Luca sent in this shot of fat-bike action in the Dolomiti Mountains in Italy! We here at fat-bike.com are excited to see the fat-bike love spreading throughout the world. Keep the photos coming! Download the appropriate size and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click on the link below to open the full-sized version which [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
John took this photo on his iPhone while out on a ride on the Lebanon Hills MTB trail in Eagan, MN and then did some creative editing to achieve the effect you see here. Good work, John! Definitely a cool feel to the image. Download the appropriate size and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click [...]
Joel shot this recently on a ride along the Lake Michigan shoreline near Sheboygan, WI. Thanks, Joel! Download the appropriate size and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click on the link below to open the full-sized version which you can right-click to save. 1920 x 1440 (4:3) 1920 x 1200 1920 x 1080 [...]
Spring is finally sneaking up on us here in the Midwest. The Decorah Time Trials are happening and I an sure you will see BBR Test Pilot Spinner on his fat-bike and he won’t be the only racer using one! There is a Lake Michigan beach ride afoot too. Just because the snow is gone [...]
Alan Jacoby shot this image of Eric Hunter riding his fat bike up towards 11,000′ on the Coyote Traverse in the Eastern Sierra mountains outside of Bishop, CA. Check out more of their adventures at http://fatbikemammoth.com. Download the appropriate size and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click on the link below to open the full-sized [...]
A reminder of the past winter, this pic was taken December 10th on Rob’s first fat-bike snow ride. He ended up at Chilliwack Lake, BC, Canada. Love the reflection! Download the appropriate size and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click on the link below to open the full-sized version which you can right-click [...]
It is now official! Fat-bikes will have their own category at La Ruta de Los Conquistadores in Costa Rica this year from October 24th to 26th, 2013. Billed as “The Toughest Race in the World” the La Ruta has been going on for 20 years and this year you can grab your rig and 3+” [...]
Among other stories coming next week BBR Test Pilot Cale hits us with the Walgoose Fat-bike part II – a rebuild, Test Pilot Andy reports from Down Under and racers prepare for the Chilly Blues Challenge in Michigan! Keep it tuned to fat-bike.com, we have a lot more coming! The Week’s Dose of Fat http://coastkid.blogspot.com/2013/04/surly-moonlander-gets-trussplant-and.html - Jones [...]
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 [...]
Dan sent in this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday photo of a pair of Massachusetts Moonlanders at Foxboro State Forest. Download the appropriate size and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click on the link below to open the full-sized version which you can right-click to save. 1920 x 1440 (4:3) 1920 x 1200 1920 x [...]
Morgan sent this in to us after a ride in Fruita on fat-bikes. Sure looks like a blast! We’d love to see what fat-biking is like in your part of the world! If you’ve got a fat-bike related, short film that you feel is “Fat (Video) Tuesday” material, slap a link in an email with [...]
Next-Fat Next week on Fat-Bike we get all ‘fat-ghost~coast to coast’! We start in Japan and then jet you to the Colorado Plateau, then on to New England and on Friday – we give you an eye-full of Alaskan Wilderness. Also coming up next week is Sven’s Fat-bike 101 article on fat-bike rims plus, we have a [...]
Chad sent us this photo he took of Sarah Tescher, director of Durango Devo junior development cycling program, racing the local Wednesday night short track series on her fatty. She is one tough Momma! Download the appropriate size and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click on the link below to open the full-sized [...]
We’ve got another super video from Norwegian fat-biker Are Tallaksrud! A Friday ride with a lot of fun on the way to Feten. If you need a video replay of Are’s previous Fat (Video) Tuesday check it out here! We’d love to see what fat-biking is like in your part of the world! If you’ve got [...]
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 [...]
Northpaw Components recently introduced its new Northpaw-29+ bicycle rim, a 47mm, 29′er sized version of the Popular Northpaw-S rim that will be available at the end of April. The new rim will come in Black, Gunmetal or Silver and sell for $149. While the development of the Northpaw-29+ was spurred by the inevitable availability of [...]
John a.k.a. “TrailMaker” shot this at Jones Park in Vestal, NY on a crisp 22*F day. He says: The more you look at it, the more you see. The thing that really blows me away is something I didn’t even notice at first. The items reflected in the water that are in direct sunlight show [...]
Back in 2012 we started to assemble a group of fat-bike riders that ride hard and fat, all year long. We needed a diverse and accomplished group, dedicated to test gear and share the results of that testing, right here, on the pages of fat-bike.com. We assembled our team for 2013 and branded them the Bike Black [...]
Now arriving at bike shops around the country is Origin-8 Crawler fat-bike. The Crawler uses a hydroformed aluminum frame coupled to a NuVinci N360 continuously variable rear hub to give you a shift free 360% range of gearing. The venerable Avid BB7 Disc brakes provide stopping power. Tires are Origin-8 Devit-8-ers on Origin-8 80mm AT-PRo [...]
This was taken December 12, 2012 by Spinner on Ice Cave Road after a large snow storm hit Decorah, IA. I think the actual temp was in the 10 to 20 below range. This was taken from the cockpit of my first Pugsley. I remember stopping by the Decorah Fire Station and the looks of [...]
Our friend Rafal shot this sequence of Aristotle Peters tearing up Ray’s Indoor Mountain Bike Park in Milwaukee on a Schlick Tatanka. Fat-bike riders do get rad! Do you have a video of rad fat-bike riding? We’d love to see how you guys are using your fat-bikes. Send me details to greg@fat-bike.com and look for [...]
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 [...]
First up, check out our interview with the Fat Bike Birkie Men’s 45K winner, Jorden Wakeley, who is also the new Men’s Great Lakes Fat Bike Series Champion! Plus, the rumor mill was in full churn at the Fat Bike Birkie with the weekends #1 yarn being that Ned Overend would be racing on Saturday. [...]
