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Wallpaper Wednesday – Snafu
On my way back from a recent over-night camping trip, I decided to take the scenic route, through the local rail yard, art gallery. They get some incredible artists and ...
Backcountry Stitch Works – Custom Frame Pack
Our Fatbassador to Alaska, Travis, told me about a new Anchorage bag-maker early this spring called Backcountry Stitch Works. We worked together through the regular custom bag protocols, with a nice short-cut, due to BSW being located very near to Speedway Cycles, home of Fatback Bicycles. Since they were making a bag for the Fatback […]
Foto Gordo – 1st Day of Summer! (in the northern hemisphere)
On the first official day of Summer, Eric Prinster sent us this perfect example of how to beat the summer heat. Here’s the story behind those handlebars. While everyone was sweating in the mid 90’s temps and wind in Grand Junction, I choose to escape to the Mesa to stay cool and make my own path on […]
Event Spotlight – Skull 120/60 – June 24th – Burns, Oregon
If you haven’t already heard, the Skull 120/60 gravel race is taking place this month in Eastern Oregon’s Malheur National Forest. There are still registration spots available for each category. 120 mile individual / 60 mile individual / 120 mile team relay / 60 mile team relay The Skull races are being promoted by the USFS […]
Wide World of BIKES! Show #2 – Chris Canfield Interview
Episode Two of Wide World of Bikes Dusty Ott interviews Chris Canfield of Canfield Brothers’ Bikes about all the happenings in today’s bike world. Everything from chain stay length to pedal bob to production costs. Canfield bikes are known for their downhill handling and overall toughness when it comes to hitting the trail at […]
Product Spotlight – RSD Sergeant 27.5+ – By Andy Amstutz
Ah, summer….finally. Time to kick back, relax, and enjoy the family. Time for reunions and trips to the beach. Time for some happy home owner projects and a good book. And of course, shred up some soil at the dirt church and roost some gnar in the woods. But for the next couple months it […]
Foto Gordo – Groovy Pixels & Stickers
Last week, we put the word out, that we were trading groovy pixels for stickers and Cheryl Weryk from London Ontario sent us this lovely example of fatbikus arborealus. Now Cheryl has groovy fat-bike stickers whisking their way, right to her door. Here’s what she had to say about the portrait she shared with us. […]
Fat (video) Tuesday – Trippy Tuesday
Paul Scott just started his journey as a film maker. I’m a fan of this sort of thing. Triptastic Techno n’stuff. This is how Paul describes his clip. The first of a series of short ‘rushes’ created using clips from Blue Coo MTB members rides. The clips used in this little multi-layer test edit were […]
Trailfoody – Eat to Ride – Ride to Eat
We receive numerous opportunities to try new products. We get so many that we can’t test them all and some of them just aren’t a good fit for our user group……But every once in awhile we see something unique that fills a need…and if we need it, we figure that it only makes sense […]
The Weekly Dose of Fat – June 9th, 2017
Yes, yess….Hot summertime fat’a’plus bike funskis are happ’nin! I just invented a word there and broke every spelling and grammatical convention that the spelling/grammar police hold dear. I’ll have to get working on fat’a’plus t-shirts…..after I properly, celebrate the ruination of las puntas de spelling and grammar. This week, I’m testing a new frame […]
The Synapse from Tifosi – by Netto
There are sunglasses and sunglasses. Fashion statements that mostly everyone who wants to be cool wears. Aviators, big bug looking ones, trendy, purposeful, etc., the list goes on and on. For one, I was given the amazing opportunity to get a package delivered by pigeon here in the beautiful city of Chicago. Gomez knows how […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – African Sun
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes from South Africa! Dave Caravias operates a fat-bike, shark dive, guest house tour company down there and Dave has a great eye! Check it out at www.fatbiketours.co.za. You can visit over 5 years of Wallpaper images in our archives. Check that out right here – https://fat-bike.com/category/gallery/wallpaper/ Share your Plus or Fat Pixels Give us your tired, […]
Fat Video Tuesday – little people
Have you ever wondered how cool it would have been , to have ridden a fat-bike, when you were a little kid? I think about it all of the time, when I’m cruising along the sandy singletrack trails or out on the beach. My bike helps to transport me back to my boyhood….riding my sting […]
Vee Tire White vs. Black Tire Compound
Vee Tire is one of the only fat bike tire makers to offer two different rubber compounds; one black like normal, the other an off-white color. I always wondered if this was just a gimmick or if there was anything to the white compound. Vee lists the white compound as having “better ice performance, is […]
The Weekly Dose of Fat – June 2nd 2017
Is it….Late Spring? or early Summer? It’s June and right on time the June Bugs are here. With so much daylight to play with, there’s lots of time to get out on the bike! Things are really cooking behind the scenes, with riding, camping, testing and all kinds of events coming up this month. We thought […]
Product Spotlight – Jamis Dragonslayer Pro 27.5+ – by Bruce Smithhammer
With the popularity of the Jamis Dragonslayer in 2016, the company decided to expand the offerings this year, resulting in four new 26+ models and two 27.5+ models for 2017. We recently got our grubby mitts on the flagship “Dragonslayer Pro 27.5+” with a cordial invitation to put it through the wringer, which we most […]
Foto Gordo – Dan’s Black Sheep
According to Flickr, this is the most interesting photo that I’ve ever posted over there. I don’t know how that works, but maybe by the powers of black magic or some algorithm that counts clicks and likes, etc., this photo has reigned supreme for a number of years. It’s a shot from a Global Fat-Bike Day […]
On the top of Wales
We all love an epic adventure, whether it’s that week long biking trip you’ve had with friends, an expedition across the arctic or a couple of days away on your local trails. For me last week, I had one of these ‘epic adventures’ which saw me away from the house for just 12 hours. We […]
Black Ribbon Bike Hour – Show #4 – Top 5 names to give your saddle sore this summer!
