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Our wonderful little Skaterack  just got a little easier to get. QBP the world’s largest seller of bicycle parts to bike shops just added it to their inventory. Just search out Fairdale. If you’re just a person (and not a whole bike shop) this means that pretty much any bike shop you might walk into can order you a Skaterack at a moments notice.   Of course you can still buy the Skaterack from our in house distributor Full Factory Distribution. Also, Full Factory continues to be the exclusive distributor for the rest of Fairdale’s line of bikes and products.  

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As often happens at Fairdale today’s morning began with one of my co-workers researching the origins of the jock strap. According to the “Bike” Athletic company which has sold over 300 million jock straps the athletic supporter was invented  by them 1874. The purpose was so that “bicycle jockeys” could endure the bone-shaking ball-breaking abuse from riding on cobblestone streets. Bike’s enlightening history is here. Prior to the invention of the jock strap there was a lot of numbness “down there” and riders would often have to resort to visual inspection while riding to make sure things were properly “organized”. Not at all unlike BMX’s JSIF trick (ie: Jock Strap Inspector Flip). If you have too much dignity to do it yourself but are interested in having your jock strap inspected these guys are apparently licensed and always waiting around in a locker room to help you. Now you know why “Bike” makes gear for sports with locker rooms. Of course, jock straps are not for everyone. So next time you are getting ready for a bicycle ride don’t feel bad about being a “jock”. Explained!

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For Christmas I got Monty a new Bob trailer. 10 Miles to and from work is a bit much for those stumpy legs and unfortunately the Dograck didn’t really work that well. I made the above christmas card to you all inspired by how we’re about to ride home. Have a good one everyone!

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Just had a little meeting across town and had to clip on my fenders for some rain riding. On my way home a car ran a stop sign and almost got me. I instinctively death gripped both brake levers when I saw what was about to happen. Before the brakes had even engaged it flashed through my mind that it was raining and my brakes weren’t going to work. Luckily, as fast as I thought that they did start working. So stoked on disc brakes in the rain! Those things stopped so well! Almost never rains here in Austin so I don’t really get to see that other benefit of disc brakes. Fairdale Weekender above coming early next year. The other good thing to do with rainy days is make mischief with photoshop! Made this Fairdale ad as a joke on Prolly is Not Probably. Like as if we had the ad space above him this is what our ad would look like.  We did actually send in our first ad to Urban Velo and so you can check us out in print in january. Not sure if it will be so urine focused.

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Prolly is Not Probably sent us over some awesome photos of our buddy Hern riding a Fairdale. He’s not riding it the usual way though as he’s converted his Parser Express into a single-speed fixed-gear cyclo-cross bike. I guess he took part in the first annual Trackocross race. Hit up Prolly’s blog for the full story. The photos we were sent are awesome so can’t wait to see the rest of them. By the way, I don’t really think the Parser makes a good Tracklosaurus bike or whatever… I think it’s more like Hern is a really good bike rider would make a tricycle look good.  

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If you happen to be near Buffalo NY on Dec 21 Jim Cielencki is throwing the “Shred Before Christmas” jam at X-Wheels skatepark. Hit up Sunday Bikes for more info.

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Here’s a Fairdale ad from our distributor in Japan. It ran in Pedal Speed magazine. No idea what it says but stoked on it nonetheless. Need a Fairdale in Japan? Hit up Motocross International at Ride2Rock.jp

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Our frame and fork kits have been added to our online store and are available now for only $375.00. To sweeten the deal we are including a FREE Odyssey sealed headset (normally $27). We have 3 sizes for sale in 2 colors. Our butted full Chromoly frame and forks are durable and very functional with rack/ fender mounts. Check out all the specs here. This Fairdale Parser Frame and Fork and FREE Odyssey Headset special deal is for a limited time only. Pick one up while they last!   Note: Complete bikes will continue to only be available through our authorized dealers.

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Fairdale T-shirts are on sale for the holidays. Check them out on our Online Store here: Fairdale Online Store   You may also note we added the option to ship by US Priority mail. Bit cheaper then UPS if you’re just getting a single shirt.  

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