News / 2016 Archer Weekender

Fishing with Jared SwaffordJared is a professional BMX rider for Odyssey BMX and Fit Bike Co. Though he has the natural talent to kill it on just about any size bike, his first love happens to be fishing! We spent some time with him on his trusty Weekender, and hit up one of his regular fishing spots.

Bike sizing through the internet is hardWe receive quite a lot of questions about bike sizing. It’s an obvious question to ask but one that isn’t always that easy to answer. In an ideal world you’d head down to your local bike shop and have them “size” you for a bike.

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Happy Halloween everybody! Have fun out there, and

Happy Halloween everybody! Have fun out there, and if you’re in a pinch for a costume, don’t forget #fairdalebox

A look at our Design Director, Chris Cotsonas’ G

A look at our Design Director, Chris Cotsonas’ Goodship build. The Goodship is our steel road bike that Chris rides daily. It sits outside of our main line of bikes as a bit of a special project and explores some of our technical abilities in bicycle manufacturing.

He decked out this build with Chris King bits, an ENVE fork, and an assortment of parts that he knows and trusts.

He’s also running @odysseybmx OPTIS for road. The combination of higher volume tires with lower pressure and the support of a firmer OPTIS inflation has been serving him well. He’s also added @clikvalve to his OPTIS which makes keeping correct pressures a breeze.

Chris rode all through the blistering Austin summer and is surely grateful for some cooler winter temps on shade free roads like these.

Using a steel frame as a base for a collection of proven modern components yields an excellent ride. It’s interesting the way carbon and steel can compliment each other.

Our special Goodship frame is available now.

Just in time for Halloween the Cool Mint (or if yo

Just in time for Halloween the Cool Mint (or if you prefer, Unripened Pumpkin Green) Ridgemont is back!

Ran into BMX legend @jasonenns at the skatepark an

Ran into BMX legend @jasonenns at the skatepark and got him to do a few Canadians on my new Taj bike. Stoked to see the front brakes put to proper use.

The Taj is a 27.5” BMX bike for cruising around on, and still fun if your “cruise” takes you near the skatepark and dirt jumps. -Taj

We’re busy restocking models and getting ready f

We’re busy restocking models and getting ready for all the big bike-buying holidays (like Halloween and the Day of the Dead).

Here’s a few Weekender builds, a Macaroni, and an Express that are all looking forward to meeting you.

The Fairdale Rockitship catching some sun.

The Fairdale Rockitship catching some sun.

A little behind the scenes of the little mascot ar

A little behind the scenes of the little mascot art on the Goodship frames. I try to give each of the bikes a mascot of some kind. It adds a story and personality to the model. A character to guide the bike. -Taj

I wrote a little blog over on the internet (Fairda

I wrote a little blog over on the internet (Fairdale site) if you’re interested in some of the behind the scenes here.

@fullfactory is our in-house sales team that sells Fairdale to bike shops. FF also brings @odysseybmx, @sundaybikes, @gsportbmx, and @bsdforever to bike shops in the USA. A bike shop can get anything and everything BMX along with Fairdale Bikes in one spot (and on one order).

Our Ridgemont has sold out in all colors except fo

Our Ridgemont has sold out in all colors except for Gloss Black (and this extra dark version of black is on sale).

The Fairdale Out of Step tee and bottle: I was obv

The Fairdale Out of Step tee and bottle: I was obviously riffing on Minor Threat’s famous Out of Step album cover with this drawing. I see this scene play out in real life every time I go for a pedal… rolling through town with my eyes up enjoying the sights, but everyone around me has their head’s bowed–hypnotized by their phones. I do it myself of course, but these brief looks from my bike while outside my little screen’s control are refreshing. -Taj

We just added Black Rockitship and Goodship frames

We just added Black Rockitship and Goodship frames! The Rockitship (gravel, adventure, fun things) frame is available in Blood Orange or Black, and the Goodship (fancy steel road) frame is available in Marine Blue or Black.

Rockitship in Blood Orange

Goodship in Black.

Goodship in Marine Blue.

Elevator action! Thanks to @jamie_from_biking 🚲

Elevator action! Thanks to @jamie_from_biking 🚲 and @conorbmx316 📸 for this post. Our Elevator is a 29er hardtail MTB for trail riding, but some trails have fun jumps on them!