Chris Daisy, along with Dave, Gomez and Ernesto are in the studio for the show that Podcast Digest called pure (censored) Fat-Bike Radio and the Black Ribbon Bike Hour are brought to you by Surly Bikes. Surly makes Bikes, Parts and Chaos — Learn more at www.surlybikes.com Wardrobe for tonight’s show has been provided by […]
Susitna Bicycle Institute – Anchorage, AK – by Travis Hubbard
The Susitna Bicycle Institute (SBI) is a non-profit education center offering a wide range of classes from introductory to advance level bike mechanic classes here in Anchorage. SBI offers a sliding fee scale for classes that accommodate all levels of experience and income. All proceeds go back into the growth of SBI and the support […]
Much needed Bling by JP Syverud
I have had many bikes over the years, steel, aluminum, carbon, titanium, even a bamboo one. The one thing I have never had that I have always wanted, was that one special bike part that gets over looked a lot of the time, the custom head badge. The best craftsman I know that makes […]
Fat (video) Tuesday – Let Them Eat Cake
All that I know about this video is that the You-Tube channel is called New Mexico Outside. The music that they’ve used and the terrain are both big draws for their clips. The title that they’ve given the clip is “CCH Where Only Fat Bikes Can Go”. Enjoy this week’s presentation of Fat (video) Tuesday! Share […]
Framed Mini-Sota Kid’s Fat-Bike Review – by Andy Amstutz
Notice that the swings are empty and not moving? That’s because my kids have been on these two FRAMED Mini-Sota kids fat bikes for the past 8 weeks and don’t care about their old best friend, Mr. SwingSet, anymore. They let their friends borrow them and now their friends’ swing sets have filed for […]
SHOW PREMIER! – Wide World of Bikes Show #1 – Wheelbuilding
Ed – Welcome to the Wide World of Bikes with Hosts, Dusty Ott and Dustin Carlson! Fat-Bike Radio is proud to announce a new podcast from the Colorado Plateau out in Utah and features our Bike Black Ribbon Test Pilot, Dustin Carlson along with Pro-Wrench and owner of Hubsessed, Dusty Ott. (Yes, we realize that […]
Review – 2017 Klampers and the Canti-Lever
Howdy fat-bike friends! Our friend from out Ogden way, Mr. Mark Peterson, put together this review of Paul Component Engineering’s 2017 Klamper brake and their Canti-Lever. Form NAHBS to the trails, Mark has the scoop! 2017 Klampers and the Canti-Lever Review – By Mark Peterson I have been a longtime fan of Paul Component’s. I have […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – Canadian Mutz
Our long lost amigo Cpl. J.D.(Jeff) MacFarlane of the Red Deer City, Royal Canadian Mounted Police out in Alberta, sent us a few shots of his new Foes Mutz out for it’s shake down cruise. This is what Jeff told us about his new ride. Hey Gomez Just wanted to send you a couple pics of a […]
Forth Fat 2017 – Jeff & Bruce’s Report
Forth Fat 2017 – Video by Bruce Mathieson Words and Pictures by Jeff Price The end of April saw Forth Fat 2017 take place on the trails of East Lothian where Bruce ‘CoastKid’ has been fatbiking for the last 10 years. This was my 3rd trip to the social gathering were its all about chatting […]
Ride Report – Soo Strongs Trail – By Bret Detrick
The Soo-Strongs trail is a snowmobile trail between Sault Ste. Marie and Strongs, in Michigan. It is located in the Upper Peninsula, or UP (pronounced You Pea). It is mainly forested area and goes directly through the small town of Brimley. It was once a railroad track so it is very flat. It may […]
Occasional Dose of Fat Show #126 – with Eric from Manitou and Will from 9:Zero:7
This week’s podcast is a sightly modified version of the Weekly Dose of Fat, featuring Tio Gomez. along with Chris Daisy and Diamond Dave Krueger. The show was recorded at the pleasant prairie playboy club, in the blue velvet ballroom and features interviews with Eric Schutt and Kyle Beutin from Manitou and Will Ross […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – Shimmery
In this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday Michael Schneider is back with another shot from Germany. The original idea behind the wallpaper part of Wallpaper Wednesday was that our readers would download the photographs that we feature and use them as their desktop wallpaper. We’ve built up a six year archive of wallpapers that you can […]
Fat (video) Tuesday – Blast from the Past – by Ward Whitmire
Let’s set the “Wayback” machine for the year 2014, shall we Sherman? Where are we going this week, Mr. Peabody? The Pacific Northwest of the United States of America, specifically the Methow Valley to hear from a group of early adopters that call themselves the Northwest Fatbikers and our old friend Ward. Here’s a […]
Take a Ride to Lunch – by David Glover
I’m pretty lucky to live in such an amazing place. Moab, Utah has world class trails such as Porcupine Rim and Captain Ahab. But one my favorite simple pleasure of Moab and working at Moab Cyclery would be the lunch ride, most days at the shop, I’m able to get out for a quick […]
Fat-Tribe – New Zealand
Now that spring is here, I’ve been warming up my sermon about the year around appeal and utility of fat-bikes, but now that we co-mingle our Plus Bike love in among our Fat-Bike love…..I’m verklempt. See what plus bikes did there? Plus bikes saved us from a sermon. So now we can go directly to […]
Wallpaper Wet-nesday – Sploosh!
