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45NRTH Dillinger 27.5×4.0 Review
As I was loading up the super blingy Why Cycles Big Iron outfitted with Enve Fat Fork and M685 Wheels for testing (First Look here), Uncle Gomez says “Here – ...
Event Spotlight – Rip Zip & Sip – 3/2/19 – Wisconsin
This is how we roll in the Big Whiskey – aka Wisconsin – America’s (freek’n) Dairyland! We ride and then drink a beer(s)! I think they snuck in the zip-lining part of the equation, but check it out…the awards party is at a bowling alley! Click the link for more information – https://lamboriders.org/events/rip-zip-and-sip-1/7880 Fat-Bike Event Calendar We’ve […]
Mid-Term Report: Terrene Cake Eater 27.5 x 4.5
I have been testing the 27.5 x 4.5 Terrene Cake Eaters since late fall and up until very recently Mother Nature has not been very giving with the snowfall in our area. Luckily we got about 4′ of snow in 10 days recently and it allowed me to get out and get a more well-rounded […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #9 – We got snow!
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #9 – We got snow! Going to Swingin’ Door! https://www.swingindoorexchange.com Tire talk Kenda Juggernaut Dillinger 5 Colds a coming! Orange Seal Sub Zero Smelling Muc-Off Chumba Ti Stella coming into the house! http://chumbausa.com Chumba Ursa Major https://everydaycycles.com/collections/frames/products/ursa-major-titanium-fatbike-frame Rinding on the The People’s Riverwest Ice Rink Who’s not comfy? Lentil, Lentil, Lentil! […]
My New Trek Farley – By Will Ross
(Editor’s Note) – The following is from our old friend Will Ross! Will recently made a career move to the Trek Store of Anchorage and that means that he’s riding a new bike! We asked Will if he could write a story about his new whip and the rather fantastic results are below. I have […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – The Dobratsch
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes to us from a reader from Austria, Daniel Tscharnuter. Here’s what Daniel shared about this stunning image. The Dobratsch is a mountain near the city of Villach, which is a popular destination for hikers all year. Because of this, they are usually rideable all winter except right after heavy snowfall. […]
The Bikeiowa Pogie Lite Review – by Adam Blake
The Bikeiowa Pogie Lite – A Pogie for all seasons Bar Mitts, Pogies, hand covers… whatever you want to call them, Pogies (true term) have become go-to accessories for fat-bikers, gravel riders, and commuters. Providing water and wind resistance a good set of pogies can mitigate cold hands. I also always tout that while wearing […]
Fat Camp Podcast – Show No. 37
Fat Camp Podcast #37!! Ken and Andy (along with special guest Dan) hunker down for some fat-bike talk about all sorts of schtuff. The conversation meanders from dancing for snow to more 27in rim/wheel talk to stud design and install. Embrace the audio journey with a couple dorks as they delve into midwinter fat-bike […]
Foto Gordo – January’s Contest Winner & February Foto Gordo Contest Announcement!
Christopher Mautino is the winner of our latest Foto-Gordo Sweepstakes with a shot that he calls Riding with Giants. This is what Christopher shared about his entry. Riding with Giants- just got back from an amazing trip in Baja. Surfing, fishing, and biking were awesome. Rode down the beach from my camp and ran across […]
Giant Bicycles Jumps into the Fat-Bike Arena with The YUKON!