Mike took this shot in Jasper National Park in Alberta Canada on a ride called Old Fort Point. This is the top of the climb and if you look you can see our local ski hill (Marmot Basin) in the background. Oh ya, I’m LOVING my new Pugsley Black Ops. Download the appropriate size and use [...]
It had been about a year and a half since I was last in Cable, WI for the Chequamegon Fat Tire 40 and seeing the looming presence of Telemark Lodge felt like coming home. It was good to see the old girl open again and that the rooms are updated and comfortable. I’ve been coming [...]
Renzo from Italy took this photo on the Iditarod trail between Point McKenzie and Flathorn Lake, during the first day of ITI Winter Training Camp by Bill and Kathy Merchant owner of Winter Bike School Alaska. Renzo says: I had 5 amazing days in the wilderness of Alaska, where I tested my equipment, gear and [...]
I attended the first two PWCs in my favorite biking town in the Midwest, Decorah, IA. Alas, fate would have me miss the 2013 edition but we tapped into event organizer Spinner Ryerson for this report along with photos from Spinner, Dave Lunz and McColgan Photography as well as an Audio Interview from 2012 PWC Colin Ford [...]
The worldwide fat-bike phenomenon carries over to Sweden where Kurt is enjoying his Sandman Atacaman! Download the appropriate size and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click on the image to open the full-sized version which you can right-click to save. 1920×1440 (4:3) 1920×1200 Got your own Wallpaper Worthy Photo? We’d like to feature fat-bikes from around the [...]
Damian from Cog Bike Cafe in Australia sent in these pix of a Neck Romancer that they converted to belt compatibility for a customer and then finished it off with Rohloff build! Here is a run down on the parts: Surly Neck Romancer with Belt Drive Conversion Gates Belt Drive Red Rohloff Speedhub Red 135mm [...]
Lots going on this weekend! We’ve got James in Denver covering the North American Hand-Built Bike Show searching out fat-bikes, Gomez is heading to Frostbike to bring you coverage from the show and a host of events are happening all over including the Pugsley World Championships in Decorah, IA, the Sweaty Yeti near Black River [...]
With just a few days until the North American Hand-built Bike Show, Bob Keller, from Bob Keller Frameworks answered a few questions about his fillet brazed, steel fat-bikes. He will be attending the show with a super looking fat-bike design that highlights his construction techniques with a cool paint scheme that shows a fine red [...]
Lake Michigan is pretty low right now opening up areas of the shoreline previously underwater. Great riding abounds! Download the appropriate size and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click on the image to open the full-sized version which you can right-click to save. 1920×1440 (4:3) 1920×1200 1920×1080 (16:9) Got your own Wallpaper Worthy Photo? If you’ve [...]
Mike from the United Kingdom sent us this report about his Moonlander. I’d like to share the story of my recent Moonlander build as I think that I might have some snippets of information which others might find useful and generally aren’t found anywhere else on the Internet and are not that obvious. I’ve been [...]
Like a lot of our readers we love customizing our fat-bikes and unique rims are on the top of the list and can really make a statement. Reader Tony B. saw our report a while back on rims customized with a vinyl graphic treatment and passed on this report about customizing rims using a process [...]
With the rise of the fat-bike, and media efforts world wide attaching themselves to the juggernaut of fat-bike mania, another chapter of the Fat-bike Invasion was written on Tuesday as Fat-bikers descended on Ray’s Indoor Mountain Bike Park for the Fat Freakin’ Tuesday event to meld to worlds of indoor mountain biking and all-season fat-biking. [...]
Joe Cruz from the Pedaling in Place blog sent in this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday from a past adventure in Peru. Joe is gearing up for more adventures in Peru and Bolivia in 2013. Look for more on the site as the year progresses. When we can, we will include multiple aspect ratios for Wallpaper Wednesday [...]
Tim H from the Pittsburgh area sent in the photo for this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday and the accompanying story. Tim says: The Aseph, PA location where I snapped this picture has always been a special place for me. I know this trail as the Laurel Classic challenge loop, Google it if you’d like for more [...]
Burnsey from over there at Single Speed Pirate sent us info on his latest singlespeed fat-bike build for you all to check out! Here goes! Does a bike-building addiction come standard issue, as a part of the cycling experience? I’m not sure what to do, as I am on a constant mission after many years [...]
From Aaron in Steamboat Springs comes this weeks Wallpaper Wednesday. Aaron, Fat bike’n with man’s best friend…….The Mukluk! This shot was taken on Spring Creek Trail in Steamboat Springs, CO. Aaron says: I am lucky enough to call this my stompin’ grounds. That is Ella Dog in the foreground and she is clearly loving it [...]
Having studded tires on your fat-bike is great! In appropriate conditions studs, whether traditional studded bike tires like the 45NRTH Dillinger, tires with screw in studs like Grip Studs or even homemade stud ideas, offer traction that has to be ridden to be believed. Keep rolling and the ride keeps on keeping on. However, dab here or [...]
Nearly 40 people attended the 2nd annual Fat Bike Summit on Friday, Jan. 25th at the Sawtelle Mountain Resort in Island Park, ID. The Summit, co-hosted by Quality Bicycle Products and Fitzgerald’s Bicycles, brought land managers, tourism professionals, folks from Chambers of Commerce, non-profit trail organizations, fat bike riders, and members of the bicycle industry [...]
The Fat-bike.com Classifieds section is now up and available for you to post! Looking for Fat-bikes or related parts? Browse! Have a Fat-bike or fat-bike parts to sell or are you ready to fund that new fat-bike by unloading superfluous non-fat-bike gear? Post a classified ad! Congrats to Mike for his random win in the “Where [...]
