Sandy 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…
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Camping trip from Oakland, Ca to Taylor State Park August 20, 2012
Swan Hat August 17, 2012
We got some nice new mesh hats in. Check them out here… https://fairdalebikes.com/catalog/swan-hat/
Hershal the dog’s RAGBRAI Adventure August 15, 2012
Hershal (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! August 15, 2012
Coaster, Weekender, and Flyer videos up! August 9, 2012
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 days.
Weekender literally ripped in half by rollergirls! August 2, 2012
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 Los Angeles!
Ragbrai day 7 July 28, 2012
Camp being emptied out in a wildly over exposed early morning shot.
Anamosa 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 the ramp into the truck while Logan loaded our gear for the last time. We rolled our rig through camp making sure to say good morning to the people who we saw regularly. Hearing Logan give the rundown of my breed, age, name and the usual info every fifteen seconds for seven days gave me the idea that there were quite a number of people who recognized me. It’s hard to tell the humans apart when they all are wearing such funny colored spandex, but I always appreciated the kind words.
Ragbrai Day 6 July 27, 2012
Nothing to do in your hometown? Well you sure as hell cant scoot, ride or skate here either
Cedar 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 information on various human things. Ending corporate personhood table topped my list of things that gave me hope on the ride.
Fairdale Hats on sale with free shipping! July 26, 2012
Field Trip: RAGRBAI July 26, 2012
We 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.
