Entries must be in by June 21st, 2013 Krampus Photo Contest We’ve teamed up with los gauchos del Surly to get you all a chance to win a sparkly new Krampus Frame and Fork! But that’s not all! In addition to the the Krampus frame and fork, we’ll be awarding a pair of Surly’s new Rabbit Hole Rims [...]
Fat (video) Tuesday ♦ The Dandenongs
Site News, Videos // May 21, 2013David Peterson sent us a video clip from down under and had this to say about it. “My vid was filmed in a place that’s about an hours dive east of Melbourne (Oz) in a place called Mount Dandenong but it’s know to us more as just ‘The Dandenongs’. There are many walking and cycling [...]
Reader’s Ride(s) – Something Wicked This Way Comes
29+, Reader's Rides, Site News // May 20, 2013Written by Spinner Ryerson This is my Krampus. It’s my coolest bike ever. I think it’s cooler than yours, but that’s arguably arguable. The only things cooler that I can think of are: Absolute Zero and possibly Bill Murray. In that order. With the green frame I had a few ideas for color combos. I [...]
New Product Spotlight ♦ Growler Cage
Accessories // May 20, 2013As soon as I saw the Growler Cage, I thought of our test pilot, Colin. He works all day brewing delicious craft brewed beer for Lakefront Brewing in Milwaukee (The Beer City) and rides his Gravedigger Pugs from ‘where his crib be’ in River West, along the Milwaukee River, on the newly gentrified “river-trails” – back and forth, commuting on [...]
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Fat Foto Friday ♦ Pink Sky
Jason Liddell took this shot of his 9:Zero:7 with the magic light of the East Lothian coastline bathing the beach in colour. You can see more of Jason’s photographs at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jason-l/. Triple F is a weekly feature, designed to inspire fat-bike fun, fueled by submissions from our readers. Would you like to help? Send your uncle [...]
Continue →Weekly Dose of Fat ♦ 5/17/13
Future Fat We kick off next week with a Reader’s Ride(s) piece from Spinner Ryerson and hit Austrailia and Utah for the rest of what’s fat & fresh for next week. Dr. Huber is in the house and building some wheels for our Krampus Show Bike project that we’ll be sharing with you over the [...]
Continue →Fat-bike 101 – Fat-bike Diet Plan
This article is part of the Fat-bike 101 series and is intended to help new fat-bike owners, and potential fat-bike owners, with some of the questions they may have about fat-bikes. In addition, it is a chance for experienced riders to add comments to help our new brethren enjoy all that fat-biking offers. Consider these [...]
Continue →Wallpaper Wednesday – Comox Lake, Canada
Crucial Matt sent us this photo from Canada! Here’s what he says about it: The What: My 2013 stock Mukluk3 The Where: Comox Lake, Courtenay BC Canada. In the beautiful Comox Valley…. The Why: Riding the shore of Comox lake while the water levels where way down gave way to some very interesting terrain. We [...]
Continue →FAT BIKE Championship – JAPAN
Our amigo, Nakashima Kurato checked in today to share some photos and results from this past weekend’s Fat Bike Championship at the 26ism Asagiri trail park” near Toyota City, Japan. The Fat Bike Championship was run in conjuction with the Singlespeed Japan Championships and some the racers in the fat-bike category embraced the weird, wild and [...]
Continue →Fat (video) Tuesday ♦ Mammoth Lakes
Dan McConnell shot this video of Jodi Melton, Eric Hunter, and Alan Jacoby for The Mammoth Channel 72 (local tv channel in Mammoth). Alan Jacoby shot the GoPro footage of his purple Mukluk. The video was filmed around the Mammoth Lakes area on legal trails and roads (Sherwin Creek Rd., Antelope Valley Rd, and the [...]
Continue →Ride Reflections – Rabbit Holes on My Mukluk
Written by : Andy Oleson I’ve been able to log some decent single track mileage on my 29+ wheelset up at the Southern Kettle trail system, and have done some side by side comparison testing, swapping wheelsets between laps, and one thing is for sure, the 29+ Rabbit Hole/Knards are faster than the 26” Darryl/HuskerDu [...]
Continue →Bike Bag Dude – Chaff Bag
Written by Andy Oleson & Gomez Andy is up first with his review of the Bike Bag Dude – Chaff Bag – I usually never really have the Need, or make an Excuse, or even require a Reason to go for a bike ride. But today I had all three simutaniously! The “Need” was, I’ve [...]
Continue →Fat Foto Friday ♦ HGT!
A couple of weeks ago I was in South Haven, Michigan and saw this vivid mural and made a point of riding by to take a picture. I also saw a lady out in her front yard with no pants. (sorry no picture) I leaned Thparkle up against the curb and took a few snaps [...]
Continue →Weekly Dose of Fat ♦ 5/10/13
Future Fat Nuestros amigos en UKfatbikes are at it again with another Global Fat-Bike ride called The Global Fat Night Ride! The ride takes place on the summer solstice (Friday, June 21st 2013). The idea is to have fat-bikers, around the world, hit the trails at 8pm local time. Each location can decide to do just about any [...]
Continue →KramPug – Cale’s Initial Ride Report
Mi primo y Bike Black Ribbon Test Pilot, Cale built up a set of offset Rabbit Hole rims for his Pugsley, last week and today he shared his initial impressions along with time/speed comparisons to both his 29r and his pug with traditional fat bike wheels. He rode his local 30 mile pavement/dirt loop out in [...]
Continue →Pack your Fatty and ‘Run Away From Home’
Do you ever want to get on your bike and ‘Run Away From Home’? Do you look at the photos of gorgeous beaches, mountains and forests that we share on Fat-Bike and dream about strapping some gear on your rig and exploring the great out-of-doors? Why not take a Sub 24 Hour Overnight (S24O)? The S24O is a [...]
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