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Home again, for a dayAnd… finally I’m home from my trip around the Eastern half of the country. Whew… what a drive… put almost 6000 miles on my new car. Got a day here in Austin and then its off to the Northwest for the big tour down the west coast.

Check out some sweet new bikes!Take a look at our new bikes. Our full line will be in stock by the end of the month!

Driving out eastGot on the road from Michigan (after Fed Ex brought me a new credit card to replace my stolen one) and started working my way east.

Fairdale Road Trip Day 2 thru 4Day 2 was a pretty uneventful 7AM to 2AM drive. Shouldn’t really have taken that long but Monty and I stopped a lot. At one point I got bored and just decided to get lost off the highway and wander around some small town on the Illinois-Indiana border. All in all it was one of […]

Road Trip Day 1I’m freestyling a route around the country something like this. Today I loaded up my new car and hit the road to do a loop of the eastern half of the country. I’m going to visit bike shops and show them the new Fairdales we have coming in. Thanks to a late start I only covered […]

ESPN talks FairdaleESPN wrote a really nice piece about Fairdale and me that I’m very honored by. I guess it sort of chronicles my riding career and leads into the creation of Fairdale. Thanks guys -Taj “Over 25 years ago, a BMXer by the name of Taj Mihelich started a path through BMX that few had ever […]

Fairdale x Roger / CoasterWe're really pleased to "officially" announce the Fairdale Roger bike. This collector's edition is only available in super limited quantities.

Real Ride 2012This is by far the largest collection of Fairdale kits every assembled and I’m not even in the picture! Texas summer bike rides requires a thorough group sunscreen coverage session. Here the Full Factory/ OTX office and Sandy Carson prepare for the 85 miler.

Big Bicycle RidesI’ve got a few big rides coming up so I started modifying my Weekender prototype bike to see how flexible a platform it is.

Fairdale People: Parser Frame Build from up northAnother interesting application for our single speed Parser frame. This time from Canada.

Shiner RideThe Shiner G.A.S.P. Ride is an annual 100 mile long ride from Austin to Shiner, Tx. It’s a fun ride that raises thousands for the United Way and it ends at the Shiner Brewery for a big party. Sandy Carson went out on the ride this year and sent back this report…

New Fairdales now available for Pre-bookHey bike shops, Fairdale’s new line is available for pre-booking in the USA NOW through Full Factory Distribution. Please hit up Full Factory for information on 5 sweet new models we have coming very soon! Full Factory Distribution 512-382-9973

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My Weekender has turned into a jumbled mix of part

My Weekender has turned into a jumbled mix of parts over the last couple of years, but I love it. It makes me happy every time I ride it. I’m aware that reading a post proclaiming love for a product on the same feed that makes the product isn’t worth much. Still, it is sincere. This collection of mismatched parts, things I wanted to try out, see if they would fit, bought on a whim, or reinstalled after an experiment gone wrong, has landed on a rig I see no way to improve. Of course, there are more expensive and fancier components I could put on the bike, and our new Rockitship is just around the corner, but my Weekender will keep going.

The Oldman Mountain front rack is so handy for grabbing a bag of groceries or ferrying my laptop, U-lock, and sketchbook to work at a coffee shop (and a parking spot for my helmet while I run inside). The rear rack is handy when it rains to hold my waterproof laptop bag. The MX-4 bars and BMX stem make the bike match the riding position of my mountain bike, which I’m most used to. The Schwalbe Super Moto X 2.4 tire is absurdly big on the bike, making cornering on this commuter a lot of fun. There’s even enough grip to pedal the bike out on the occasional mountain bike trail. I switched out the drivetrain for the GX Eagle one that comes on our Elevator for big hills. Odyssey levers on the bars feel like a reminder of my BMX home.

Weekenders are fun bikes to mod, add accessories to, and, most importantly, ride on any occasion. Mine brings a smile to my face on every ride and I hope one can do the same for you.
-Taj

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.