we TV screens, plus a huge loading area that were motoring through France, paying road would ultimately swallow thirteen bikes and tolls every 20 miles or so and a few hours later everyone’s gear for the week, we were rolling arrived on the outskirts of Paris. We hooked deep and an our way to the ferry terminal. up with the Suburbs crew at a clothing

PARIS BY IAN SANSOM After a journey to a 24-hour supermarket “WE PULLED OUT ALL THE STOPS ON THE where we stocked up on all manner of road food, we were set to go. England, being part of an island, is an expensive pain in the ass TRANSPORT FRONT AND RENTED A PIMPED to leave, involving a two-hour ferry crossing, or boarding a train for the high speed 25-mile OUT VAN THAT IS NORMALLY USED BY journey under the English Channel on the Eurotunnel. The tunnel is really expensive but BANDS ON TOUR WHO NEED A SECURE the ferry is cheaper – guess which one we ended up on? Tony, being a pussy, felt sick LOADING AREA AND ROOM FOR PLENTY OF the moment we pulled away from the shore, HERE WIDE BARS, BIG TYRES AND even though the sea was as ﬂat as a mirror, PEOPLE – JUST LIKE US” BMXINSPIRED TRICKS FROM TOM so he noisily and messily made himself sick PHOTO: GREG FALSKI over the railings. Tom got introduced to the

50 Fixed ABOVE MCDONALDS MEANT CHEAP FOOD “WE HEADED TO WANDSWORTH ROUNDABOUT, FAMOUS AS BOTH AND FREE INTERNET PHOTO: IAN SANSOM A BMX SPOT AND A LOCATION FOR A SCENE IN STANLEY KUBRICK’S RIGHT WANDSWORTH ROUNDABOUT, LONDON TOOK A HAMMERING MASTERPIECE ‘A CLOCKWORK ORANGE” PHOTO: GREG FALSKI store called Pigalle and spent a couple of – some ended up at Nordine’s (who had spent hours excitedly riding around city. Paris most of the last year living in London), others is unusual, as it seems to go to sleep at at Laura’s, and the rest slept in the van. ten pm and traffic levels drop to almost Day two in the city of lovers dawned nothing, which means you’re free to ride overcast and grey, so we headed to a the streets as much as you like – awesome. McDonalds to use the internet and get our fix We rode to the Eiffel Tower and all around of caffeine to wake up. Our destination for the the back streets, sessioning a few spots day was the globe spot in the north of the city, along the way. We were taken to a series a part-sculpture, part-skate spot that featured of flat banks with a good sized gap that in Ted’s part of the Bootleg Sessions 2 movie. Tom cleared first go, much to our host’s It’s a mini sized bowl, with a huge curved surprise – apparently no one had tried wallride that goes over vert, which makes it it on a fixed before, yet Tom rolled up perfect to carve around and air out of, which and did it like it was no thing. With our the boys set about doing right right away. budget of next to nothing, the deal was Before long a huge range of tricks were that we’d split up and sleep wherever getting done – Ted pulled a toboggan and the Suburbs crew had room for us wheel grab, before getting a bunny hop out

52 Fixed SEQUENCE WITH GNARLY PARISIAN KIDS LOOKING ON, TOM SLAYS THE GLOBE SPOT PHOTO: GREG FALSKI

54 Fixed HERE TONY FAST DODGES THE DROOGS AT WANDSWORTH ROUNDABOUT PHOTO: GREG FALSKI

HERE ‘OK, I GIVE UP... WHERE ARE ZE BRAKES?’ WUPPERTAL, GERMANY PHOTO: IAN SANSOM

of the bowl to one handed wheelie around it and back in, but then things got silly as Tom 4am I heard someone trying to break into the threw barspins, before upping the ante with a back, before seeing their ugly mugs pressed huge 360 out of the bowl. against the window, checking if there was With only a short time in Paris and so anything worth stealing. A quick kick on the much to do, we had to pack a lot into one glass and they realised that someone was day, so after eating it was time to roll with inside so they legged it as fast as possible. Suburbs and the Pignon Fixe crew. They Ted? He slept through the whole thing... took us to a covered shopping centre that was alive with skaters, flatland BMXers and FRANKFURT BY ODGE WONG confused pedestrians but very quickly things We left Paris and drove for what seemed like developed into a session with Tony killing the forever before we arrived in Frankfurt. We flatland and Ted and Tom getting stuck in, headed towards Tobi from the clothing store too. Next was a long ride across the city to a Azita and Susie’s apartment, who had kindly housing estate that has the most incredible agreed to nine of us sharing their living room flat bank architecture, a sick spot but with with Dexter, their dog. While driving through twenty or more riders, we didn’t last long the city it became apparent from the night before getting kicked out so we headed skyline, towering skyscrapers and modern back to the middle of the city. Despite being architecture that the city was every inch the “AS WE UNLOADED OUR VAN, AN OFF-DUTY one of the major cities in Europe, Paris is financial center of Europe it is famed to be. geographically pretty small and takes less This made us even more eager to park up the POLICEMAN WARNED US THAT WE WERE than 30 minutes to ride across – a lot of van and get on our bikes. Our legs needed culture is crammed into a small area and we the stretch and so we were off attacking the BEING WATCHED AND THAT WE COULD GET wished we had more time to explore. Ted and streets, sessioning a few spots but retired after I slept in the van that night; he promised me a couple of hours. FINED IF WE WERE THINKING OF RIDING OUR he was a light sleeper and would wake up if Thanks to it’s excellent transport links, there was any trouble. Sure enough, about Frankfurt hosts many international trade BRAKELESS BIKES DOWN THAT BIG HILL”

