Written by: Ken Blakey-Shell Race promoter: Fun Promotions When: June 8th, 2013 Where: Cannonsburg Ski Area A couple weeks ago a friend and riding partner named James Gomez tossed out the idea of riding the 8 Hours of Cannonsburg to Scott Quiring and I. The race is held at the Cannonsburg Ski Area by Grand [...]
Written By George Kapitz Photos By Kari Lewis Scheppman I ran a new set of race wheels on the Beargrease at the Red Eye Rondezvous in Wausau. Friday night I went through the routine of setting up the new Northpaw rims and Knard tires tubeless. With the help of Dave Powell, Jimmy K, and “Busch [...]
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 [...]
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+” [...]
Fat Bike Japan Champs, May 11th! The First Fat Bike Japan Championships will be held in Toyota City , May 11th, 2013 Fat bike is really catching these days all around the world and in Japan too!! Fee: 2500 yen (about 30USD) Distance: about 15km Registration: 13:00~ Start: 15:00~ Location: Asagiri Camp, [...]
QUAD CITY ENCHANTED FAT BIKE STOMP - (QCEFBS) Written By: Jake Ralfs & Aaron Mielke Photos By: Drew Hanson / Hanson | Photo · Design It all started out as an idea over a few craft beers at Great River Brewery in Davenport, IA (as all great ideas do) one cool afternoon, post-fat bike ride with a few [...]
FAT SAND RACING comes to South West Michigan! The start time is 1:00 P.M. You have two hours to finish an 18 mile route directly along the shore of Lake Michigan. (South from Grand Haven to Port Sheldon and back) Successful completion of the challenge puts you in the running for fab prizes! You must check-in at [...]
I took a quick trip around to the other side of Lake Michigan to shoot pictures at the Barry Roubaix last Saturday. I saw a lot of our fat-bike friends over in Michigan and you may have seen Danielle Musto’s recount of the race that we published on Monday. I wanted to share the [...]
Written by: Danielle Musto The Great Lakes Fat Bike Series wrapped up this past Saturday with the Barry-Roubaix, a “killer gravel road race” in Hastings, Michigan. Racers had the option of racing 24, 36 or 62 miles. The fat bike category was in the 36-mile division. I felt very relaxed going into this race. I had [...]
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Big Fat Bike Festival 2013: Bigger, Fatter, Homer-er Written BY : Kim McNett So it has come to pass! The Homer Cycling Club [homercyclingclub.com] has hosted a second annual Big Fat Bike Festival in beautiful Homer, Alaska! 53 fatbikers from the local area, Anchorage, and beyond convened on the weekend of March 1-3rd to [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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Fat Bike Birkie Next weekend the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation is hosting the Fat-Bike Birkie up at Telemark Resort in Cable Wisconsin. These are the folks that have been running the world renowned Birkebeiner XC Ski Race for the last zillion years, so I think they know a little something about hosting an event. Add the incredible [...]
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 [...]
Show Coverage by James Healy Twenty Two Cycles Ti & Steel Bully 38 Frameworks Carbon Hogback and Aluminum Jakelope Funk 29+ Front and Fat Rear AMPeirce Overlander – 29+ or 4″ fatty compliant Tandem Black Sheep Fat Cargo Blacksheep Dually Fat – Note the Wolf Tooth Chain-ring Blacksheep 29+ Tandem Jen Green Custom Headbadge on [...]
Sven, Puck and I went to this last year and had an absolute blast! Shorts Brewing makes some delicious craft ale and the cat that runs this race Casey Buckleitner, knows how to throw a race party! We saw bikes from Bob Keller, Scott Quiring and 616 at the race last year. Crazy Good-Times! [...]
This sounds like so much fun! Click the Flyer to open the event web-page. For more races, demos and festivals, visit our Event Calendar sponsored by 45NRTH for more Fat-Bike Fun!
Written By : Chris. Schotz Photos By : Jordan Schotz The rugged and challenging, underdown mountain bike trail system in Lincoln County was the chosen venue for the Snowbound in the Underdown - Race #6 in the 9:Zero:7 Wisconsin State Fat Bike Race Series. The solo race was run on a six mile ribbon of snowshoe trail, that led riders [...]
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. [...]
Story by Josh Gabriel Photos by George Kaptz & Craig Smith Manitowoc’s second annual Fat-bike race on the now notorious Shelltrack is in the books and as the saying goes, ‘What a difference a year makes.’ Just one year ago, Fat-bike fanatics were laying down fast laps in short sleeves, this year riders were layered [...]
Click the race flyer to be taken to the event web-page Check out Finland’s Premier Arctic Ultra! For more races, demos and festivals, visit our Event Calendar sponsored by 45NRTH for more Fat-Bike Fun!
