The Radavist

I love watching Matt Reyes ride and there’s so many rad lines in here that you’ll just have to see for yourself why! Killing it man!

Jeffy D is no longer riding for Specialized and as a farewell, he just posted up this video. It’s not every day we see stuff from him, so I’m pumped to see this. So fast dude!

Who would have thought that in 2013, there would be two complete 26″ FGFS frames ont the market. This forthcoming year brings two beasts: the P-Fix returns and the SE Primetime. Both come in the ‘legal’ setup with a rear brake and optional front but once you strip them of those, you’ve got two street-ready bikes.

Matt from SE shot over the Primetime details and iMinus D posted up the P-Fix. Thoughts? I like the new P-Fix. Black > Red…

Every time I post a photo of these on Instagram, people always ask what they are, thinking they’re some expensive luxury cycling item. The truth is, the Specialized 74 gloves are some of the best gloves I’ve owned and they don’t even scratch the bank account. They’ve held up to daily use, haven’t stretched or loosened up at all and look damn classy.  Check out more below.

I met Matt and the rest of the Wheel Talk guys at Interbike two years ago, right before they announced they had been working with Specialized on their P-Fix 26″ fixed freestyle completes. In those two years, fixed freestyle has grown and grown and grown. Hats off to Matt for hustling hard and matching his riding with his positive attitude.

Where is Tom LaMarche? He’s still ripping FGFS in the Northeast for Specialized. Tony showed me some of this while he was in town. All of which was filmed in about two days. Damn. That statue garden drop is serious. Glad to see my boy’s still got it.

Speaking of Mash, this new ad for Specialized‘s e-bike came out great. Check out Daniel ripping around town on the Turbo:

“In designing the Turbo we created an entirely new category of eBike: a speed-focused, high-tech urban bike that looks and performs like a fast bike should… and it just happens to have a motor!

With a top speed of 45kph, the Turbo is unquestionably fast. It’s even fast standing still: the battery recharges in just 2 hours. Every aspect of the design exudes speed, efficiency and style: clean, sweeping frame lines, a hidden battery, internal cable routing and fast, grippy tires.

On the road, or standing still, it’s all about speed. It’s you, only faster.”

Funny, he’s the last person that would need electric-assist.

I was in a bike shop today, picking up some gear for my forthcoming ride with Dan and Andy when I saw these new Specialized gloves hanging in the display. As part of their 74 line, Specialized developed some rather classy 74 Pittards leather gloves. At first glance, it looks like they hit a decent pricepoint without sacrificing quality or function. Add these to the list of must-have gloves, alongside Giro and Rapha‘s offerings.

Finally, the industry is returning to the nostalgic past of cycling and making products that doesn’t look like club dorkwear. But don’t forget who started the push. I’m going to pick a pair of each up and do a showdown of sorts in the coming months. Has anyone bought a pair of these yet? They looked damn nice in the shop.

This is the first in hopefully a series of exclusive videos from people in the fixed gear freestyle world. Tom went to Canada to film with Tom Briggs for Specialized and this may be one of the best videos of the year.

Well damn, Specialized is on top of their game. The ’74 Road shoes have that vintage touch that you love with the modern technology that you demand. Before you cringe at the pricetag, these are made from Kangaroo leather and sport the Specialized Boa lacing system. Each shoe comes in around 270 grams. Not that weight is of any concern when it comes to these fine shoes.

Do I even need to write anything here? Don’t miss this shit! Legit!

Wait, what? Me on a 26″ fixed? No way. This has gotta be some kinda joke right? Not entirely. Granted, much of the motivation to ride one of these bikes was to see what all the fuss is about. I’d like to consider myself one of FGFS’ longest supporters and over the past few years, I’ve been heckled by numerous outlets for riding fixed freestyle and it sucks (for them). So before I officially write-off 26″ fixed, I figured I might as well try one out. Specialized kindly sent me a size large PFix and I built it up, as per factory specs, right out of the box (minus the reflectors).

Check out more Initial Reaction to the Specialized PFix 26″ fixed complete below!

It looks like the long-awaited P-Fix is now available will be available in August at your local Specialized dealer. This is still wild if you think about it. A major company develops a fixed freestyle bike and it doesn’t suck. Check out the specs here.

I’m stoked on this and the new CruX E5 OSBB frameset. I’m guessing that’s the work of Garrett Chow? Blue and neon yellow? One please.

When I told Andy at Fyxomatosis that I’d be coming to Melbourne for a few weeks, he started to plan an “epic” ride with Dan from Shifter Bikes. The idea was that we’d be gone for three days as we rode out to Woods Point, a remote, rural area of Victoria. I was down but I knew it’d be impossible on the Bruiser so Andy put out feelers for a cross bike. The owner of Fitzroy Revolution kindly offered to loan me a new Specialized CruX Elite cross bike for the trip and when our initial plans were stomped out by a blanket of snow up north, we improvised a smaller, more social ride.

It had been a while since I rode an aluminum production bike and honestly, I wasn’t planning on spending nearly the amount of time on it as I have. Over the past week, I’ve been trekking all over Melbourne on this bike and after our cross ride on Monday, I’ve taken a liking to it!

Check out more below!

Matt Reyes has some more information about the Specialized P-Fix production model. Head over to Slumworm to check out some more photos.