Giant Bicycles has finally joined just about everyone else and is offering a fat-bike called the Yukon. It will come in two models the Yukon 1 and the Yukon 2. The two new models are both aluminum with 27.5 wheels. MSRP is $1630 for the Yukon 2 and $2100 for the Yukon 1. Yukon 1 […]
Afterglow Lake Resort – Phelps WI – Northwoods Paradise
I was drawn to Afterglow Lake Resort by their incredible social media photo-stream. The intense sunset photography made me think back to shooting Kodachrome slide film and spoke to one of my life-long passions (photography). And it didn’t hurt that their photos feature two Bernese Mountain Dogs along with a Golden Retriever at the lodge to […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – Alaska Blue
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday is Cory Kittle’s second photo that’s been featured here. Cory’s a bush pilot as well as a professional photographer up in Alaska and more recently, a fat-bike fanatic! Got your own Wallpaper Worthy Photo? We love to feature your fat-bike photos from around the world! If you’ve got a fat-bike related image that […]
Mid-Term Report: 27.5×4″ 45NRTH Van Helga
At the beginning of this winter I got a bunch of tires to test, mostly of the 27.5 fat variety. Of the tires I have available, I have been riding the 27.5×4 45NRTH Van Helgas far more than anything else. Part of this is because Mother Nature had been stingy with snow but even more […]
First Look – RSD Mayor v4 – By Andy Amstutz
I like being medium. Medium is good. Vertically…I’m medium. I’m about halfway between two extremes of height. In other words, I’m average. Doors open up for those above me and those below but recently, one opened up for me in the form of a fat bike to test and review. Medium has its benefits […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #8 – The Return of Mark Peterson!
#8 Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast – The Return of Mark Peterson! It’s that time folks, un-scripted, unedited, uncool and hassling that part of your brain where your common sense used to be, it’s the Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast with Sven and JK… Special guest Tone Berger Riding Blue Diamond with Andrew and Marcus Rubber Duckie […]
JayP’s 200k Fat Pursuit- Challenging Ourselves Through Sun, Snow, and Wind
On January 4th and 5th, this year, Jay Petervary hosted the 200 mile and 200k Fat Pursuit events, in Island Park, Idaho. We are very familiar with this event. Bryon participated in the event last year and I volunteered at the West Yellowstone Checkpoint. Jay is our neighbor and we try to get out and […]
Spy Photos – Quiring Cycles – Project Abominable
Last time that I was up to visit Scott & Christina Quiring we talked a lot about 27.5 fat-bike wheels and Scott told me that he was working on a bike specifically designed to run the new sized wheels with the new gargantuan Terrene Tires 4.5″ Cake Eaters…(Project Abominable) We left an asset in place […]
Fat News – Revelate Releases Fork Mounted Polecat and Overhauls Flagship Seat Bag
News Release from our friends at Revelate Designs Anchorage, Alaska, January 23, 2019 – Constantly innovating and improving, Revelate Designs pushes forward with the release of the Polecat, a unique drybag built for use in large volume cargo cages, and the Terrapin System 14L, a full redesign of their flagship seat bag. “Cargo cages have […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – Toronto Urban Singletrack
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday feature comes to us from Gus Villanueva. Gus just wanted to share his early morning ride with us. I love getting emails like this! This is what Gus shared about his ride. I took an early morning weekend ride on my fat-bike in the middle of the city. There’s a network […]
Fat (video) Tuesday – Bivvy a Month 2018, the best bits!
Jeff Price sent us a compilation video that covers all twelve of his Bivvy a Month trips from 2018. If this doesn’t get you stoked to take up the quest to complete the Bivvy a Month Challenge for 2019, nothing will! I got out a few times in 2018 in what some might say was […]
Upcoming Events – JAN-FEB ’19
Looks like everyone got the memo to run their Fat-Bike event on February 2nd this winter. I don’t know how things are percolating in your neck of the woods, but here in the big whiskey, we have a nice layer of powdery snow and I’ve been going out to play bikes every freak’n day! Here’s […]
Builder Profile – Wyatt Bicycle Company – LaCrosse Wisconsin
