News / 2011

  Jock Strap InspectorAs 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 […]
  Happy Christmas from FairdaleFor 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 stuffJust 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 […]
  The bike we never meant to makeProlly 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 ChristmasIf 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 JapanHere’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 HEADSETOur 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).
  Go Out There
  T-shirts on sale!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.  
  2 more T’sThere are essentially two types of bicycles. Use the above drawings to determine which kind of bike you have. A MOUNTIAIN BIKE or A 10-SPEED.
  New shirtI either heard, or thought I heard, someone say this in a bar. Seems like it would be a good T-shirt.
  Built-in Headset detailI’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 […]