News / 2010

The History of Bicycling part 2Until now bicycling has been going along swimmingly, and then some asshole put a motor car on the road and screwed up everything.

The History of Bicycling Part 1Part 1 of Fairdale's amazing journey into the history of the bicycle and how it has changed the world.

Logo maniaPlaying around with logo ideas.

The nonsense continues…Tiny ears and chocolate make me smile

Purple helmet fax machineYep, I'm a hater.

I was Mat Hoffman’s Stunt DoubleMat's in the news again... new movie about him and he's riding some. Got me thinking about some old times.

Barfin’ Bunnies and hipster dufuses!The title says all I can think of to say about these drawings.

Who needs a stinkin’ skateboardRamp shredding

Tough timesThat's right, that line... I crossed it!

Early birdMornings at OTX.

Bike stuff to do in austinBikes are fun here.

New back safe designBack-A-Radical!

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Prototype testing….

Prototype testing….

A fresh Hareraiser for @tajlucas. This is a larg

A fresh Hareraiser for @tajlucas.

This is a large sized Hareraiser frame dressed up with my favorite DJ parts. Odyssey lever and a mechanical brake (because I know how to work on those), Odyssey Thunderbolt DJ cranks, Chromag stem, Spank wheels with some deluxe spray paint, and Crank Bros Stamp 7 pedals.

I’ve been riding my DJ a lot lately. Really fun to get myself into the air again.

Fairdale classic foam trucker hats are multipurpos

Fairdale classic foam trucker hats are multipurpose.

The Sieben and Fairdale Weekender Nomad MX is avai

The Sieben and Fairdale Weekender Nomad MX is available now (only a handful left). And thanks @sieben_up!

Words by @tajlucas , old photos and video by @t1stagram

Look true and look far, but don’t lose sight of

Look true and look far, but don’t lose sight of where you are.

A few of our many nautical themed characters.

Captain Goodship, Lookfar Giraffe, and Lochneck Monster.

It was mentioned in a meeting that we never talk a

It was mentioned in a meeting that we never talk about our MX-6 bars. So, this post includes all my notes from said meeting.

Our popular MX-4 bars end up all over the place and in lots of different colors, but our MX-6 bars stay quiet. They appear on the @sundaybikes High-C and on our own Taj model. You can also buy them for your own bike that might need a 6” bar. Enjoy!

Our Hareraiser dirt jumper (DJ) is available with

Our Hareraiser dirt jumper (DJ) is available with a rigid fork or a suspension fork. Our rigid fork version is a bit less expensive and makes a good entry point onto our excellent frame. A good DJ suspension fork can easily cost you more than this entire bike, and the funny thing is, most of the time you’ll have the fork pretty much locked out. If you’re coming from BMX you’ll appreciate the slightly steeper headtube angle of the rigid fork (the fork mimics a slightly sagged position of a suspension fork). You can, of course, always add a squishy fork of your liking to the bike down the road.

The rigid fork build also has our MX 4 BMX-style bars, which brings up the bar height. An Odyssey brake lever modulates the mechanical disc brake through our efficient Linear cable (made for Fairdale by Odyssey). That means no hydraulic fluids to mess around with, no suspension fork to service, no batteries to charge– just a bike that is always ready to have fun at the dirt jumps, pump track, or skatepark.

Simple, steel, and trustworthy are the slightly generic sounding, but entirely sincere bywords for our Hareraiser rigid.

Our new Berry Weekender Nomad! The Berry edition j

Our new Berry Weekender Nomad! The Berry edition jumps up to fast rolling to 700c x 40 tires (650b on XS and S sizes). The simple to use 1x Apex drivetrain is up for anything. And, Monty proudly rides along as your good luck mascot!

The Weekender is a model we’ve had going for 15 years. My personal bike has been on 1000 mile bike packing trips across the USA, tours of Europe, and now has been decorated with fenders and a basket for a less glamorous life of grocery getting and around town commuting. The Weekender deserves the run-on sentence description because it is so good at doing lots of things. Enjoy one!

Check this bike out in XS-XL sizes.

Our pretty looking and pretty fun Lookfar. In Surf

Our pretty looking and pretty fun Lookfar. In Surf Blue, ready to enjoy a summer day.

Morning doodle. What I visualize when folks say th

Morning doodle. What I visualize when folks say this.

Sometimes it is the simple things that make a bike

Sometimes it is the simple things that make a bike ride fun. @leifiel making some pretty waves out of a mud puddle on his Elevator.

Taj’s Elevator Bike check up on the Fairdale web

Taj’s Elevator Bike check up on the Fairdale website. “For our Sea Otter show bike (that would be my personal bike after the show) I went for the on-trend silver parts kit that turned out to be way more “on-trend” than I expected. Still, I’m stoked on this mix of parts…”

Click over to Fairdale if you want to see all the details of the bike and feel free to muse about how you would build your own Elevator frame (or ask us questions).