56 Fixed of the coping. When we found our way to the fixed gear fairs which was why we went area we noticed there was a flatbank setup in there. – to attend the Bright skateboard Stoked! It needed a lick of fresh paint but after it dried tradeshow. We made our way we all sessioned that bank fully. Bunny-hops, wall rides, to the venue in the old police bunnyhop 180s, Tony’s bar-spins and SuperTed’s bunnyhop headquarters, which is only no-handers were going down the first day, but soon used for the tradeshow these Tom got bunnyhop 360s and bunnyhop barspins on the days, so the rooms and interiors flatbank. I’m guessing you’ve seen the video by Renaud of only change with the new Suburbs doing the rounds on the blogs, but if you haven’t, installations from companies track it down because it’s sick. Ian and I also had a little attending each time. Bright flat session and both got bunnyhop bar-spins – super had invited us to set up an area stoked with that. Ian’s front wheel was looking a little worse dedicated to fixed gear bikes for wear afterwards – with ripples around the spoke holes and were to share the space – ruined. with the Suburbs Crew of Paris. The next day was mainly spent exposing fixed On the third floor of the building gear bikes and culture to the visitors. Predominantly a was a wooden bowl with cradle skateboarding and streetwear event, it was pleasantly corner and we knew we had to surprising how much this industry already knew about get there before all the skaters fixed gear bikes and our crew. Later in the afternoon while turned up. It was rad! Really some of us went to see the screening of “Beautiful Losers” tight on a fixed gear bike the others went out to ride some street, with Pouya taking but we managed to session us to some famous skate spots. Tom hopped a huge gap it for an hour or so, carving from one grind block to the other at Bockenheimer, a up pretty much over 90° – on BIG BANKS AND GENERATORS SUPERTED’S BMX EXPERIENCE famous street spot with banks and ledges, while SuperTed EQUALS A FUN TIME FOR ODGE AT WANDSWORTH PAYS OFF ON the full pipe corner bowl and WONG IN GERMANY HIS 700C did a sprocket grind to 180 out on the same grind block. Tony was getting barspins out PHOTO: GREG FALSKI PHOTO: GREG FALSKI “THIS TRIP WAS ONE OF THOSE SUPER SPECIAL TIMES THAT WE’RE GOING TO REMEMBER FOREVER. IT WAS AWESOME TO GET SUCH A TIGHT CREW AND TRAVEL EUROPE TOGETHER, JUST TO HAVE FUN ON OUR BIKES”

On our way back to Bright, SuperTed pulled knew we had to get out and do some more an insanely fast sprocket grind on ledge that filming. We had been told about a school sits horizontal next to five steps. The drop off in a nearby town and eventually grouped was big! That evening we decided to join together to drive there in the van. It was a dinner party from the hosts of Bright, and really cold, icy and pitch black, but luckily found ourselves eating a free buffet-styled we brought a generator and after climbing a dinner and necking plenty of free alcohol. few fences and setting up the lights we were As the evening progressed, everyone started exposed to this amazing school playground. to get loose and moved to the dance floor, It has to be one of the best spots I’ve seen, especially Tom with his unique fist-clenching with banks and transitions everywhere. At style. Although a bit drunk, we moved to first we concentrated on one big bank on the another party at the Robert Johnson club corner closest to where we entered, but we in nearby Offenbach, the ride there was soon adapted to the darkness and ventured awesome as we were in a fifteen plus group to the other end of the playground where riding in the dark alongside the River there was a square bowl with banks on the

NO FOOTED AIR TO FAKIE AT THE TED SUDDENLY REMEMBERED THAT Main. I don’t know how we managed to outside. They were quite steep, so at ﬁrst it MOST FUN SCHOOL YOU’LL NEVER HE HADN’T TIGHTENED HIS FRONT ride the same route home, but we made in was difﬁcult to negotiate. Nevertheless it was ATTEND – FRANKFURT, GERMANY WHEEL PROPERLY PHOTO: GREG FALSKI PHOTO: GREG FALSKI unharmed. the some of the most fun I have had in one On Sunday, our last day at Bright, we session. Nordine was getting radical and

