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  Fairdale Weekender Review: Urban VeloOne of our favorite cycling mags Urban Velo just did a nice review on our Weekender bike. It’s a good and thorough review if we do say so ourselves. Thinking about a Weekender? This is for you. And thanks Urban Velo!
  Interbike/ Texas Toast JamJust last week Fairdale returned from a trip out to Las Vegas to show off our bikes at the big Interbike trade show. The show is primarily for bike shops to check out bike manufacturers like us. We were amazed and flattered by the great response we had from all the shops. Our little booth […]
  Leif’s Devil’s Head weekday Weekender RideGot my new Kelly Green Weekender on a Wednesday. Put it together with haste rode down to the shop and dialed it in, down to Pablo`s for some coffee and hatched a plan for the next day…
  Idaho Springs to Mt. Evans weekender rideWent for a casual ride from Idaho Springs up to the top of Mt.Evans. The climb from 7,540 ft. to 14,264 ft. elevation takes place on the highest paved road in North America. My imaginary girlfriend Cindy came along firmly attached to the top tube of my Weekender. With her additional moral support I was sure I would make […]
  New issue of Paved Magazine and Seattle to San FranciscoGood news today, we got a copy of the new Paved Magazine with a 14 page article about our trip from Seattle to San Francisco. Sandy Carson fills the issue with his best nice big glossy photos and your’s truly fills the article with run on sentences (which were thankfully edited to a nice readable […]
  New Team Rider: Ryan WorcesterWe’re proud to introduce a new member of the Fairdale team. Ryan Worcester has been a friend for years and we’re honored to have him be a part of our adventure. He produced this nice video of riding his Weekender around Maui. It really captures the enjoyment of a good day out pedaling and the […]
  Camping trip from Oakland, Ca to Taylor State ParkSandy Carson just got back from California. While out there he lead his buddy Allan on a quick bicycle powered camping trip. Check out the casual adventure below and making the “Weekender” live up to its name. Story and photos by Sandy Carson…
  Swan HatWe got some nice new mesh hats in. Check them out here…  https://fairdalebikes.com/catalog/swan-hat/
  Hershal the dog’s RAGBRAI AdventureHershal (with a little help from his buddy Logan) just posted up a new Field Trip post. Check out Hershal’s journey across the great state of Iowa here.
  The Flyer reviewed on Yay Bikes!The Flyer got a review over on the Yay Bike! blog. Check out a innocent 3rd party review of the Flyer Step-through here.
  Coaster, Weekender, and Flyer videos up!Want to learn more about our bikes? We just uploaded some casually informative videos explaining them. You can find the videos with each bike in our catalog or…. go ahead and nerd out and watch them below… Coaster Weekender Flyer and Flyer Step-through Parser Black and Parser Express videos will be up in a couple […]
  Weekender literally ripped in half by rollergirls!Ok, that didn’t actually happen. In fact, this Weekender was given away by the Texecutioners at the recent Star of Texas Bowl. Check out the rest of the photos and a cool little write up here on the Texas Rollergirls site. Austin is pretty darned amazing isn’t it?! Also, congrats to the winner Michael from […]