Weekender on Road.CC 5.28.2013
If you are interested in a Weekender here a pretty thorough review over on Road.CC.
Thanks much guys!
Coaster article @ Valet Mag 5.24.2013
Click on over to Valet Mag for a feature on our Coaster Bike!
Pop Up Shop @ LABrakeless 5.17.2013
Fairdale Bikes will be holding a Pop Up Shop with Sunday Bikes and Odyssey BMX in Los Angeles, Memorial day weekend. This is your chance to see and ride the current line of Coasters, Flyers, Weekenders and Parsers. If you are a part of the Fairdale Owners Club (if you have a Fairdale, you are a member) Ride it to LA Brakeless next weekend, 25/26 and get a free gift for being a loyal Fairdalerite. Every pedal moves you closer.
Coaster on Wired 5.13.2013
Wired posted a nice little bike story in time for Bike To Work week. Check out our Coaster getting some kind words!
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/05/bike2work
A weekend in the U.P. at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore 5.5.2013
Well, to be honest I did very little bike riding for this post. I pulled my MTB out of the van and did a few mile snow bank crashing romp but otherwise I was just a normal tourist for a few days. I cruised along the coast of Lake Superior up in Northern Michigan and it was pretty amazing.
Leif’s Custom Build Weekender DropBar 5.3.2013
Leif Valin picked up one of our Weekender Frame and Fork sets and did a cool custom build. Check out how he did it below. Always cool to see how adaptable a frameset can be.
Road Trip 2013!! 5.2.2013
A couple weeks ago I sold my house and got a Fairdale van. I left Austin and started a 2 or 3 month road trip around the country. The first part of the trip was pretty boring since I caught a flu and struggled to deliver Jim Cielencki’s stuff to Buffalo (he just moved back there from Austin). After that I cruised across the midwest to visit some family in Michigan. Today the trip started for real and I hope to have some interesting content from my adventures to post up here in the following weeks. Here’s a quick recap of things so far…
Flyer Tandem Project 4.12.2013
When I think of riding a tandem I think of laughing out loud at how goofy it feels. Whether it’s that spooky out of control feeling of being on the back seat with handlebars that don’t steer, or the silly “oh shit” feeling you have trying to steer and control a tandem from the front it is always a riot. It got me thinking that Fairdale should have a tandem… at least one for us to play on here at the office. A couple of Flyer bikes were in front of me and I realized could probably plug them together pretty easily.
Fairdale will be at the Spin Urban Cycle show 3.5.2013
The Spin Bicycle Show will be happening in London on May 4th-5th.
Check out Fairdale’s on display and their UK launch through Triton Imports.
Denver drive to NAHBBS 2.28.2013
Monty and I took a drive from Austin out to Denver to visit Fairdale rider Leif Valin and check out the NAHBBS.
The drive was extremely peaceful since a lot of it is through the desert in West Texas. Took my time and stopped a lot to wander around.
Taj interview on Rapha 2.11.2013
Taj got a little interview over on the Rapha website about Fairdale. Check it out here: http://www.rapha.cc/taj-mihelich
Thanks to George Marshall of the Albion for the photo.
Flyer Review in Bicycle Times 2.6.2013
The new Bicycle Times magazine has a review of the Fairdale Flyer. We’re really honored by their words and feel like they captured the intent of the Flyer perfectly. “I fell in love with the bike on the first pedal stroke,” and, “…the bike put a smile on my face every time I mounted it.” Aside from all the obvious stroking and mounting jokes we truly appreciate the love from BT. Check out the full review below and pick up an issue too!
Sandy Carson Interview 1.28.2013
Team rider Sandy Carson scored a really great interview over at the Full Frame Collective. Check it out!
Ryan living the adventure life 1.28.2013
Our team rider Ryan Worcester is one of the masters of adventure. And he’s a damn fine photographer. Here’s a few snaps from recent days that show you a bit of what we mean. From BMX to mountain climbing in Hawaii to skiing the Northwest. What a ride!
Seth update 1.25.2013
Somewhere up on the most likely cold and rainy streets of Seattle our team rider Seth Holton is making a living riding bikes around. Ryan Worcester visited him and took some great photos for us.
Doodle dump 1.22.2013
Uploaded a little book of a few months worth of drawings. Check it out below…
Janice & her Weekender 1.10.2013
To launch the R+D section we’re starting pretty tame, but I’m sure some folks will find it very useful. We set our friend Janice up with a new Weekender bike and we are going to document her experience with it. She rides her bike for transportation everyday but says she doesn’t know a lot about bikes. We actually think that she has a lot to teach us about bikes by helping us remember what it’s like to not be immersed all day in the bicycle industry. We figure we can show her some cool ways to make the bike more comfortable for her, more functional and more fun. Adding racks, fenders, adjusting the fit are all relatively simple things to bike nerds like us, but can be a bit daunting for riders who haven’t ever worked on their own bike or who don’t know those options even exist. We’ll help her customize her bike into a machine she’s happy to ride everyday, and in return we’ll have the educational experience to see our bikes though the eyes of one of our customers.
New Team Rider: LEIF VALIN 1.9.2013
I’m not even gonna’ try to hide it anymore, the people I put on the Fairdale team are really just plain awesome people. It just so happens that their lives are tied to a cycling and that they are really good bike riders. They’re the kind of people you’d want to hang out with even if they didn’t ride bikes… We’re way stoked to announce our new team rider Leif Valin. Truly one of the funniest people in existence and has a lifetime of cycling history. From BMX to bicycle portaging like the photo above, Leif does it all.
Research and Design series coming soon… 1.8.2013
Even after spending half my life as a professional bike rider I still feel overwhelmed when I walk into a bicycle shop. Such an overload of technology, sizes, springy things I don’t understand, and a dizzying array of prices. On one level I think it’s all pretty amazing. I can nerd out with the best of them on all the cool new gadgets and spaceship bikes. On another level I find it all a bit discouraging. I have to say that most of my best memories about bicycles stem from the simplicity of the bike ride. There really is something special about riding a bike… I’ve spent far too much time trying to figure out what exactly it is. Your body powering you, the natural balance, the peacefulness, and the forgetting of everything that complicates life…. some combination of those things and probably more….
HAPPY HOLIDAYS 12.21.2012
Hope you all have a fun vacation!
WEEKENDER NOW AVAILABLE IN XL SIZE 12.14.2012
Our popular Weekender 1×9 complete bike is now available in Small thru Extra-Large sizes!
Weekender Ride out to Palmetto State Park 12.10.2012
This weekend Monty and I loaded up my Weekender + BOB trailer and hit the road. I had found a bike route out to Palmetto State Park and thought it looked like a good adventure. 67 miles seemed doable at a leisurely pace since I had a whole day to it.
Fairdale Print Catalog 12.6.2012
To view our 2013 print catalog, click HERE.
To download a PDF version of it, click HERE.
Our Print catalog is available for you to flip through or download. Check it out! Featuring some great photos from Sandy Carson.
Cruisin’ on the fence 12.4.2012
Went for a little test ride with a grip shift Weekender I built up. I’m on the fence with the grip shift thing. I found myself getting confused shifting the front and rear derailleur around while testing them out. You know, that parking lot cruise where you shift through all the gears to see if they’re working? However, once I got going and settled down into just the occasional click up and down I really started to like it.