58 Fixed brakeless bikes down that big hill. He was until my bike finally ended up in pieces, pretty friendly, so we decided to be subtle to completely unrideable. Tom was getting out reach the long arm of the law. I’d had an some sick nose wheelies on a block, too. crash in Paris and pretty much broken my We met up with Mike Emde, the BMX team bike, so I got out the duct tape to bandage manager for Carhartt, so he could show us my down tube, hoping that it would last to the around his city. He has owns a BMX shop bottom of the hill at least. Bombing that hill called The Local Face, which we checked was a rush and we re-ran the lower section to out and it was amazing. There were so many film a couple of shots, before riding through great spots to hit, but not enough time to ride the town centre and ending at a square full them all – we were due on the ferry in a few of ledges. I managed to film some grinds hours and there was just too much to see. First, Mike took us to a really good snake run, a relic from the 70’s era of skateboarding where Tom spotted a gap from a berm, dropping down to land on steep slope. He went for it, but ran into a giant rock at full speed on the run out, flipping over his bars and somehow managing to miss landing on a steel fence – it would have been very bad news if he had. Luckily, he got away with no injuries at all but his frame had taken all the force of impact and was destroyed. Neither Tom or I had bikes to ride and to be honest, we were a little tired, despite how rad Wuppertal getting some big bunny-hops on the steep Wuppertal by SuperTed was. Lots of amazing banks, something he hadn’t tried before. I had heard a lot about Wuppertal and how riding had already The next morning we had to pack down the city was covered in amazing spots – it happened, and with and leave for the journey home. We had sounded like heaven. It had been a long and the trip coming to timed it so that we would have just enough hard trip and I for one was super tired and an end, we decided time to visit the city of Wuppertal on the way aching and some of the bikes were broken, – it’s probably the most famous BMX spot in too. When we arrived, we found the town was Europe as the city seems to have been built located in a valley, so we drove up a long for bikes, and seeing as is was only a short hill to find an amazing view across the city THAT PAGE THE AZITA BANK AT BRIGHT WAS diversion on our trip home, we figured it was below. We decided that we had to bomb the SESSIONED ALL WEEKEND worth a flying visit. hill but as we unloaded the bikes from our PHOTO: GREG FALSKI van, an off-duty policeman warned us that THIS PAGE we were being watched and that we could AN EXPENSIVE SPROCKET GRIND IN FRANKFURT’S FINANCIAL DISTRICT get fined if we were thinking of riding our PHOTO: GREG FALSKI

60 Fixed but stayed and watched the locals going off, doing big ﬂairs and whips, which was pretty cool. We then went for what I thought was the best meal of the trip. Mike took us to a kebab shop and sorted us out with some tasty wraps. I was hungry and totally broke, so the food felt amazing. Thanks Mike! We just about had time to dash the four hours back to the ferry port and our journey back to England.

Return to London – by Tony Fast. There hasn’t really been that much time to type the epic story of mine and Tom’s adventure through Europe with the Fixed Gear London blokes. We are on the ﬁnal leg of our journey back to London: broken, bruised, and with some incredible memories. Some are blurry from booze-sodden escapades and gut wrenching laugher. At this point, I cant even recount all the cities and borders I have crossed , but I wouldn’t doubt that the trail of farts emanating from the van would make it quite easy to ﬁnd my way back. Some of the things that stand out for me from this trip are... throwing bread rolls at passing cars in Paris, SuperTed drunk and passed out, Tom getting the Euro dance bug and totally going off in a rave club for two hours, waiting for the other slow poke assholes to stop jerking each other off and get on the road every morning, driving, driving, driving, driving, driving, smoking muthafucking hash in Paris, Eating bagels, making everywhere we went smell like ass, Odge painting the ramp in some weird pants, drinking beers, eating shitty German food and having to stop being a vegetarian in SUPERTED, WELL OVERVERT IN A order to survive, having the best birthday of BOWL DESIGNED FOR WHEELS A TENTH OF THE SIZE my life when we got back to London and then PHOTO: GREG FALSKI crying because we had to leave the next day.

just to scope out the city for a return visit in the summer. Mike took us to the most amazing skatepark we’d ever seen. There was smooth wood everywhere – even the ﬂooring! The ramp setup was really cool with a good size jump box and spine and a nice big wallride. RIGHT The most amazing part was the wooden bowl SOME PEOPLE JUST MAKE IT ALL LOOK TOO EASY – BIG GAP IN in a separate room – a bowl with a spine FRANKFURT and two wallrides – we didn’t ride the park, PHOTO: IAN SANSOM

62 Fixed THE END? This trip was one of those super special times that we’re going to remember forever. It was awesome to get such a tight crew and travel Europe together, just to have fun on our bikes. It was great to see the riding from Tom, Tony and SuperTed. The guys from Suburbs were really cool it was good hang with them. Greg and Miriam did a good job capturing all the action on and off he bikes. We’ve been bitten by the road trip bug, but what’s next? There’s rumours ﬂoating around now of an East Coast USA trip set to take place in September and featuring many of the same crew. Watch this space for developments.

THANKS None of this would have been possible ANOTHER FIRST ON THIS TRIP, BUNNY without all the sponsors helping us out. HOP BARSPIN TO FAKIE, SLIDER TO Thanks to Carhartt, Vans, Continental, NOSE MANNY OUT – SICK, TOM!

