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Home2011December

Month: December 2011

Site News

Happy New Year!

December 31, 2011 Greg Smith 2
Site News

Weekly Dose of Fat – 12-30-11

December 30, 2011 Greg Smith Comments Off on Weekly Dose of Fat – 12-30-11
Five fantastic Friday’s of fat-bike news in December but it looks like we’ll have to gip ya and go for […]
Site News

Last Days to Enter the December Contest

December 30, 2011 Gomez 2
We all know what you call a group of badgers, and now we’re finally close to finding out ~ what […]
Site News

West Coast Beachride Report

December 29, 2011 the locust 1
Since I’m going to be heading back to the snowy Midwest for a few weeks I figured I’d better get […]
purple pugsley
Wallpaper

Wallpaper Wednesday – Pug in Purple

December 28, 2011 Greg Smith Comments Off on Wallpaper Wednesday – Pug in Purple
Black Canoe Dog sent us this super-blam purple Pug photo to lively up your screen! Enjoy. Feel free to download […]
No Picture
Videos

Fat (Video) Tuesday – Fat-Bike Packing the Oregon Dunes

December 27, 2011 Greg Smith Comments Off on Fat (Video) Tuesday – Fat-Bike Packing the Oregon Dunes
Fat-Bike-Packing the Oregon Coast!
Site News

Sevo’s Crystal Ball #1: Suspension

December 26, 2011 Sevo 9
Ah it’s always a joy to go online and see what people think should be next and why. More often […]
No Picture
Site News

Feliz Navidad, Amigos!

December 25, 2011 Gomez Comments Off on Feliz Navidad, Amigos!
We hope Santa brings all of you boys and girls lot’s of toys! …..oh, and World Peace and stuff….
Site News

Sewer Tour

December 24, 2011 Greg Smith Comments Off on Sewer Tour
Josh (Death Rider), the winner of our November Newsletter Sign Up contest and the fyxation Mesa pedals, sent us a […]
Tires

Product Preview – Origin8 Devist8er Fat-Bike Tire

December 23, 2011 Greg Smith 5
Origin8 recently introduced their first fat-bike tire, the 26×4.0 Devist8er. This tire, made by Vee Rubber in Thailand, is going […]
fat-bike news
Site News

Weekly Dose of Fat – 12-23-11

December 23, 2011 Greg Smith 2
Well folks, the Holiday Season is upon us but the fat-bike news just keeps-a-comin’! With the end of the year […]
Events

Cold Bear Challenge ~ 3 Race Series ~ Elk River, MN

December 22, 2011 Gomez 1
The Cold Bear Challenge Race Series is one of the most established winter bike competitions in the lower 48. There’s […]
No Picture
Site News

Mukluk 2 Second Ride

December 22, 2011 Steve 4
As luck (and Mother Nature) would have it, nearly all the beautiful snow we had a week ago, had withered […]
FatBikes

Getting Fat in Ohio ~ Field Report by DJ

December 21, 2011 Gomez 2
Fatbikes: 2 Mukluks 1 ti’ Fatback 1 9:Zero:7 2 Pugsleys: the Fugsley, and Don’s DUC32 Pugs Stats: December 11, 2011 […]
Events

Race #5 – The Sweaty Yeti – March 3rd – Levis-Mounds!

December 21, 2011 Gomez 10
Fat-Bike.com is happy to announce an additional race to our Wisconsin Fat-Bike Race Series. The Sweaty Yeti will be hosted […]
Wallpaper

Wallpaper Wednesday – Northpaw in the Winter

December 21, 2011 Greg Smith Comments Off on Wallpaper Wednesday – Northpaw in the Winter
A Northpaw in its natural habitat. A wintery ride along the Milwaukee River last winter brings thoughts of winter yet […]
Winter set up for my Schlick Northpaw
Components

Get Fatter, Save Weight

December 20, 2011 Greg Smith 3
I did the switch over to my winter fat-bike setup on my Northpaw and saved weight in the process! My […]
No Picture
Videos

Fat (Video) Tuesday – First Snow from Finland

December 20, 2011 Greg Smith 2
Beautifully shot and edited this video is about Fatbiking in Finland, 7th december 2011.
Accessories

Moonlander – Mission 3, 4 & 5

December 19, 2011 Gomez Comments Off on Moonlander – Mission 3, 4 & 5
Ride #3 ~ A cold snap froze everything solid over night so my previous plans to get the new Moonlander out to […]
FatBikes

Santa Rampage ~ Milwaukee ~ 2011

December 19, 2011 Santa Claus Comments Off on Santa Rampage ~ Milwaukee ~ 2011
The first time I ever met Sven and Puck was at either the Fat-Tire Tour of Milwaukee or Santa Rampage. We’re blessed […]
Site News

Weekly Dose of Fat – 12-16-11

December 16, 2011 Greg Smith Comments Off on Weekly Dose of Fat – 12-16-11
More mainstream media news on fat-bikes. Big News? Grooming trails specifically for winter fat-bike use! Can some one say explode? […]
FatBikes

My Lunar Module ~ The build ~ 1st ride ~ 2nd ride ~ Words and Pictures

December 15, 2011 Gomez 7
I took my time and nerded out all the details just so, leaving me just enough time to get a […]
fyxation mesa pedal
Components

