BAR-STEM-TAPE Feb 1, 2014 Categories: MASH Frames 0 Comment Cinelli MASH Drop Bar Cinelli MASH Stem Cinelli MASH Gradient Tape Perfection
Walton’s Cinelli Zydeco from CX Nationals 2014 Feb 1, 2014 Categories: MASH Frames 0 Comment Jeremy Dunn has a nice recap from this year’s Cyclocross Nationals in Boulder. CHECK IN! Garrett converted Walton’s Cinelli Zydeco into the California State flag to celebrate winning the 2014 CX State Championship in Bakersfield earlier last month.
Garrett Chow for the Athletic Feb 1, 2014 Categories: MASH Frames 0 Comment Check in at THE ATHLETIC COMMUNITY for a current Q&A with Garrett Chow. Always great to hear perspective from artists and athletes.
ERIK ZO ON KEIRIN Jan 22, 2014 Categories: MASH Frames 0 Comment Erik Zo recently posted some thoughts on his first Keirin bike, and Keirin Racing in Japan.
LARZ WOLVH Jan 15, 2014 Categories: MASH Frames 0 Comment Larz has been staying in San Francisco, riding, and tattooing for the past month. He takes off back to Switzerland today, so wanted to send him off with a fun clip. Safe trip! Check back later this week, and we will have some of his goods here in the shop!
EVAN Jan 11, 2014 Categories: MASH Frames 0 Comment Seeing these images of Evan that Emiliano shot, just got me so hyped Evan is coming to train in SF after Nationals! You better bring your FGFS legs cuz we are going to shoot some clips while you are here! Have fun in Colorado, and see you soon.
NORCAL VS SOCAL 2014 Jan 8, 2014 Categories: MASH Frames 0 Comment Last Sunday, a few members of our CX team headed to Bakersfield, California to race the last event within our state’s borders. Cycling Illustrated has a race report on their site, but the SPOILER is… WALTON WON! NorCal VS SoCal, also known as California State Championships. Walton taking his stems to center stage. Good luck at Nationals this weekend in Boulder, Colorado!
MORE FUN IN 2014 Jan 2, 2014 Categories: MASH Frames 0 Comment After spending season after season taking bike racing way too seriously and seeing stress levels get higher and results going nowhere, I decided to take a new approach. I decided I needed to allow more room for other things in my life, to not worry so much about succeeding, and learn to have more fun. At the end of MTB season, I decided to part ways with my coach of the last three seasons, Ben Ollett, and do what I wanted. He is a great coach, but I needed a break from having everything so structured. I also decided to race a lot less. I picked just a couple of regional series and a few national events to focus on. I also made it a point to joke with people mid-race. As much as racing is about suffering it should be about fun, so I was very determined to maintain the fun. Lastly, I made it a point to just not give as many fucks. Last year, I had a derailleur issue with my bike and eventually had to change bikes three times. I was so frustrated that I threw my bike at the end of the race. This year I broke a chain mid-race and took it as a cue to start drinking a beer and heckle. So how did things pan out? This was by far the most fun season of bike racing I’ve had. I also had the most consistent results to date. I held up a lot of good battles, I laughed a lot on the race course, and I made it a point to do cool shit. I mean, I had the biggest crash I’ve ever had on a cross bike trying to boost as high as possible over a flyover and still managed to not get lapped by Ryan Trebon. The next day I raced on a single speed and still finished in the UCI pay out. Basically, I made it a point to make bike racing rad, and it worked out to be my best season yet! I am thankful for everyone who made 2013 an awesome year for bike racing. My teams Ibis (MTB) and MASH (everything else), Michael Martin, Tim Canard, all of my sponsors who have taken great care of me (ibis, mash, cinelli, oakley, giro, boreas, san marco, sports basement, cliff bar… the list goes on), team GHETO MOTO for keeping everything positive, my girlfriend for making it a point to step up her heckling game, Ben Ollett for giving me the framework to reach success, Lee McCormack for teaching me everything I know about getting rad on a MTB, and of course my family for doing their best to come out and support at the races. 2013 was great and I am excited to amp up the party even more for 2014! DY