Tokyoﬁxedgear, Red Bull, Streetwear Today, PHOTO: GREG FALSKI Azita, 14 Bike Co and the Bright trade show.

64 Fixed impending doom SOCAL’S NEWEST FIXED GEAR MOVIE IS HERE...

As scenes emerge through the world, focussed individuals are documenting their growth and bringing them to the wider fixed gear community. Jeff Schmidt from Council of Doom has done just that and now the movie is on release. “I WHOLE HEARTEDLY BELIEVE IN THE POSITIVE POWER FM: Tell us a little about the film and how it Then in January, he starts sending me ripping was made footage, and I offered him a spot on the team. OF CYCLING, AND IT WOULD BE LOVELY TO SEE MORE JS: We filmed in Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, I’ve still yet to meet him in person... It kind of PEOPLE GET OUT OF THEIR CARS FOR BIKES AND TO Laguna Beach, Dana Point, Long Beach, San bums me out, because I know that he’s a really Pedro, Los Angeles, Santa Ana and Mammoth great kid. DO SOMETHING POSITIVE WITH THEIR LIVES.” Mountain. Filming lasted from late December ‘07 to late July ‘08. We were filming almost up FM: What were some of the difficulties as- until the moment we released it. I think we sociated with making a bike movie? finished editing the night before the RVCA JS: Time was a major constraint. We had set premiere. a premiere date before we were anywhere near completing the movie. In the end, this FM: How did you select the riders? Are they all was a motivation to get everything done in a friends or did you hear about them through timely fashion, but we were filming three days the grapevine? a week for almost eight months. Tricks take a JS: Doom had always been a close group of long time to get down on film. We could spend friends. Nick and I lived with each other before, an hour on two seconds of footage. The most and throughout, production. I got in touch with challenging thing for me was capturing riding the Kolture Vultures in early summer after I saw shots. We rarely had access to a car, and their first trailer on T-Rex, and realised that couldn’t afford a scooter, so a large part of it they lived around me. We went out five or six was filmed one-handed or with a super ghetto times, and the rest is history. Torey has the best bicycle helmet cam rig. There was a ton of trial story. I had been getting emails from him for and error throughout the movie given that we over a year before we were filming – little stuff had no filming or editing backgrounds – it was like how to trackstand or about bike parts, etc. a serious DIY production, but I believe that it ultimately works. THE PICTURES BRING THE MESSAGE – ON SET DURING PRODUCTION OF THE MOVIE 66 Fixed PHOTO: COUNCIL OF DOOM ONE OF THE FIRST FIXED GEAR MOVIES, DOOM IS HELPING TO BUILD THE PATH FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW PHOTOS: COUNCIL OF DOOM

FM: Where do you see this ﬁxed thing going? Do you think it’s going to get huge? “IT’S A REALLY EXCITING TIME IN MY LIFE- JS: Let’s face it, to many people, a track bike I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD GET TO TRAVEL is the new handbag – I feel like a dick saying that, but that seems to be the reality where I JUST FOR RIDING.“ live. I whole heartedly believe in the positive power of cycling, and it would be lovely to see more people get out of their cars for bikes and to do something positive with their lives. You really can do anything on these bikes, so I think they have a broad appeal to someone looking to try something new. Ultimately, I think that the scene needs to ditch the elitist element and adopt a more egalitarian approach to new riders in order to keep growing.

FM: What’s next for Doom? JS: We’ve just started to work on a 20 minute short for internet/BFF release this summer. We’re going to be filming in India for a full-length documentary with Bastien Lattanzio in the early summer, and then we’ll leave for a brakeless- fixed trip from OC to NYC in late summer, depending on us getting the budget together. Till then, we’ll keep touring the first movie, and promoting that as much as possible. It’s a really exciting time in my life – I never thought that I would get to travel just for riding. We’ve gotten to meet a host of rad people, and look forward to a future of seeing of the world from the saddle of our bikes. THANKS!

