Fixies are everywhere. Some in the crew have succumbed. Some still don't get it. And while some brands might gleefully try to cash in on the brakeless happenings on a street near you, there's money to be spent by the characters sticking Italian frames on their watched list. Accompanying more one-leg rolls than any number of Uncle L fronted FUBU ads, Vans have been very much the shoe-of-choice. Through affordability, shape and lest we focus too much on utilitarian aspects, a jaded mood of seen-it-all-before, sales keep soaring. And this release is a more blatant alliance of old style low-cut with the bike explosion, going so far as accompanying this shoe with a matching saddle bag.


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. There's a glut of fixed gear footwear bubbling under, but the 45LX Fixed is a decent example, particularly in that dark grey.