It seems like we’re on some sort of water theme this week and our hump day wallpaper is no exception. Our amigo Scott Andreson captured this image of a fat-bike fording a creek and creating quite a wave of crystal clear, water. You can check out more of Scott’s photos at – https://www.flickr.com/photos/scottphotoart/. Share your […]
Mud Shovel Fenders by PDW
We’ve all had one of them rides, where your behind is caked in the remnants of the terrain you’ve just rode your fat bike on. Well, Portland Design Works may well, have just the answer, in letting you take a seat at the bar without looking like you’ve spoiled yourself, in the Mud Shovels! I’ve […]
Is the Beach Back? Fatbikedotfun Wisconsin Beach Study
Beach riding is one of my favorite ways to enjoy bikes. I was born and raised on the shores of Lake Michigan and the moment that I got my hands on my first pugsley, I explored Lake Michigan and Lake Superior’s shorelines. We had 3 epic years of beach riding and then the Lake froze […]
Black Ribbon Bike Hour – Show #3 – MPLS Bike Culture – Metal – Gravel Bike Fetish
Will the third time be a charm? Join Chris, Dave, Evan & Uncle Gomez in the Electronic Chicklet Studios and see. It’s the Arbor Day Special Edition of the Black Ribbon Bike Hour. The Local Scene – Aaron Domeier – MPLS We have Surly Brand Ambassador, Aaron Domeier, commenting on his recent trip to the east […]
Yakima HighRoad Roof Rack Review – By Dave Krueger
I generally have a choice when I want to travel with one or more of my bikes: do we leave my bikes home and take the kids, or leave the kids to fend for themselves and bring whatever two-wheeled steed I favor? Of course the kids always win. Well, most of the time. Another issue […]
Foto Gordo – Levis Mission I Moonlander (LMIM)
This week’s wallpaper should look familiar. It looks familiar to me, because this has been my desktop wallpaper for the last couple of weeks. We’re raffling this special edition, Levis Mission I Moonlander (L-MIM) (pronounced – el-mim) to help raise funds to help rebuild the Levis Chalet. You can check out all of the details […]
Fat Camp – Jeff Jones Interview
Jones bikes are unconventional to say the least but amazingly versatile and well thought out bikes. After you listen to our interview, if you are interested in checking more, the first stop is the Jones website and specifically Jeff’s blog where he gets into a lot of detail about the different products and design philosophies. He has also produced […]
2017 Sea Otter Classic Report – Part 2
I think that they purposfully set up trade shows and expo’s in a maze to confuse and delight the folks that attend and Sea Otter is no exception. So I set out to cover all of the things that I might have missed in part one of this year’s Sea Otter coverage. You can view part […]
2017 Sea Otter Classic Report – Part 1
With the near death of Interbike, the Sea Otter Classic has become the pinnacle of the bicycle industry ‘show & tell’ in these United States of America. In addition to every kind of bike racing known to mankind, the Sea Otter presents an exposition area that features every cool bicycle company that you’ve ever […]
Park TS-4 Professional Truing Stand Review – By Dave Krueger
The Park TS-4 truing stand works. Seriously, it works really well. Ok, I should probably say a bit more – We were chosen as the guinea pigs to test the brand new Park (fat-bike / thru axle compatable) TS-4 because my ‘day job’ involves the care and feeding of literally scadz of of fat-bikes at […]
Foto Gordo – The Pine Barrens of New Jersey
David Pinkerton sent us this week’s new wallpaper for your desktop. This is a portrait of his Fatboy at the base of Mt Jemima, out in the Pine Barrens of NJ! I asked David about his local fat-bike scene and this is what he shared. Oh my God fat bikes are made for the Pine Barrens! […]
2017 Jamis Roughneck Review – By Ward Whitmire
The six weeks that I tested the Roughneck, just happened, to fall at the tail end of the best Winter (snow wise) we’ve had here in the Pacific Northwest in several years. I had the pleasure of riding it in a lot of different snow conditions including a week and a half of icy stuff, […]