68 Fixed www.councilofdoombc.blogspot.com WHEN AND WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO START SELLING PENTABIKE PRODUCTS? The logo sat dormant E:CI67>@: for around 15 years, and then resurfaced in limited WWW.685PENTABIKE.BLOGSPOT.COM quantities through a local courier/entrapaneur as THERE ARE SOME IMAGES THAT JUST WORK. WHEN DAVE STRUNK FIRST well as a mutual friend. DREW THE PENTABIKE IMAGE IN 1991, LITTLE DID HE KNOW THAT IT I was surprised to see it WOULD SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD, ENDING UP AS T-SHIRT DESIGNS, again, and wanted to do STENCILS AND EVEN TATTOOS. something more with it. I can honestly say that TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOUR BIKE RIDING Back in those days, I didn’t really need inspiration if it wasn’t for my great HISTORY. to do anything. I was spending too much time in friend Stevil at Swobo, I rode BMX bikes in my youth. I had a killer PK elevators as a courier and needed something to do none of this would even Ripper in 1982, moved out of my parents house with my hands. I’m a fidgety kind of guy by nature. be up for discussion. He when I was 17 and by the age of 18 I already had has been instrumental in two shitty road bikes and my first mountain bike. HAD YOU THOUGHT OF MIXING THE getting me off my ass. My friend Mark and I rode all over the city and the PENTAGRAM AND BIKE IMAGES BEFOREHAND, foothills outside of Denver, CO... Of course, we didn’t OR WAS IT JUST SPUR OF THE MOMENT? THOSE SOCKS LOOK have cars, so it was all pedal power. I’ve always had a fondness for the varied adverse DOPE! T’S AND SO ON ARE PRETTY EASY TO WHAT’S NEXT FOR PENTABIKE reactions people would give when they saw MAKE, BUT SOCKS? WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO All I can say is that we have a killer product being WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO COME UP WITH THE something ‘controversial’, like an iron cross or and START MAKING THEM? prototyped at this very moment that will hopefully PENTABIKE IMAGE? ARE YOU A METALHEAD? upside down star. The design started just as a star Thanks! Michael at Sock have a welcome Metal? Well, I guess you could say that I am to a originally, then once I was fully emerged into courier Guy contacted me via reception in the circles degree, but first and foremost I was into punk rock. culture, I added the wheels to make the Pentabike. Stevil with the idea to that I travel in. I’m also make them. He was open to any suggestions, the very first person to critiques or ideas. actually take stock in One last thing. I would my logo and put it out to very much like to thank the market for purchase. all those who have That being said, I will supported Pentabike, never purchase another purchased goods since cycling sock from another vendor – except maybe the blog’s creation and posted or linked me on the Swobo. blogs and web pages. This is truly the DIY mentality manifesting itself in modern times and without these DO YOU FEEL THAT CREATIVITY AND BEING A types of people I wouldn’t be here. MESSENGER HAVE A LOT IN COMMON? Yes! Bike messengers are a different breed and live Pentabike is a low-brow, low-overhead, low- on the fringe. Most of them will gladly shell our good expectation ‘business’ with the desire to provide money for quality bike goods or apparel, but strip quality items at fair prices to those who want their needs down to a minimum in other areas. Most something a little different and a little rock ‘n’ roll. are well travelled, educated and have lots of street smarts. When you deal with fringe establishments, KISS THE GOAT like punk rock kids and the like, you tend to reveal -685- the more diversified and sometimes hidden talents. Couriers are definitely talented and creative as far as what I have seen.

70 FFixedixed A brief photodocumentary into the Canadian ﬁxed gear culture and the communities that support and encourage the right to “Ride On” Words and photos by Greg Falski

ast year, I travelled to Quebec, Canada to see my girl, Myriam, meet her family and then road trip across the country. During my years as a downhill MTB racer I had met some people and wanted to go to Vancouver to see ﬁrst hand one of the best places to ride in the country – maybe to stay for a while, or even settle? Neither of us knew at that point.

We packed up her car and headed off across the country, no documents, no sleep: just a map and music. The trip across that vast country takes four to ﬁve days with beautifully diverse countryside of mountains, plains and cities. Vancouver was stunning on arrival: beautiful architecture, bridges, boats and, luckily for us, a very simple road system. We soon found where we were staying, dumped our bags and headed out for a ride in town. We had a couple of Myriam’s bikes and even though they were slow, I was pleased to cruise around in the sunshine and not be stuck in a car anymore.

We soon saw some local couriers riding fixed and a few new no-brake freestylers. We tried to “We soon saw some keep up on our mountain bikes, while asking local couriers riding about meetings and a local spot to ride; they were a little offish at the questions we put to fixed and a few new no them, replying that they did not know of any brake freestylers.” people who ‘met up to do tricks’. Maybe it was the (to them) kooky bikes we were riding, so we left, or actually let them race off downtown.

7072 Fixed I had been to Whistler to snowboard the year I got off my bike and was slightly spun out before and while I was there I had read about from the sight, turning around my attention ex-pro snowboarder Tyler Lepore who had quit was drawn to a huge steam powered clock the pro life to open a fixed gear bike shop in that had some kids riding around it, They had downtown Vancouver called Super Champion. skills, but were joking around and just riding I looked it up on a map and planned a trip round a concrete slabbed seating area. It was for the following day. Funnily enough, I had then that I saw the shop – SUPER CHAMPION “As I turn up in just received my copy of the first issue of this – on the corner and it was a sight for sore eyes. the shadows magazine from the guys in London, which was The glass exterior and sparse wooden layout great as I could show the shop what the scenes inside made it look more like a gallery, and I see a guy were like elsewhere in the world. inside was just as sweet: new bars, rims, clothes wheeliing sick track frames and a workshop. I wandered Myriam had planned some project for the around and was greeted enthusiastically across a day, so it was just me and my camera so I by Tyler Lepore himself. Exchanges and b-ball court.” headed downtown to Hastings Street, a road introductions were made and I told him of my like no other in Vancouver. Unfortunately, it’s travels and search of photo documentation both home and hangout spot for many of the about the fixed scene in Vancouver. He was city’s junkies and the smell of H as I cycled interested in my quest and we talked at length by slapped my face so hard it made me stop about the bikes and riding. I left the mag in the stone cold. It was a horrible sight and one that shop and headed off to a nearby spot where I couldn’t bring myself to photograph: these he said I might find some riders. I thanked were desperate souls who didn’t seem to be him, took some photos and said I would be in aware of me or anything but the hit. A real touch. tragedy in any city. XXXXXX X XXX XX XXXX X XXX XX XXXX X XXX XX XXXX X XXX XX XXXX X XXX 7274 Fixed PHOTO: XXXXX XXXXXX NEWS