Written By : Sierra van der Meer Photos By: Tony Gonda It’s easy to forget that the land of the Midnight Sun is also the land of the Midday Sunset. All summer, Yukoners celebrate long days with midnight bike rides on flowy singletrack. Our biggest event of the year, the 24 Hours of Light is a [...]
Every now and then an event comes along and really grabs my imagination and the Big Fat Bike Fest is that event! The photo’s that I’ve seen and the satellite views of the Homer spit have me captivated. I find myself looking at air fares and scheming ways to get to Homer for the first week of [...]
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Click the Flyer to be directed to the event web-page. Fatbike Required ~ Lederhosen Optional! For more races, demos and festivals, visit our Event Calendar sponsored by 45NRTH for more Fat-Bike Fun!
I started hearing about Triple D three years ago, when I made the mistake of scheduling a race the same weekend. Things were way different back then. There weren’t all of the race opportunities for fat-bikes, like there are now. I started to become further acquainted with some of the characters that live and breath Triple D, [...]
Iowa’s Annual Majestic Fat-ride Around Trueblood (I AM FAT) was the first fat-bike enduro event in Iowa, following the lead of other states in the Midwest. Under the three hour format, teams of three as well as solo riders tackled a course that mimicked many of the different conditions you might see out on a [...]
January 26th – 2011 @ High Noon Registration open at 11:00 am. Silver Lake County Park – Silver Lake, WI – Map Linky Snow bikes only (3.7″ minimum tire width) No FatBike? – No Problem! – Join the rider pool Teams can share a snowbike (or ride their own) Teams are formed the day of [...]
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The 2nd Annual Carver Lake Cold Catfish Cup will take place on Sunday, January 27 in Woodbury, MN. Featured sponsors at this year’s event include Angry Catfish Bike Shop + Coffee, 45NRTH, Lucid Brewing Company, Potter’s Pasties and Intelligentsia. The Cold Catfish Cup is a winter bike race that offers winter cyclists a little [...]
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Click the Flyer to be conveyed to the event facebook event-page. Mis amigos del Iowa City, Iowa are holding an Enduro… and that can only mean one thing… FUN!!! For more races, demos and festivals, visit our Event Calendar sponsored by 45NRTH for more Fat-Bike Fun!
Click the Flyer to be taken to the event web-page. Get ready to have some fat-bike fun and maybe get a chance to win a year’s supply of beer! Come on out and help the Southern Kettle Chapter of IMBA raise funds for trail improvements. This Saturday near Palmyra Wisconsin. Contact andy@backyardbikes.com with any questions. [...]
Salsa Cycles and Surly Bikes have signed on to become presenting sponsors for the second annual Fat Bike Summit and Festival, Jan. 25 to 28, 2013 in Island Park, ID. The advocacy oriented Summit will focus on fat bike access to National Parks and Forests, while the Festival will provide enthusiasts with product clinics, demo rides, [...]
Click the Flyer to be conveyed to the event web-page. The Triple D Winter race is a winter endurance trail event that traverses Dubuque County Iowa in the dead of winter by bike, ski or foot. This is a race that pre-dates most of the other fat-bike races that have popped up in the last [...]
Click the flyer to open the event web-site! Underground Fat-Bike Shenanigans every Wednesday Night in the Ottawa, Ontario! For more races, demos and festivals, visit our Event Calendar sponsored by 45NRTH for more Fat-Bike Fun! Do you know about a fat-bike event in your area? Send us your event info and we’ll add it to our Event Calendar. Email the event [...]
WINTER BIKE EXPO – MPLS The Wall of Wolvhammers The Wool The Wheel Shop Shockspital Lefty(s) With Mendon Cycle Smith Brackets All the new tires stacked like cord wood. Laser’s New Dissent Helmet comes in Fat-Bike White or Fat-Bike Black …and it snowed a bit last night to put a nice layer of frosting on [...]
This is the place to be this weekend as the fat-bike event season opens with a BANG up in MPLS! Click on the flyer to go to the event web-site.
Northern Michigan Fat Bike Series Visit http://www.einsteinracing.com/fat-bike-races for more information GRAND RAPIDS – Fatbike GRR Visit http://winterrush.drupalgardens.com/ for more information For more races, demos and festivals, visit our Event Calendar sponsored by 45NRTH for more Fat-Bike Fun! Do you know about a fat-bike event in your area? Send us your event info and we’ll add it to our [...]
Visit http://www.funpromotions.com/ for more information For more races, demos and festivals, visit our Event Calendar sponsored by 45NRTH for more Fat-Bike Fun! Do you know about a fat-bike event in your area? Send us your event info and we’ll add it to our Event Calendar. Email the event information to info@fat-bike.com.
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For more races, demos and festivals, visit our Event Calendar sponsored by 45NRTH for more Fat-Bike Fun! Do you know about a fat-bike event in your area? Send us your event info and we’ll add it to our Event Calendar. Email the event information to info@fat-bike.com
