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Drumming and Skating with Erik ConnInside the Fairdale Tribe Erik Conn holds a seat of wisdom. Even before I knew him personally I could tell by watching him play drums that he was doing a hell of a lot more than mechanically keeping the beat. Watching him play was almost spiritual… or maybe you could say it was in that […]

Fairdale People: Erik ConnErik’s one of those guys who sums up Austin for me. A real and true genius of a musician who keeps life simple and laid back… someone you’re stoked to know lives in your town. Sandy Carson happened upon him early today and sent me this picture.

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I drew Monty driving a monster truck a long while

We have been busy restocking bikes and gearing up

We have been busy restocking bikes and gearing up for the holidays. Check out our Lemon Grass Weekender, the very last run of the Matte Red Taj’s, and the Berry Weekender Nomad.

The Lookfar is our keepin’ it simple, keeps it f

The Lookfar is our keepin’ it simple, keeps it fun bike for cruising and commuting. Easily shift through 8-speeds with just your thumb. 40mm wide Maxxis tires are comfortable on rough roads and bike trails. Available in size XS-L and even a step-thru version. Lots of color options too.

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).