My London connect Andy over at Fixed Gear London hit me up with their latest collab bike with Vans. With their fixed collection and partnerships with MASH SF and FGL, Vans is on top of their shit. The bike is dope, black-on-black matte and gloss checkerboard pattern, peep photos of the whole bike and the background and parts list in the next issue of Vapors.

Random rant: I really like riding fixies, it’s too bad about the fixie fashion victims rolling around looking like Puck from Real World. Basically the whole hipster aspect is making me feel corny when I’m riding my bike down the street. I was riding past the shitty skatepark in Venice yesterday, and there was a posse of dudes in 3/4 jeans, “core” $200 messenger bags and little wool cycling caps sitting next to the park with their Fruity Pebbles-colored fixies. It was embarrassing. Venice locs like Venice Ennis and Jesse Martinez need to pat those herbs’ pockets. (Although I hear Ennis is doing time, unfortunately. Nice guy.) I stopped to say hi to Steve Hernandez, and he called me out for riding a fixie, and I really had no comeback.

Then again, Sheckler makes me feel cheesy about skating sometimes, and that hasn’t stopped me. I guess I’ll just need enough self-assurance/self-confidence to roll through this.