The ride was short and the weather was and knew a few, but said that they tend to good for light and cloud. As I turned up in stick to their own. I liked them a lot and they the shadows I saw a guy wheelieing across seemed a very supportive group, varied in a basketball court, so I sneaked a few shots sex, age, background and ability. We stopped from a distance before I went to introduce for snacks and chatted some more while spots myself. Everything worked out perfectly, it were sessioned. I lost track of my surroundings turned out I was just in time for others to show. and concentrated on my photos instead. These riders meet on Tuesdays and Fridays for a ride, a chat, a helping hand. The crew Evening came and as they split into smaller was fun, engaging and happy for me to take groups ,we exchanged details and I rode photos. They greeted me with wide grins and home. Back through the city, past some more carried on riding around while I changed kids who were strolling around downtown, ﬁlm. After half an hour we were a crew of ten I contemplated the bike and how good it is and everyone was a little intrigued by my for kids to see other groups such as the one appearance. They were keen to hear about I was just with, the camaraderie and fun that London and the riding there, but they joked can tempt them away from the boredom that about my bike and I took that as a good sign, street life can have. I wished I had more time We rode around some nice alleys, bridges and in Vancouver as it is a very upbeat city, the took in the riverside parades and gangways. streets are very clean and the city is set up They shouted at each other, endings jibes with for bikes. Everyone who can should deﬁnitely “Ride on bro!” and explained that they ride visit the city, and especially should check out for the true love of being ON the bike. They Super Champion! seemed very supportive of the courier riders

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A 1950’s favourite returns In the post-war years, with the UK’s industrial and of course, beating – all-comers, but as the workforce staring at the beginning of a term- motor car became cheaper and more popular, inal decline, inexpensive, crowd participation cycling faded from the public spotlight and events began to flourish. Cycling – the Formula roller racing faded with it. One of it’s day for the average man on the street Things changed back in 1999 when “Gold- – enjoyed a renaissance, with more participants sprints” (the European name for rollerracing) and eager spectators than ever before. was featured at the European Cycle Messen- Roller Racing – where two racers battle it out ger Championships in Zurich. Keen to launch on static rollers, with their progress measured something similar in the UK, Greg Tipper on a huge dial behind them – became a promoted the first London Courier “Goldsprints” popular spectator sport, with events drawing with the help of other couriers, more than a few crowds to ballrooms, cinemas and even luxury of which were also keen track racers. The event, hotels such as the Savoy. The racing was often held at the Horseshoe pub in Clerkenwell was accompanied by dancing girls and big bands, a huge success and some of the people who to make the whole affair into a great night out attended established Rollapaluza, who since TWO RIDERS, HEAD TO HEAD – ADD A and not just a way for bike geeks to get their fix. 2000 have been dedicated to reviving this near LOT OF SHOUTING, ENERGY AND BEER forgotten sport in the UK. AND YOU HAVE A WINNER It got to the point where there were professional ALL PHOTOS: WWW.TOMOLDHAM.COM racers who would tour the country taking on –

Rollapaluza nights recreate the spectacle of the roller racing days of old, with live DJs, bands and screaming spectators urging on their friends – it’s an inclusive event where everyone is encouraged to race and many do. With almost zero resistance on the wheels and no forward motion to worry about, hypothetical speeds over the 500m or 1000m course reach astronomical proportions – the current record, set by Matt Crampton, stands at 17.90 seconds over 500m, which works out at 100.6km/h or 62.51mph! The resurgence of roller racing is global phenomenon, with events taking off in the US as well as Europe and beyond, partly fuelled by the rise in popularity of cycling. With a lot of beer, a lot of screaming and a lot of exerted energy, what’s not to like?

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78 Fixed PHOTOS: GREG FALSKI ARTISAN In almost every country in the world, small workshops are turning out incredible, hand-built products built with a passion, pride and attention to detail that is hard to match and it’s high time these people were recognised. This is the ﬁrst in a series for Fixed Magazine. Questions by Ian Sansom

