Events
Event Spotlight – I am Fat
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, […]
Year: 2012
Interviews
Interview with Kevin Breitenbach
Photo by Josh Spice We first talked with Kevin Breitenbach back in February after he won the Arrowhead 135. Our paths crossed again at Interbike where I got the chance to get to know this […]
Advocacy
FFF
Fat Foto Friday ♦ Idaho Dunes
Here’s an awesome shot of Mark Metzger and his pooch, Pauhana, on the dunes of Bruneau State Park in Southwest Idaho. Mark says, “This place is Fat-Bike heaven with acres and acres of sand dunes […]
Site News
Weekly Dose of Fat 12-28-12
Last Weekly Dose of the year! And, what a year it’s been for fat-biking! You people curious about how popular fat-biking has become? Well, fat-bike.com is the #1 site world-wide for fat-bike specific news and […]
Site News
RENTAL & GUIDE SERVICES
We’ve added Fat-Bike Rentals and Fat-Bike Tours & Guide Service Categories at the bottom of the links in the right column of our pages! Renting is a great way to find out about Fat-Biking. Make […]
Beach Riding
Lizard Skins – Bottom Bracket Seal??
Well, Lizard Skins don’t officially make a BB seal this is, in truth, the venerable Headset Seal that has been around for MANY years but that doesn’t mean that we can’t give them a go […]
FatBikes
Quiring Eye Candy!
We received some Holiday Greetings from our amigo, Scott Quiring along with some pictures of a couple of fat-bikes that he’s been working on in December. We featured a Builder Profile on Quiring Cycles last […]
Gallery
Wallpaper Wednesday ~ Photo Contest Coutdown #1
[adrotate banner=”38″] For the last few weeks we featured the top photos from our 45NRTH Summer Photo Contest and today we get to share the #1 photo! Randy Armstrong, of Anchorage Alaska sent us this great […]
Site News
Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad a los gauchos de las bicis gordas en todo el mundo desde el fondo de nuestros corazones!
Site News
Fat (video) Tuesday ~ 1 Minute of Winter
Here’s a video from (fellow beardo) Ed Oxley, that features On One’s new Fatty in it’s film debut on fat dash bike dot com! Here’s what Ed had to say about the clip – It […]
Events
Event Spotlight – Winter Color Fest
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 […]
Tops
My Favorite All Season Fat-Biking Shirt
I am totally in love with my Smartwool base layers. Most specifically, the Smartwool Microweight Long Sleeve Crew. This is my go-to shirt for almost any ride and is comfortable for me in weather from […]
FFF
Fat Foto Friday ♦ Yukon Cabin
Anthony DeLorenzo lives and rides in the Yukon Territory up in remote Northwest Canada. He sent us this magic light shot taken at a back-country cabin that makes me want to get out and find some […]
Site News
Weekly Dose of Fat 12-21-12
We awarded the first prize (not First Place, simply the first of more) in our (Fat)-Bike Mojo Contest yesterday. Congratulations to Mark P from SLC! The Pug on the beach print from Bob Korn Imaging is […]
Mojo
(Fat)-Bike Mojo Gallery and First Winner
Congratulations to Mark P. of Salt Lake City for being the winner of the first prize we are giving away in our (Fat)-Bike Mojo contest, the Bob Korn Pugsley print shown below! We are not […]
Fat-bike 101
Fat-bike 101 Intro
With the availability of ready-to-ride fat-bikes, thousands of new fat-bike riders have joined the fat-bike scene over the past couple of years. New fat-bike riders are joining the fray daily and many of them have […]
Advocacy
Salsa & Surly Sponsor The 2nd Annual Fat Bike Summit
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 […]
Wallpaper
Wallpaper Wednesday ~ Photo Contest Countdown #2
[adrotate banner=”38″] For the next few weeks we’ll be featuring the winning photos from our 45NRTH Summer Photo Contest on Wallpaper Wednesday. Tom McDonald of Oceanside California entered this shot that exemplifies 2012’s Summer of drought […]
Components
Give Your Wheels New Hope
Today is Thparkle’s 1st Birthday! I’ve been shopping around for a nice birthday present and have had a difficult time finding just what I wanted. Parts inventory and back-order issues are commonplace for anyone that […]
Site News
Fat (video) Tuesday – Moon Safari
Moon Safari – written by Cody Sovis As an exceedingly average bike racer, cycling is often about hitting intervals, obsessively checking my heart rate and stressing out about each and every minute detail of every […]
Events
Event Spotlight – Triple-D
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 […]
Interviews
Fat-bike.com Interview Series
We’ve been fortunate over the past year to have interviewed several folks with a ton of experience in the fat-bike scene. Small builders, extreme riders, racers, large-brand product managers, icons and regular folks, the amount […]
Videos
Weekend Video Bonus – Why Sandman?
