Fixed gear biking seems to be all over the place at the moment and now shoe companies also start paying some more attention, developing footwear specifically for fixed gear riders. We present you the Vans 45LX "Fixed".
"From any other brand we’d roll our eyes at the inevitability of a cash-in, but when the makeups are as clean as this, they stand alone nicely on the merit of being a decent Summer shoe that bolsters something ever-fresh but disposable with the ballistic nylon, suede on the darker version, and nubuck on the off-white. Reflective material woven into the laces and applied to the old style heel logo offers some low-key get yourself seenisms, and it’s all very agreeable indeed." Via Crooked Tongues.
Vans presents a solid line-up, good features, while keeping the shoes simple and not making them to technical. Each shoe also comes with a matching saddle bag.
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Cog Magazine is a new online magazine concentrating on fixed gear biking. The first issue of the magazine is online now, consisting of an interview with bike builder Jonny Cycles and an article on the Tokyo Pisto Explosion. Interesting reads for sure and hopefully we’ll hear a lot more from them in the future!

Freshness has conducted a rather extensive feature on Mash SF and interviewed four of their riders – Massan, Jonathan Burkett, James Newman and Chris Collins. It’s an interesting feature on some interesting personalities in one of the fastest growing markets at the moment – fixed gear biking.
Check out the feature here.