NAME: Lee Cooper TRADE: Frame builder LOCATION: Coventry, England

F: WHAT’S YOUR HISTORY BUILDING BIKE which is perfect for a steel frame. I think it’s a stron- FRAMES? WHERE DID IT ALL START? ger join and it looks a lot better as well. It definitely LC: My first job was at Triumph motorcycles, then I shows the quality – and whether a frame is built in worked building grasstrack and speedway motorcy- the UK, or in Taiwan. cles, as a mechanic – fixing bikes, building engines and repairing frames. At the time my mate worked F: DO YOU FIND THAT YOU’RE BUILDING A LOT for a guy called Tom Bromwich, a framebuilder in OF TRACK FRAMES THESE DAYS? Coventry, and I got a job with them. The first job I did LC: Yes, I’d say most of what I build are track bikes was shotblasting before learning MIG welding, gas now, much more than touring bikes, road bikes, or welding and working my way up, the way everyone anything else for that matter. I think that style and the used to. Eventually I decided to set up for myself. techniques that are used to build them have been honed to the point that they’re pretty much perfect, F: WHAT MATERIALS DO YOU USE? but I’m always open to change and experimentation. LC: Well, I only work in steel. No aluminium or tita- nium or any of that stuff. I’m equally happy working F: ON THAT NOTE, TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT with Columbus or Reynolds. I find that the harder THE FIXED GEAR FREESTYLE FRAME YOU’RE grade tubes means I get through tools a little quicker, WORKING ON FOR 14 BIKE CO. but I like to work with them as well. LC: We’ve taken my experience, and their ideas, and mixed them together to come up with something F: HOW DO YOU PREFER TO BUILD FRAMES? new. We’ve spent a lot of time on R&D and produced WITH LUGS? a number of prototypes which we have refined into LC: There’s something about that old school style something exciting. It reminds me of the early days that I really like. You can get a really classic result. of BMX. I’ve been watching the YouTube stuff you You do get a really beautiful finish with a fillet braze, guys are doing on fixed bikes and it’s just amazing. though, and I build a lot of those kind of frames as We’re at a point where there are no rules and you well. I can build whatever the customer wants and can do what you want. I’m actually building five dif- what works best for them. I don’t like to TIG weld. ferent styles of bikes for 14 Bike Co, from a standard I’ve done it in the past, and I can do it well, but I just track bike, to a curved lo-pro as well as the trick CHECK OUT LEE’S WORK AT find that fillet brazing has a little bit more give in it, bike, so there should be something for everyone. WWW.14BIKECO.COM XXXXXX X XXX XX XXXX X XXX XX XXXX X XXX XX XXXX X XXX XX XXXX X XXX 80 Fixed PHOTO: XXXXX XXXXXX FLIP FLOP MIKE GIANT Mike Giant has been based primarily out of New Mexico and San Francisco since 1979. He has made a name for himself with his distinct style, which draws influences from the graffiti, skate, tattoo, bike, and Chicano worlds. In addition to exhibiting around the world, he keeps himself busy as head illustrator for REBEL8 and plans to launch an adult magazine this year. Luckily he found some time to answer a couple quick questions. Questions by: 401 Rush

WHAT’S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TRACK BIKES IN YOUR WORK? I draw pictures about things that interest me, and I just love bicycles, especially ﬁxed gear. There are few things in life more exciting or satisfying than mashing top-speed up and down San Francisco’s hills on a track bike. Every car I pass makes my smile wider and my heart more open. It’s the shit!

HOW DID YOU GET INTO TRACK BIKES? Many of my graffiti writing partners in the mid-90’s rode track bikes, lots of them were messengers as well. In 1999 I traded a bike messenger friend a tattoo for my first conversion fixie. In 2001, the same guy sold me my first track bike. It was an early 80’s Gitane. I rode it until last year, then left it in Amsterdam to continue its life there.

DO YOU SEE A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SKATE AND THE FIXED SCENE? Well, many of us older guys used to skate, but injuries take their toll and track bikes can offer the same adrenaline rush with less destruction to your body. And of course, skateboards and track bikes don’t have brakes per se, which really keeps you connected to the road in a similar way.

WAS GIVING UP TATTOOING A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO FOCUS MORE ON YOUR ILLUSTRATION WORK? Tattooing is really hard on my body, mind, and heart. I just couldn’t keep doing it full-time. I continue to tattoo small things on friends about once a month though. But doing it much more than that just isn’t fun anymore. HERE MIKE’S PRIMARY FORM OF TRANS- PORT IN THE CITY IS HIS BIKE 82 Fixed PHOTO: JEFF LUGER WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE CITIES? WHERE WHAT DO YOU DO ON YOUR DAY OFF? DO YOU STILL WANT TO SEE? I don’t have days off. I work every day, and play Paris is deﬁnitely a favourite. It has such a rich art every day. It’s a nice balance. I ﬁnd that my body history. It’s always an honour to show there. Japan and mind work better on a regular, but loose, daily is always a favourite destination as well, particularly schedule. On the high end, it can feel like I’m still Osaka. I haven’t been to Berlin yet, and I’d love to 21 and every day is a Saturday! show there. I’d love to show somewhere in South America, too. I’ve never been down there.