Sandman make fat-bikes and their take on what they are used for is a bit different than the norm. In Europe, they have been shredding trails for years. Think all-mountain, on a fat-bike. This video […]
Hacks
Reader’s Ride(s) ~ El Pugnago
Written by Drew ♦ Photos by Kim and Drew I’ve enjoyed riding on snow since the first year I got ‘into’ mountain biking. My second race ever was one of the Hillside ‘Cold Bear Series’ […]
Site News
Weekly Dose of Fat 12-14-12
We updated the Tire Weights Page here: https://fat-bike.com/2012/01/tire-weights-for-fat-bikes/ – Added weights for 45NRTH Escalators, Surly 26×4.0, 120tpi Knards as well as a bunch of weights Fattie Lumpkin from World of Bikes sent us for tires they […]
Videos
Bonus Video – 48 Hours of Fat
Dirty from drunkcyclist.com put together this short during a 48-hour weekend fat-biking around Flagstaff. High Energy! Dirty’s quote: *Please note: I know the fat bike was the wrong tool for the job in a lot […]
Stickers
Where Do You Stick Yours?
We’ve given out thousands of fat-bike.com stickers over the past year and a few of them make to some mighty interesting places. Here are a few from the haunts around the FB.C world headquarters as […]
FatBikes
Like a 10 year old with a Bazooka – Surly Krampus
I love this bike. I went out to Vegas just to ride it. Of course there were beers and friends that I only see about once a year, and more beers, but this conglomeration of […]
Wallpaper
Wallpaper Wednesday – Photo Contest Countdown #3
[adrotate banner=”38″] For the next few weeks we’ll be featuring the winning photos from our 45NRTH Summer Photo Contest on Wallpaper Wednesday. Jon Wieringa of Ann Arbor Michigan took Third Place with a picture he […]
Accessories
Custom Fat-bike Rim Vinyl
We’ve been messing about with custom-cut Vinyl from our buddy Corey to enhance fat-bike rims and personalize your ride. This Pugsley was built to showcase the rims and so we could get some good photos […]
Site News
Fat (video) Tuesday ~ Snow Dance
Last winter was sort of a bad joke for many of us in the upper great lakes. This year, we want snow! Well….let me rephrase that…this year we demand snow! I know that it has […]
Events
Event Spotlight – Low Pressure Wednesdays – Ottawa
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 […]
Interviews
Interview with Polar Explorer/Adventurer Eric Larsen
Lee Kinder from Logan, UT had the opportunity to interview Eric and inquire about his incredible expedition to the south pole on a fat-bike. by Lee Kinder – Photography by – Cycle South – Stephanie Scott […]
FatBikes
MPLS Bike Co Introduces the Full Carbon – Murphy
Hot News from the Winter Bike Expo in Minneapolis! Kevin Ishang., owner of Freewheel Bike, announced the founding of a new fat-bike company called appropriately, the Minneapolis Bike Company. We were then treated to the […]
Apparel
Winter Bike Expo – Sneak Peek!
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 […]
Videos
Video Bonus – What’s Up?
Andy Williams from Tetonia, Idaho, brought this great video to our attention and we made it our little Friday afternoon stoke for all of you working stiffs out there! Check out some great camera work, from […]
Site News
Weekly Dose of Fat – 12-7-12
Global Fat-bike Day is behind us but you can still relive it in pictures as readers have been sending pix in all week that we’ve added to the Global Fat-bike Day Gallery. Lots of folks […]
Business Profiles
VIBE Cycles New Fat-Bike – the “Frigid Bitch”
Vibe Cycles out in Boise Idaho first popped up on our fat-bike radar with a bamboo fatty that was spied at the North American Hand Built Bicycle Show last March. Dave and Christi, from Vibe, have been […]
Winter Riding
Grip Studs – Customizable Traction
Grip Studs recently sent us for review a couple of packages (250 studs total) of their tungsten carbide, screw in studs along with an installation tool for inserting them into your favorite fat-bike tires. The […]
Events
Event Spotlight – Winter Bike Expo – MPLS
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.
Wallpaper
Wallpaper Wednesday – Beaker Takes Flight
[adrotate banner=”38″] Local Fat-Bike.com test pilot, Colin “Beaker” Ford, takes flight on a recent Lake Michigan Beach ride. Feel free to download it and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click on the image […]
Apparel
New Designs at the Fat-Bike Store!
In addition to our new Rasta T-Shirt that we introduced last week, we have just added our Trident and Gnome-Fink designs. These designs are available as T-Shirts – Long Sleeve T-shirts – Pull Over Hoodies […]
Videos
Fat (video) Tuesday – Beaver Ponds
Adam Roberts and two of his amigos made use of a boom cam to capture some fat-bike fun out on some local beaver habitat. The stones tune made me think of mi amigo primo, Gnorme! […]