Contributor John Prolly seems to be stirring the pot of fixed freestyle once again with some of the other riders of the East with the Death Adders Road and Track team. Call ‘em DART for short. If you’ve been keeping up with the recent evolution of city fixed riding into new-school freestyle, you’ve seen the likes of the rest of the team before. Tom La Marche, Tony Fast, Willis Johnson and Luke Stiles have been all over the internet in countless photos and videos, and now with Prolly at the helm and the support of their friends at Mishka have decided to take things the next logical step.

Still in it’s relative infancy, fixed freestyle has been attracting significant attention since MASH-SF put it on the radar of most folks. Cadence has been big on the scene since the get-go, with nary a video going by without a flash of their logo while someone pushes the riding limits of the genre. Will DART become the east-coast equivalent?

As with anything new, nay-sayers spout derision at this branch of city fixed riding. Mountain bikes and bmx saw the same cranky finger pointed in their direction early on. Sorry kids, this is just the beginning of one aspect of what will further define urban cycling in the coming years. Manufacturers are watching, the riders are growing, the scene is solidifying. It may not be your thing, but it is part of our greater culture. Two wheels, one love.

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