WHAT ARTIST WOULD YOU LOVE TO WORK WITH? LIVING OR DEAD. Aubrey Beardsley, mostly just to kick it with him. From what I can gather in biographies, he was an CHECK OUT MIKE’S WORK AT interesting fellow. His ability to capture sensuality in his drawings continues to elude me in my work. WWW.MIKEGIANT.COM

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DESCRIBE YOUR BIKE SET UP IN TEN WORDS OR LESS: A light, dented trick bike WHAT PART DO YOU WEAR THROUGH OR BREAK THE QUICKEST? I’d say tires & grips WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THE COLOUR SCHEME FOR YOUR BIKE? I always work with what I’ve got HOW OFTEN DO YOU GET FLAT TYRES AND DO YOU PATCH TUBES OR THROW IN A NEW ONE? Roughly, once every other week-ish. PATCH! WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR TOOL KIT WHEN YOU RIDE? Allen key set, patch kit, crescent wrench, pen, tire levers and a pump that gets to 120 psi HOW OFTEN DO YOU DO BIKE MAINTENANCE? When something breaks WHAT DO YOU NEVER LEAVE HOME WITHOUT? DOB: 21st July 1980 Helmet & camera SPONSORS: Cadence (ha!), RE-Load Bags, HOW MANY MILES DO YOU RIDE EVERY flow for Profile Racing. WEEK? HEIGHT: Long legs, short torso When I was a messenger I averaged 40 miles a day, which I think is crazy now that I only do about 30-40 a week. I’m slackin’! THE SET UP FAVOURITE TRICK AND WHY? Any trick that feels right and flows, it’s more about FRAME: a dented aluminium track frame, 56cm TYRES: Vittoria Rubino 650c up front, FORK: sketchy carbon fibre V Vittoria Randonneur 700cc in back the feeling then the actual trick for me CRANK AND CHAINRING: COG: Euro Asia 19t Sugino Grand Mighty 165mm, 49T chainring BARS: I got them used from a friend, aluminium BOTTOM BRACKET: that’s a good question! cut to 25” wide. PEDALS: Sylvain tour – cheap and flat! STEM: Profile Acoustic 53mm HUBS: 24h Shimano low flange radial lace (front), GRIPS: clear Oury 36h Chub Hub in back HEADSET: FSA internal RIMS: Mavic CXP-30 24h 650c up front, with a SEAT: Selle Italia Flight with Cadence rework V Velocity 36h 700c on the rear SEATPOST: Shimano Ultegra 27.2 SPOKES: bent ANYTHING ELSE: double straps, Cadence Doublizers and plastic cages

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WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE WITH THE WE’VE FOUND THAT PEOPLE ALL OVER THE odd hours and on a whim, it was just easiest to film THERE ARE JUST AS MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE TRICK TRACK SITE AND FORUM? WORLD, LITERALLY EVERY CORNER, ARE myself. When I saw the clip of SuperTed’s bunnyhop HATING ON TRICKING AS THERE ARE WHO Well, Trick Track exists because I thought it was DOWNLOADING FIXED MAGAZINE. DO YOU barspin, it killed me! I had been thinking about that ARE INTO IT. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? ridiculous that there was no place to really talk HAVE A SIMILAR REACH WITH TRICK TRACK? trick constantly, but that clip forced me to man up – I I really can’t relate to the concept of trying to about this blossoming style of riding, other than There are members from all over North America, a love being pushed like that! Since so many people discourage someone from doing something they’re face to face and in comments on blogs. I knew handful from Europe and a couple from Asia. We’re have the basics down, we are going to start seeing enjoying, how does that make any sense? Hate is lots of people were doing fixed gear tricks, I just hoping to make the entire site multilingual, as I’d a lot more combo moves and linking and strings. just a waste of passion. wanted to give them a place to discuss the tricks love to know more about various foreign scenes, Also, I think people are going to get bored of the and equipment that are unique to us. I’m amazed my clumsy attempts at translating Japanese/Italian/ same spins we’ve all been doing and put more effort IS THERE ANYONE YOU NEED TO THANK? that it’s become a genuinely useful resource already. Korean blogs only make me hungry for knowledge! into branching out into new concepts. Also, I bet Thanks a lot to Phil R and Alex V for their hard work A lot more paths are crossing and networks being someone will step up and crankarmslide a handrail. doing the nerdy forum stuff that I don’t know how established since there is finally a place to meet and A LOT OF THE EARLY CLIPS WERE YOU AND A I’ve been thinking about it lots, it’s totally doable, so to do, I really appreciate the help! And thanks to talk and stuff. I got to meet many people that post VIDEO CAMERA IN A PARKING LOT. WHAT’S why not? I think Bootleg Sessions v.3 will be a great anyone that has supported or visited or made use of on Trick Track on a recent trip and it was so cool to NEXT FOR THE SCENE AS IT GROWS? chance to see where we’ve wound up after this crazy Trick Track – I’m glad it doesn’t totally suck... see the different ways the site had become a part of Well, sometimes it satisfies me just right to go out at past year and it will give us insight into the direction their lives. 2 a.m. and obsess over these tricks and kill off some things are going. CHECK OUT WWW.TRICKTRACK.ORG! excess energy. And since my sessions are usually at XXXXXX X XXX XX XXXX X XXX XX XXXX X XXX XX XXXX X XXX XX XXXX X XXX 88 Fixed PHOTO: XXXXX XXXXXX 3890 Fixed TFG Advert 20.03.09.pdf 1 20/03/2009 17:01

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