Just before the Holidays hit (with a thud), I day tripped out to where the cheese curtain meets the mighty Mississippi River to visit the Wyatt Bicycle Company in LaCrosse. Back in the day, LaCrosse hosted mtb races out at a private campground called Blueberry Springs. Way back in like nineteen 89? a bunch of us […]
The Dose of Fat Podcast Show No. 141 – Up to Snow Good & Afterglow Report
Leia, Spinner & Tio Gomez are joined in the studio by Patricia, the Race Director of the Up to Snow Good Dual Slalom Race to be held at Tyrol Basin Ski Area in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin on February 9th, 2019. For more info visit – http://www.uptosnowgood.com/ We close the show with a segment recorded in […]
Event Spotlight – US Open Fat Bike Beach Race News Release
US Open Fat Bike Beach Race – March 22-24, 2019 Elite division starting line – US Open Fat Bike Beach Championship – Courtesy Bill Sessoms WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC – Already the largest fat bike beach race on the East coast and named one of the Top-20 festivals and events in 2018 by the […]
Reader’s Ride(s) – JP’s Ti REEB DonkaDonk
JP gets REEB’ed by JP Syverud Well, it finally happened. My dream has finally come true. I got REEB’d! I have always wanted to have a custom fat bike built just for me. I sold a few bikes and other things lying around the house just to gather enough acorns to get this thing built. Be warned, this isn’t for the faint of heart. It took some sacrifice, but in the […]
Event Spotlight – 2019 Leadville Winter Mountain Bike Series (CO)
2019 LEADVILLE WINTER MTB SERIES TENNESSEE PASS NIGHT JAM JAN 19TH REG. AT 4 PM RACE STARTS at 6 PM $25 / $20 for CCW Members 12 MILE COURSE THROUGH THE TREES WITH A MIX OF NORDIC TRAILS AND A SWEET DH SINGLETRACK FINISH TENNESSEE PASS NORDIC CENTER @ SKI COOPER WINTERBIKE @ COPPER MTN […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – Grand Falls on the Dead River
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday is from one of our long-time amigos, Tom McDonald. I found this shot in my Wallpaper Folder from last year’s images, yet I knew we had never published this particular image. We’ve shared quite a few of Tom’s photographs over the years and Tom won a photo contest that we ran […]
Henty Enduro 2.0 Backpack
Who’s Henty? That was my first question too. Founded in Tasmania, Australia, (yeah, that’s a real place) Henty started out making suit and garment bags for business clothes. They’ve been adding different versions of these bags and have a line of bags and packs specifically designed for active commuting. The Enduro was launched […]
Foto Gordo – January Contest
Last month we launched a little foto gordo contest and we’re here to thank everyone that entered and announce the winner! ? Darren Giordano sent us this shot taken in Northern Utah. Everyone that entered the contest is getting a sticker pack sent out to them and Darren wins some sweet barware supplied by Why Cycles! FOTO […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #7 – Come Gather Round Ye Children!
Yupper doodle, I’m out in ‘Vegas for a bit but JK and I made with the knob twiddling and schmack talking before I left to give you your bi-weekly fix of the Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast! So Gather ’round Ye Children, ’cause I think this show is PG-13 or better and it may, or may […]
Fatback Sweet 16 H-Bar First Impressions
Fatback sent us a set of their new Sweet 16 carbon bars in December. I was honestly pretty skeptical about the prospects of this new bar’s 16-degree sweep improving the fit or comfort of the Fatback carbon riser bar that came with my Corvus FLT, Ten Beers because I felt pretty comfortable riding Ten Beers. […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – Aussie Camp
It’s Summer in Australia and this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes to us from our amigo from down under, Eckart Altenkamp. I’m a fan and practitioner of overland style camping so this photo really resonates for me. This is a shot of Eckart’s camp in Purni Bore on the Western fringe of the Simpson Desert, […]
Fat (video) Tuesday – Round Square Adventures – Mongolia
Kirsten Scully promised that she’d send us a new video of her beautiful backcountry fat-bike tours in western Mongolia and this week’s Fat Tuesday feature is a compilation of Roundsquare Adventures’ 2018 summer trips. They guided three fatbike trips in Mongolia last year and also took a group of pro bikers from SEAT cars to make a promo […]
Event Spotlight – Hugh Jass (WI) – Cold Catfish Cup (MN)
