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  Jim Bauer dive bombs a FairdaleJim Bauer is a man of many hats. Known for daredevil pro BMX riding, creative designing (for Odyssey, Sunday and even Fairdale), snazzy dresser and being an all around cool dude. Here he bombs his custom Fairdale down a hill in Long Beach that is so steep its illegal to ride a bike down it. […]
  Texas Toast Jam 2Tomorrow I am touring Austin trying to nail down next year’s venue for Texas Toast Jam. We’re thinking the event will be in spring sometime but no date is yet confirmed. It is happening though! The big question is what will we do this year? Like, for real, what the hell are we going to […]
  Putting the “weeee” back in freewheel.Unsolicited art contribution from Alberto over in Denver. Pretty sweet ride!  
  Get a Fairdale Print Zine 2Fairdale zine 2 is a very limited print run. There’s a handful of them in Austin if you’d like to pick one up. After they sell out we’ll put it up as a online version, but its always cooler to have a print version of a zine. 68 pages this time! If you’re in the […]
  Drive to MichiganDrove up to Michigan for some family stuff. Took a few photos on the way. I love the map above is put out by the state. My family is a bit south of the “Thumb Area”. Saw Empire making some deliveries dangerously close to Albe’s territory. Turf war? Truck stop t-shirts are some of my […]
  10,000 bikesGot back from Interbike and ACL fest was happening in Austin. I didn’t see any of the music but I did take a ride down to check out all the bikes. The music festival has like 70,000 spectators and not one parking spot! Its a really amazing scene to see like 10,000 bikes parked out […]
  Skateboard Rack! Chromoly and wood finally get alongAt long last the Fairdale Skaterack is finally in stock and shipping to shops. Expect to pay about $42 for the skaterack which includes everything you need to attach it to your bike’s rear rack and securely hold your skateboard. Pedal and shred. Or something like that…. we need a good tagline. Spandex and japan […]
  Nora Cup Awards BackstageIt happened again. I thought I had escaped having to go to Interbike but a the last minute Ride BMX Magazine asked me to present an award at Nora Cup. It is a big honor and so even though it wrapped a lot of my biggest anxieties into one (flying, Interbike, Vegas, and public speaking) […]
  Zine 2! Yipee!Look what I finished today! Stoked. I don’t actually have any copies yet but I should have some tomorrow that I’ll be taking with me to Interbike when I go on thursday. Maybe see you there if you want one? I’ll post some info on how everyone else can get one next week once I’m […]
  Irritating EveryonePoke poke poke. Gonna poke that ego til it pops!
  Top 50 BMX logos of all time… as best as I can rememberComplex had me write a story about the top 50 BMX logos of all time. It was really hard since I have a terrible memory for this stuff. Anyway, its up on the internet… check it out if you’d like: http://www.complex.com/art-design/2011/09/the-50-greatest-bmx-logos Also, I bought this koozie today:
  Woody’s JimThis one isn’t a Fairdale ad, but still a pretty awesome find.