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  Birth defect lockI bought the cheapest U-lock I could find to have as an extra lock for when I have house guests visiting who want to borrow a bike. I figured a cheap lock would be fine what would likely be pretty limited use. Little did I know that this lock would come with a warning saying […]
  Hey Naked People, buy Fairdale Clothes!It bothers me when I see you running down the street with your bits all bobbing around. Buy some clothes! Sweet Fairdale hats available. With breathable mesh back and soft touch terry cloth liner headband. This Printed on American Apparel T-shirt can be yours. This extremely soft and comfortable pocket-T by American Apparel is a […]
  Fairdale bikes appearing in Austin shopsFairdale Bikes are starting to appear in Austin shops. Its cool to start seeing random people riding by on one of the bikes. Frame and fork kits are out now and very reasonably priced. If your shop doesn’t have them they can just get ahold of Full Factory Distribution to pick one up. Check out […]
  Cycling’s forgotten demographicFairdale’s constant quest to bring cycling to the masses turns yet another milestone. Today two of our new designs have answered the call of some of cycling’s forgotten demographic. Not everyone rides for the love and enjoyment of riding. Some ride  because the law says they can no longer legally drive a car. For these […]
  Fairdale FalloutI think I might have taken a wrong turn with Fairdale. Although it made sense to me that a retiring BMX pro might want to get into some mellower bikes meant to be a lot of fun to ride I think I was supposed to get even more aggro and start wanting to fight people. […]
  AnimatedI think this thing only plays on my tumblr for some reason.
  WinoI don’t think this drawing was going anywhere anyway, but then I sloshed my drunk ass glass of wine down on it.
  Build your own Fairdale frame kitsAt long last our Parser Frame and Fork kits are available to the public! Buy one and build it how you want… you could even take all the parts off your BMX and put them on there (note: that won’t work very well). Our Parser frames are double butted chromoly through and through and use […]
  Beast’s BackpackThis true story popped into my head the other day.
  Parsers on the looseI’ve sent a few of the production Parser bikes out into the wild and built a bunch of them up doing some final quality checks. Pretty happy to start seeing them buzzing around the streets of Austin. Chase Hawk picked up a Black one and Nina Buitrago is testing out one of the small sized […]
  Invisible Roof RackAs part of Fairdale’s revolutionary (probably going to) patent (someday) design series we bring you the Invisible BMX Roof Rack. After two customers saw our Skateboard Rack and asked about the possibility of a BMX rack we put on our engineering cap and came up with this masterpiece of design. A simple, easy and elegant […]
  Angry Sheep