HUGH JASS at New Fane (N. Kettles) (WI) Cold Catfish Cup January 20th, 2019 (MN) Angry Catfish and the City of Woodbury Minnesota team up to sponsor this race at Carver Lake. I think that Sven and I were at the first running of this one back in the day. Click the number plate […]
Business Spotlight – Bearclaw Bicycle Co. – Michigan
The final stop of my December trip to visit three Michigan bicycle companies landed me in Traverse City, Michigan. I made arrangements to meet at Einstein Cycles with both Keith Conway, who manages the shop and Jason Lowetz who owns both Einstein Cycles and the Bearclaw Bicycle Company. Einstein Cycles (Jason) launched the Bearclaw Bicycle Co. […]
Norpine Fat Bike Classic, Lutsen, MN January 5th, 2019
Norpine Fat Bike Classic, Lutsen, MN The storied home of Paul Bunyan…Minnesota’s Northshore in January is the perfect setting for a fat-bike race. Part of the Great Lakes Fat Bike Series Event Calendar We’ve been loading some of our favorite events onto our Event Schedule. Every event was hugged onto the interwebs for super fun […]
Fat Camp Podcast – Show #36 – 4.5% Solution
Fresh off the holidaze, Ken and Andy are back with Fat Camp show #36. A bulk of the conversation that they put Ken’s dog to sleep with revolves around the recent surge of 27.5in tires and wheels (yea, right it’s 27.5, not). But as is usual, they meander in and around other fat- bike talk. […]
Product Review Burley Design’s Coho XC
Late last summer Burley Design released the Coho XC cargo trailer. We highlighted the specifications for this innovative single-wheel trailer here on fat-bike.com, at the end of October. Since then we’ve had the chance to test it out in the wild. We took this trailer up to the Big Holes, to get an idea about how […]
Twelve Best Wallpapers of 2018
Best of Wallpaper Wednesday 2017 Let’s take a look back at the year’s Best Wallpaper Wednesday images from 2018. January Paulo LaBerge sent us this image from Ontario, Canada! February Kevin Breitenbach sent me a few shots under the heading “gnome hunting the Alaska Range”. March Chris Ferguson sent us a shot on his first overnighter […]
Event Spotlight – Snow Bully (WI) – Frosty’s Fat-Bike Race Series (UT)
5th Annual Iola Snow Bully Fat Bike Race Our Amigo Scott Cole runs this night-race up in Iola, Wisconsin. Online Registration: https://www.bikereg.com/2019-iola-snow-bully-fat-bike-race Be part of this fun event that kicks off the Iola Winter Carnival weekend! Event proceeds go towards helping the Iola Winter Sports Club maintain/ purchase grooming equipment for the trails. 6:00pm Race Start […]
Builder Profile – Quiring Cycles – Free Soil, MI
The last time that I’d visited Scott and Christina Quiring at their shop in Free Soil Michigan was back in the spring of 2012. Free Soil sits between hundreds of thousands of acres of National Forest and one of the best Lake Michigan beaches that I’ve ever ridden. It’s a veritable Fat-Bike Paradise. I’ve been fortunate to […]
Event Spotlight – Up to Snow Good – Dual Slalom at Tyrol Basin
Just Send It! The first of its kind in Wisconsin, Up To Snow Good dual slalom is an intense, heart-pounding and spectator friendly bike race. There will be costumes, music, rowdy crowds, klunkers and epic wipe-outs because this race is on snow! What is Dual Slalom? The format is simple: in less than 60 […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #6 – Cole House Interview – 12-26-18
It is that time again, time for you all to listen to Sven and JK as they discuss stuff on episode #6 of The Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast Holiday continues, happy boxing day Warm weather and riding the city Sven and JK had a Play Day last Monday, Loaded Slate, Zads, Nomad, Uptowner and other points […]
First Look – ENVE M685 Fat-Bike Wheelset and Fat Fork
While there are currently a quite a few rim/wheel options out there in the fat-bike universe, one major player in the high-end carbon market has been noticeably absent – ENVE Composites. The same can be said for fork offerings … lots of choices but no ENVE. Well, that’s now changed with the launch of the […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – KC & the Lumberjacks
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes to us from Keith Christensen. It’s back to work after the long holiday weekend and Keith is multitasking on his Norco Sasquatch. That looks like a chainsaw strapped to his backpack. I get a fat-biking, lumberjacking, zombie hunting roustabout sort of vibe to this shot. Let us know what […]