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Empire Mural Day 4

2.7.2012

Well, to be honest I didn’t accomplish a whole lot on the Empire mural today… or at least it doesn’t really look any different. So here instead is a picture of Monty getting ready to head home from last night.

Empire Mural Day 3

2.4.2012

Today I showed up to empire and just started drawing on the wall. Didn’t really have too much of a plan but knew I needed to fit 19 people on there (Empire team and Empire family).

Empire Mural Day 2

2.3.2012

Spent a little bit of time up at Empire and got to this point on day 2.

I guess if we take my sketch a little further its heading for something like this…

Empire Mural

2.3.2012

Over the next few days (or maybe weeks) I’m going to be spending some spare time up at Empire BMX working on a mural over the upstairs mini ramp. Should be lots of fun. Today was my first day and the results are pretty boring.

A few drawings for the morning

1.25.2012

I’ve been trying to think of a tag line for Fairdale… something like above… or “Every Pedal Moves You Closer”

Internet Vacation

1.19.2012

Thanks to the internet being on vacation yesterday I spent some time doodling and trying to get my creative juices flowing. Fairdale needs some new t-shirt designs and I’m trying to get something going.

Sandy Carson is on the team

1.16.2012

Long time friend and all around great guy Sandy Carson is now a part of Fairdale’s team. It’s true that we don’t really have a team but starting right now we are going to begin putting together a small group of awesome folks who like to ride bikes.

New Zealand Bicycle Tour with Sandy Carson

1.12.2012

And now here’s part 2 of Sandy Carson’s down under cycling tour adventure (you can catch Part 1 here)…

The 2 weeks flew by in Australia and I was already regretting only having a week to enjoy New Zealand’s South Island as I flew in. I’ve always wanted explore NZ and i’m sure it won’t be the last. Need. More. Time. ugh!

Flying over the glaciers and making a to do list. Hike, ride, explore, skydive? getting ADD already.

Fairdale’s Tour of Australia

1.11.2012

So let’s see… to be fair Sandy Carson’s bicycle tour of Australia/ New Zealand was before he was actually on the Fairdale team and he’s not actually on a Fairdale. Still, his bike does have a Fairdale sticker on it and he had a great adventure we want to show you. Plus, yes, he is almost officially on the Fairdale team that we are starting of awesome people who ride bikes. Once he signs his contract we’ll give you a good bunch of info on BMX legend/ Austin’s favorite photographer/ veggie powered cyclist Sandy Carson.

Check out Sandy’s trip through his photos and words below. Part 2 which covers his New Zealand leg will be here sometime next week- Taj

Camping on the Weekender

1.11.2012

In an effort to test our new Weekender model as much as possible before full production I lent my personal steed out for the weekend. This gave the Weekender a chance to live up to its name and prove its stuff. Full Factory’s Logan and his pup Hershal took the bike and my Bob trailer for a 100+ mile ride to a camp ground up north of Austin (Upper Colorado Bend State Park). They traveled with everything they needed for a camping weekend. Logan said the ride was good except that the loaded trailer with dog on board made standing hill climbs difficult. Since his route went through the thick of Texas hill country he spent a lot of time grinding away in the small gears. The ride proved to be quite an adventure and he managed to spend a relaxing weekend with his dog camping and then head back to Austin. Not bad!

Sounds like a lot of fun… I think I might be doing something very similar very soon.

Thanks to Andrew Brady for the pic!

Finally, a crabon fiber couch

1.9.2012

Found this beauty on the internet. Carbon fiber bikes with leather seats and carbon fiber couches with leather seats. You’re life could be complete! Actually pretty interesting construction techniques if you find this kind of thing interesting like I do : http://cncrouting.co.uk/projects/carbon-fibre-sofa/

Hey Bike shops… Skaterack at QBP

1.3.2012

Our wonderful little Skaterack just got a little easier to get. QBP the world’s largest seller of bicycle parts to bike shops just added it to their inventory. Just search out Fairdale. If you’re just a person (and not a whole bike shop) this means that pretty much any bike shop you might walk into can order you a Skaterack at a moments notice.

Jock Strap Inspector

12.28.2011

As often happens at Fairdale today’s morning began with one of my co-workers researching the origins of the jock strap. According to the “Bike” Athletic company which has sold over 300 million jock straps the athletic supporter was invented by them 1874. The purpose was so that “bicycle jockeys” could endure the bone-shaking ball-breaking abuse from riding on cobblestone streets. Bike’s enlightening history is here.

Happy Christmas from Fairdale

12.22.2011

For Christmas I got Monty a new Bob trailer. 10 Miles to and from work is a bit much for those stumpy legs and unfortunately the Dograck didn’t really work that well. I made the above christmas card to you all inspired by how we’re about to ride home.

Rainy day… peeing on stuff

12.19.2011

Just had a little meeting across town and had to clip on my fenders for some rain riding. On my way home a car ran a stop sign and almost got me. I instinctively death gripped both brake levers when I saw what was about to happen. Before the brakes had even engaged it flashed through my mind that it was raining and my brakes weren’t going to work. Luckily, as fast as I thought that they did start working. So stoked on disc brakes in the rain! Those things stopped so well! Almost never rains here in Austin so I don’t really get to see that other benefit of disc brakes. Fairdale Weekender above coming early next year.

The other good thing to do with rainy days is make mischief with photoshop! Made this Fairdale ad as a joke on Prolly is Not Probably. Like as if we had the ad space above him this is what our ad would look like. We did actually send in our first ad to Urban Velo and so you can check us out in print in january. Not sure if it will be so urine focused.

The bike we never meant to make

12.19.2011

Prolly is Not Probably sent us over some awesome photos of our buddy Hern riding a Fairdale. He’s not riding it the usual way though as he’s converted his Parser Express into a single-speed fixed-gear cyclo-cross bike.

‘Twas the Shred Before Christmas

12.15.2011

If you happen to be near Buffalo NY on Dec 21 Jim Cielencki is throwing the “Shred Before Christmas” jam at X-Wheels skatepark. Hit up Sunday Bikes for more info.

Fairdales in Japan

12.13.2011

Here’s a Fairdale ad from our distributor in Japan. It ran in Pedal Speed magazine. No idea what it says but stoked on it nonetheless.

Need a Fairdale in Japan? Hit up Motocross International at Ride2Rock.jp

Frame and Fork kit special- FREE HEADSET

12.9.2011

Our frame and fork kits have been added to our online store and are available now for only $375.00.

To sweeten the deal we are including a FREE Odyssey sealed headset (normally $27).

T-shirts on sale!

12.7.2011

Fairdale T-shirts are on sale for the holidays. Check them out on our Online Store here: Fairdale Online Store

You may also note we added the option to ship by US Priority mail. Bit cheaper then UPS if you’re just getting a single shirt.

Built-in Headset detail

12.2.2011

I’ve mentioned the built-in headset race on our Fairdale Parser forks once before. On a recent trip by a bike shop I saw they had built up one of our frame kits and tried to force the headset race on to the forks. Essentially built-in races are pretty standard in the BMX world, but not so much in the road world. I guess we caught the shop off guard with how convenient this little feature is. This tiny bit of machining allows us to simplify bike assembly more then most people are used to.

Catching up…

12.1.2011

This year is flying by! Seems like not long ago Fairdale was just a blog full of dum drawings. Now we have a couple models of bikes out that are finally starting to take off. Skaterack is rocking and also now on our webstore and for bike shops it’s also headed to QBP any day now. Been working hard on 4 new models we have launching early next year.