Our boy Sam Carlson recently built up a custom Weekender Nomad. Click around to check it out.
Frame: 2020 Weekender (M)
Fork: Weekender Disk
Handlebar: Bontrager (42cm)
Headset: Cult Crew
Brake: Avid BB7
Tape: Lizard Skin
Seat: Fabric Scoop
Seat Post: Thompson
Seat Clamp: Fairdale
Cranks: SRAM Force 1 (170mm)
Wheels: Shimano No Name
Tires: Panaracer 700x38mm
Chain: SRAM
Cassette: Shimano 105 11-34
Shift Levers: SRAM Force 1
R. Derailleur: SRAM Force 1
JP Bevin‘s sent through some rad shots of his custom Weekender Nomad. Click around to scope it out.
Frame: Fairdale Weekender
Fork: Fairdale Weekender
Handlebar: Salsa Cow Chipper 46cm
Headset: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Brakes: Avid BB7 mechanical disc
Tape: SRAM pink with matching hoods
Seat: Brooks Cambium with cut out
Seat Post: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Seat Clamp: Fairdale
Cranks: SRAM Red
Pedals: Odyssey PRO PC Pedals
Chainring: AARN 42t
Rear Hub: Koozer MTB
Front Hub: Shimano generator
Rims: DT Swiss R470
Tires: Vee Rubber Rail 29×1.95
Chain: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Cassette: SunLite 11-40
Shift Levers: SRAM Apex
Derailleur: SRAM X9
Cables: Jagwire pro road neon pink
Cages: 1 Fairdale / 1 Arundel looney bin
Jared 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.
The 2016 Weekender Drop comes stock with a 11- 40t rear cassette. With 10 different gears ranging from a-bombing-down-a-hill-high-speed 11t to the granny-gear-hill-climbing 40t you can ride anything that comes your way. Older Weekenders have an 11-36t rear cassette. If you want a bigger range of gears you can follow the traditional path and add a front derailleur and another sprocket up front. Another option is to take advantage of all the 1x upgrades available in the mountain bike world. Leif Valin upgraded Sandy Carson’s Weekender with a OneUp 42t rear cassette kit and a Wolf Tooth narrow/wide front sprocket.
I lurked around the #fairdalebikes hashtag on instagram and found a rad assortment of customized bikes. Stoked to see them, thanks y’all!
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It is so flattering when someone customizes one of our bikes. I like seeing our bikes reborn in ways that I would never have imagined. It’s also great to know that someone likes the starting platform enough to pour all that extra time/money into the bike. No Life Like This Life just posted a really pretty Weekender OG build belonging to Tyler Scaife.
I built up a Weekender frame and fork set with some fancy parts. It’s a special treat to myself since I’m usually a riding a bike with an assortment of miss-mathced sample parts. I started with our Weekender frameset in Electro Silver (available now). More
Sandy Carson was our first team rider back in January of 2012. “Team Rider” is a term we use very loosely at Fairdale. We don’t expect our riders to win races (though Sandy did just win a Texas State Championship on a mountain bike). Hell, we don’t expect our riders to even ride all the time.
Mostly our team is made up of friends who are doing cool things. Folks we admire. People who in some way have bicycles as part of their lives. Sandy couldn’t sum that up more.
As a full time photographer he is always doing something exciting… some shoot or another, working on his own photo books and shows, or traveling around to odd places. More than any of that what really makes us admire his work is the way his photographs portray the world. He takes some of the most interesting photos we know of by catching little details that the rest of us skim over. Those little things that when expertly highlighted can reveal special moments all around us.
On top of all that he is an amazing bike rider. A cyclist who is perpetually motivated to ride all kinds of bikes. Riding with an infectious sense of humor and inspiring enthusiasm. His great history as a sponsored BMX rider means he can naturally shred on any bike. Applying that mastery to bikes with other sized wheels has lead him into an even bigger love for cycling.
We spent some time down in Austin filming the man and would like to present to you this video. Check out our friend Sandy.
Visit SandyCarson.com to see more of his work.
CAMERA & EDIT: Francis Delapena
MUSIC: Water of Life / Concrete Antenna
Music courtesy of Water of Life. Make sure to also check out their new project, Concrete Antenna. Follow them on Instagram via @SurfacePressure.
This morning was actually chilly. It was wonderful, but a bit windy. After the first 9 miles, we had warmed up enough to loose our jackets.
While tossing over my jacket to Phil, I lost my balance and couldn’t get my foot unclipped. I toppled right over. I landed in perfectly soft grass so it was hilarious. It kept me grinning for hours. I put my chain back on and we pressed on.
From Phil: I got to sleep in all the way till 8:30 today. We crashed at our friend Abigail and Josh’s last night. I was awakened by Liz jumping up and down on our air mattress until I got up. We got dressed and walked to a local coffee shop for some cold brew and cookies.
We drove out to Baton Rouge to go check out the city and a visit local bike shop. The shop was half bike shop and half machine shop; it’s a good mix of city bikes and new and mid school BMX parts. I could tell the shop owner was into making custom frames. 16″ Strider style bikes, some 20″ and 24″ creations filled the shop. More
