Written by Shea Hardacre
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03 March 2011
Just recently I received and built up a new All-City prototype frame for testing. Just like the new Def Wish 700c Fixed Gear Freestyle frame Jeff and the guys at All-City decided to make a 26" inch version of their idea of a Fixed trick frame. Now let me tell you, I think they've hit the nail on the head. This bike features a tight geo fit for the smaller 26 inch wheel size, huge clearance in the back for large ties (picture below), a more reliable and tougher mid bottom bracket, which also has a slightly negative bottom bracket drop to enable you for double peg grinding. Which goes well for the new All-City 14mm rear hub which fits amazing in the 14mm dropouts on this new frame. As well as the new sprocket (possible named Def Star) and the All-City 3 inch bars im riding, this bike and these components add up to one amazing Fixed Freestyle bike. It rides like a dream and feels incredibly responsive. This is just a prototype at the moment and things could possibly change, but expect this frame to drop hopefully by summer! All-City is pushing for big things in 2011!
Full Build List:
Frame: All-City 26" Proto
Fork: All-City
Wheels: Sun Ringle Mtx33 36h
Hubs: All-City 14mm Rear Hub and All-City 3/8ths Front Hub 36h
Tires: KHE Premium Mac 2's 2.125
Bars: All-City 3 Inch
Stem: Eastern Choker Painted Blue
Headset: Kink
Cranks: 165mm Profile Rusty Versions
Sprocket: All-City 37t Def Star
Pedals: Odyssey Sea foam/Magenta Swirl
Straps: YNOT (Soon to be GWN Signature Pink Eye Straps)
Chain: KMC
Grips: Animal Edwin Delarosa
Pegs: Rear 14mm Shadow Conspiracy Little Ones Front 3/8ths Cult Doomsday


Drew Leshko is testing the Large Size frame and you can check out photos of his build here. Jeff Frane at All-City will be testing out a medium, so expect photos of his build and more detailed photos of the frame to come from him on the All-City blog. All photos here were taken by Ehrynska and don't hesitate to check out some other photos her and myself took while out shooting the bike here and some other adorable ones here. After we were done having some fun behind the camera shooting me and the bike, I messed around in the street doing some silly flatland manual stuff. Nothing spectacular, but nice to see the bike in action. Expect even more rad photos to come soon!

