Monty gives a Fairdale a run for its money, and then sadly injures his foot on a sharp clam shell and must be carried home. Give the little dude some props for that leap! Also, Fairdale’s are finally arriving in some far away places. Australia has received their shipment (Australian people go here: BMX International). UK is covered by IMG (get a Fairdale through these dudes in the UK).
Unsolicited art contribution from Alberto over in Denver. Pretty sweet ride!
Check out all the details and specs of the affordable Parser Frame and Fork kit here. Parser frames available now! Feel free to email us if you have any questions or need help finding one.
Our friend Nuno takes his Fairdale for a cruise.
We have a series of quick 30 second promos lined up showcasing the many different ways people use their Fairdales. The first one in the series is Mary riding around her Parser Black to enjoy the sunset. If you happen to have a YouTube account, add FairdaleBoom and we’ll keep you up to date as we release more videos. Music by The Redneck Manifesto
Fairdale zine 2 is a very limited print run. There’s a handful of them in Austin if you’d like to pick one up. After they sell out we’ll put it up as a online version, but its always cooler to have a print version of a zine. 68 pages this time! If you’re in the USA send $3 or $3 worth of stamps and I’ll mail one to you. If you’re outside of the USA just drop an email with your address and I’ll let you know how much it would cost (info@fairdalebikes.com). We’ll throw in some stickers with the orders too. Fairdale Bikes 4204 Machaca Rd Austin, TX 78704 Heres the digital reprint of issue 1 just for the heck of it: Open publication – Free publishing – More fairdale zine
Drove up to Michigan for some family stuff. Took a few photos on the way. I love the map above is put out by the state. My family is a bit south of the “Thumb Area”. Saw Empire making some deliveries dangerously close to Albe’s territory. Turf war? Truck stop t-shirts are some of my favorite things. I love the new logo rip-off for god stuff. I might have to do the top 50 logos stolen for jesus. At the I-69 Michigan Welcome center there is Vernors in the vending machines and sweet transitioned launches to play on.
Got back from Interbike and ACL fest was happening in Austin. I didn’t see any of the music but I did take a ride down to check out all the bikes. The music festival has like 70,000 spectators and not one parking spot! Its a really amazing scene to see like 10,000 bikes parked out front. I sat out front for a while and took photos of everyone who rode by… I was thinking it might be interesting to show a little photo series of the bikes normal people ride. Its wasn’t really that interesting. I did wish I had some chain lube though.. all those neglected bikes were squeaky! Saw this way sweet ride.
At long last the Fairdale Skaterack is finally in stock and shipping to shops. Expect to pay about $42 for the skaterack which includes everything you need to attach it to your bike’s rear rack and securely hold your skateboard. Pedal and shred. Or something like that…. we need a good tagline. Spandex and japan airs? 48×16 and 50/50? Chromoly and wood?
It happened again. I thought I had escaped having to go to Interbike but a the last minute Ride BMX Magazine asked me to present an award at Nora Cup. It is a big honor and so even though it wrapped a lot of my biggest anxieties into one (flying, Interbike, Vegas, and public speaking) I couldn’t say no. I was real nervous about having to give a speech but it was also a kind of fun nervousness… it would be the kind of embarrassment I would be laughing about. Nora Cup was held inside the Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort. The Pearl is really nice… I found it hard to believe a BMX event was going to happen inside there. Incredible sound system and really cool design inside. Backstage they prepped us for how the show would run and how the awards would be presented. I was then told I should give a 1 to 3 minute speech about street riding. I was pretty afraid of what I might say so I hid away in my hotel room to try and write something. I actually did manage to write what I thought was a decent speech but I never really got to say it. When the awards show started I was really amazed at how positive the energy was in the building. I mean, I guess thats why you go to an awards show… to be positive, but I guess I’m just used to a little more jadedness from the world. It was awesome though! Everyone was cheering for everyone and it felt good. The first award up was ramp rider some of the very O.G. guys of freestyle Dizz Hicks and Ceppie May presented that one. I was a real treat to meet those guys. I didn’t really hear what they said from backstage but the crowd seemed stoked! Dennis Enerson who was nominated for everything this year won that one. After that came Woody Itson Presenting Flat. Woody lives in Dallas TX now and it was really amazing talking with him about the origins of freestyle and his Porsche ad I was messing with in photoshop just the other day. Hollywood Mike Miranda presented racer of the year. Hmmm… I think I’m forgetting the order, but Todd “The Wildman” Lyons announced the Dirt jumper of the year. When I was 13 or 14 and still racing BMX Todd was always one of the my favorites. He would have photos in the mags doing tricks in races. It was rad in the truest definition of the word. Chris Doyle won dirt again and that was really cool. Chris is the dirt jumper’s dirt jumper and rides the way we all wish we could. Then I was up to present… They started up by playing a video of some of my old video clips. I was real stoked see they put in a one handed tail whip from the end of my Fox Expendable Youth section from Palavas. That […]
Monty and his Fairdale October 10, 2011
Putting the “weeee” back in freewheel. October 07, 2011
Parser Frame In Detail October 06, 2011
Fairdale for cruising October 03, 2011
Mary & her Fairdale September 27, 2011
Get a Fairdale Print Zine 2 September 26, 2011
Drive to Michigan September 23, 2011
10,000 bikes September 23, 2011
Skateboard Rack! Chromoly and wood finally get along September 22, 2011
Nora Cup Awards Backstage September 17, 2011