Time Tested Thursday – fyxation Mesa Pedal

December 15, 2011 Greg Smith 6
For my fat-biking pedal needs I am a platform guy all the way. I ride my Northpaw fat-bike year round […]
Business Profiles

Interview With Conrad from Sandman Bikes

December 15, 2011 Greg Smith 4
Sandman Bikes is a Belgian fat-bike company that makes all-terrain bikes people have been doing incredible things on since 2007. […]
Site News

Team SnowBike Enduro ~ Pre-Register and $ave

December 15, 2011 Gomez 1
The first 100 racers that pre-register get a pair of these sweet wool socks! Plus, about the only way that […]
Events

PWC-2 (pugsley world championships) 2/25/12 ~ Decorah, Iowa

December 14, 2011 Gomez 2
surly moonlander sighting
Wallpaper

Wallpaper Wednesday – Moonlander in Milwaukee

December 14, 2011 Greg Smith Comments Off on Wallpaper Wednesday – Moonlander in Milwaukee
Sven took this puppy out for its first ride and this Surly Moonlander was treated to trails, sandy beach, rocky […]
Business Profiles

Shop Profile ~ Milltown Cycles Expose

December 14, 2011 Gomez Comments Off on Shop Profile ~ Milltown Cycles Expose
Our old friend Soupboy cooked this up for us…  Milltown Cycles Expose: by Hugh Jwang, Phd., Womens’ Studies, University of […]
FatBikes

Fat (Video) Tuesday – T-Rex Rides Corner Pocket

December 13, 2011 Gomez 1
According to the creator of this clip “this trail was built by volunteers from the Central Iowa Trails Association (www.centraliowatrails.org) using napalm, […]
FatBikes

Surly “Neck Romancer” Pugsley First Impression

December 13, 2011 chrisgardnerss 5
It’s a brisk early-winter day here in Nebraska, and while most cyclists are making a hasty retreat indoors for another […]
Site News

one giant tire, for man………lots of sparklies, for man-kind, (beeep)

December 12, 2011 Gomez 1
it has really fat tires……..and it’s sparkly stay tuned for like a brazillion words and pictures    
Apparel

We’ve Got Shirts

December 12, 2011 Greg Smith Comments Off on We’ve Got Shirts
We’ve got some great artists we work with for various purposes and have enlisted their help in creating some sweet […]
Site News

B-Lamb! Our 100th Article

December 12, 2011 Greg Smith Comments Off on B-Lamb! Our 100th Article
I like milestones and the publishing of our 100th article yesterday makes me happy as as well as the fact […]
Site News

First Ride-Mukluk 2

December 12, 2011 Steve 3
I doubt I could have picked a better day to really dive into the Fat Bike scene- 27 degrees, no […]
Beach Riding

Full Moon Beach Ride Redux Report

December 11, 2011 Greg Smith 3
If this report seems moderately disjointed it is because both Gomez and I wrote reports and I bailiwicked them into this […]
Site News

Wallpaper Holiday Bonus

December 10, 2011 Greg Smith 6
Fat-bike.com Appalachian correspondent and Team SnowBike Enduro Podium Girl, Katy Snacks, is the model in this Holiday Bonus Wallpaper photo […]
Site News

Weekly Dose of Fat – 12-9-11

December 9, 2011 Greg Smith Comments Off on Weekly Dose of Fat – 12-9-11
After being a tad sparse last week we are back with LOTS more fat-bike news you can use than you […]
Accessories

Mighty (endo)morphin power tire

December 9, 2011 arrow 3
Seemingly, the new debate about fat tires is which orientation of Nate’s, Larry’s, or Big Fat Larry’s is going to […]
Accessories

Tested Thursday – SKS AirChecker – Duo Head ~ Digital Air Gauge

December 8, 2011 Gomez 2
After a few years of mistrusting my pump gauge and guessing what pressure I was running, I decided to purchase […]
Wallpaper

Wallpaper Wednesday – Fat-Bike in Finland

December 7, 2011 Greg Smith 1
Toni’s been riding his 9:Zero:7 in Finland since April 2011 and he is preparing a two part review of the […]
Races

Mustache Mayhem

December 7, 2011 K8 3
Sunday morning, fatties headed down to the Lake Michigan shore where the ultimate line was drawn in the sand. “Racers with mustaches […]
Site News

Product Preview – Planet Bike Borealis Winter Glove

December 7, 2011 Greg Smith 8
Thanks to the folks at Planet Bike we got a hold of a pair of their Borealis Winter Gloves to […]
Events

Race #2 Wisconsin Fat-Bike Series – Team SnowBike Enduro – 1/21

December 6, 2011 Gomez 7
www.fat-bike.com presents the Team SnowBike Enduro January 21st – 2012 @ High Noon Lake Geneva Canopy Tours – Lake Genevea, WI […]
Components

Fat-Bike Wheel Information for Weight Weenies

December 6, 2011 Greg Smith 5
Fat-bikes are, obviously, not the sveltest of rides but that doesn’t mean there aren’t folks out there who wouldn’t like […]

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