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  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 […]
  Ragbrai day 7Anamosa To Clinton 70 Miles The final morning was uncharacteristically quiet. The humans partied harder than usual last night, with most talking about how relaxed and cool the next day’s ride would be. Our campsite packed up quickly as both of us were eager to get the ride started. I sat at the bottom of […]
  Ragbrai Day 6Cedar Rapids to Anamosa 43 Miles Today started off wonderfully, the cool air seemed to hang through the first fifteen miles. Staying so close to the winding river kept the first stretch of the day’s brief 43 miles considerably more relaxing than expected. We passed a few interesting information booths from local groups passing out […]
  Fairdale Hats on sale with free shipping!Got a head? Think about how much better it would be if you protected that knoggin’ from the sun. Fairdale Mesh hats (with deluxe terry cloth headband liner) are now only $10.99 and that comes with free shipping (if you live in the USA on the continent). Check them out here!
  Field Trip: RAGRBAIWe sent our co-worker Hershal Walker out to Iowa to ride the annual RAGBRAI ride. If you haven’t heard about RAGBRAI it’s the largest supported ride in the country (RAGBRAI= Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa). Some 7500 participants riding across the state of Iowa and camping each night.
  Ragbrai Day 5  Marshalltown to Cedar Rapids 85 Miles Good thing we were prepared for last night’s storm because things were well saturated when Logan threw me out of the tent shortly before 6 am. The rain seemed to cool the ground a bit as the morning started a little later than usual. Forgetting his Fairdale Kit […]
  Fairdale Disposed on DefgripWe landed a Disposed gallery over on Defgrip from our recent Seattle to San Francisco trip. Check it out here!