EDDY BACH

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When the first MASH video came out in 2007, Eddy Bach was 9 years old. He was raised here in San Francisco, and we met through shop rides and alleycats. Like many riders today, he discovered bikes through track bikes on the streets. A track bike can be an affordable way to discover cycling, while it holds the danger card that can attract those who speak it’s language. To us, Eddy represents the future of cycling. Today he races Alleycats, Fixed Crits, XC, CX, and is a freshman at SFSU. Enclosed is an example of how raw and fearless his riding style translates to video. Enjoy.

Crit Month

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MISSION CRIT – SAN FRANCISCO, CA

RED HOOK CRIT 9 – NEW YORK CITY, NY

SHORT LINE CRIT – LONG BEACH, CA

-Sean

Shred N Out

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Matt Reyes shot some really beautiful moments between heats at the TCB Shred N Out CX elimination race last week. Check his full post HERE!

RACE FACES

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Johnnie
Shallow focus portraits are something I have enjoyed for decades, so it has been a running theme in what I see when shooting/sharing. Enclosed are some racers we see at the same alleycats.

Cooper

Joey

Eddy

Martin

Crihs

Riley

Sean

Hacheon

Dee

MASH SF 2 DYLAN BUFFINGTON

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We met Dylan through hosting street races in San Francisco. He was living in Mill Valley, and is one of those humans with a fire that burns bright. At a young age, he jumped right in, helping us set up art shows, races, just down to do what needed to be done. As we got out to shoot, it was clear he was raised on a bike, and had an incredible amount of control. This suits track bikes in city environments really well. I keep these very basic sketchbooks with video short concepts, including short shot lists. In that sketchbook was Dylan’s intro. To get out from 12:00am to 5:00am on an early Monday Morning, and try to make a car free edit in the city. With Martin, Hunter, and Austin, We hit up some iconic SF locations, and sharing the streets with a small few on that night. California Street was always the Mavericks of the city hills. Over the years, Dylan really locked it in, and wanted to show that. Showing within one cut just how much speed a rider can absorb in a short distance.

MASH SF 1

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Today we begin the process of sharing all of the chapters of the 2015 MASH video. Enclosed is the introduction to the feature project. Each month we will share a new chapter here, until all videos are posted. You can still own the HD video when you pick up the book. You can stream the full video for $5.00 on Vimeo HERE. We are still chopping up some bonus features for those who purchased the book. Look for that video later this spring.

Animate

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https://vimeo.com/161569939

Ariel Belziti is an animator in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He added some effects to some of our shots from the full length video. Check it out!

GSC: WHITE

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John and Kyle posted a very nice build from the Work frames we developed with Chas and Cinelli. By only offering frame sets we commit to a custom approach to building bikes, and seeing how frames are approached from so many directions re-affirms our vision. The detail work on this production frame set is understood by the mechanic, the photographer, and the rider. Personally, the Sugino 75’s strike a cord with me. All of the bikes we have developed with Cinelli have been single speed up to this point. A rider can take parts from a track bike and build a SSCX/FGCX, commuter, trainer, or city bike. These Sugino 75’s with rotational wear are a symbol of this story. Ride what you have. Break it, replace it. Thanks for sharing. Check their full spec at Golden Saddle, and The Radavist sites. Have a fun weekend!

PATH: ERIK ZO

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Oh, how the years go by . . .
In 1976, when I was 11 years-old, I was given a 24” wheeled sew-up clad Frejus track bike. I had been racing on the road for 4 years starting with a 20” sew-up wheeled Legnano, next moving on to a Coppi with the same sized wheels. The road bike I was riding when I got the Ferjus was a 24” wheeled Coppi loaned to me by the Murphy Family. John W. Murphy, the head of the family, ran a bicycle importing company down on Shipley St. in SOMA. It’s where his three daughters and I played while the adults worked. Yeah… I grew up in a bike shop. John also started the bicycle coalition . . . and well, that led to The Golden Gate Bridge being open on the west side to bicycles and Golden Gate Park being closed on Sundays to cars. I also remember how the day after I got the Frejus, an old git came in on an orange Cinelli track bike clad with fenders and panniers. Out of his bags, he pulled out a stack of records and a bunch of cogs secured with a Binda toestrap, and said, “ Hey kid, now that you have a fixed gear, you need these”. The toe strap had inch pitch cogs on it from six teeth to eleven and half by eighth cogs from thirteen to twenty-four teeth. The records— Louis Cottrell trio (I played clarinet as a child!) Stan Getz at Le Hot Club, and Django Reinhardt, as well as a smattering of big band and Dixieland—all discs, any “Jazzman” would approve of. At this point, the track bike was a natural progression in my racing. Because my parents had to keep our shop open on weekends, some customers on the shop team “The Golden Gate Wheelman” would take me with them to the races; the track bike allowed me to ride in events on the banks at Hellyer Park in San Jose. Fast forward thirty-five years or so . . . I am riding down Market street heading towards Fifth Street and 3 teens or maybe even preteens roll by, swaying at the bottom of each stroke to reach their pedals from their seats that are on their top tubes. As the light turns yellow the oldest one yells, “MASH IT!” — I realize they are all on fixes— and they sprint through the intersection leaving me at the crosswalk. Red light. I was remembering how back in 1985 the only fixed gear rider I met the whole year was a P.I. who had moved from New York. Then, Berlin 1993, and it’s the first Cycle Messenger Championships. There are 5 messengers who brought track bikes, the internet still did not have a web browser and maybe 50 out of 500 of those messengers knew what the internet was or even had an address there (clarify). And of course, before you could say “myspace”, all that had changed. Within a few years, the Messenger World Championships had put the fixed wheel under messengers from every city that partook; and that placed the “Fixie” in the eye of the youth in urban areas. It’s a short stretch from there to plot the number of members in the myspace fixed gear army group against the production numbers of bicycles with rear facing dropouts. What I am saying is that the fixed gear meme may be the first global youth trend to grow with the power of the internet. It gave the youth a look at the freedom and exhilaration of a vehicle anyone can understand… and they couldn’t resist. Ten years pass in no time at all, but, it’s amazing what can be accomplished in such a short amount of time. MASH the movie, led to a team, shop, and projects, but most importantly, a community is part of that whole mix. MASH is the old man with the pile of records and the strap of cogs. MASH is this book..and so many more stories yet to be written.
EZ

GIRO X MASH SYNTHE HELMET

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We just received a batch of Giro Synthe helmets with the 10 Year treatment. Matte/Gloss Black, with Silver, Charcoal, and Gold details. Available in Small, Medium, and Large.