isnt mashing just pushing up and down with your legs instead of properley pedaling in a circular motion? obviously this would only work with a fixed gear.

You guys are all wrong!



It's just because they like their potatoes in an odd way

Not exactly, and not at all.

When it comes to road cycling "mashing" means someone who pedals at a low cadence in a high gear. Jan Ullrich is considered a masher. Spinning means pedalling at high cadence in a low gear. Lance Armstrong is considered a spinner.

In the context of the SF fixed-gear scene, it probably means that you have to mash up the hills.

All I know is that RASH = Rollers Are Super Hot.