Site News
Weekly Dose of Fat 6-29-12
It has been a busy week of beach riding here in these parts! With the temps closing in on 100 degrees the shoreline of a large body of water can offer a significant cool down […]
Month: June 2012
Beach Riding
Fat-Bikes on a Ferry
Four of us rode the High Speed Ferry from Milwaukee to Muskegon last week to meet up with some Michigan amigos to enjoy 3 days of beach riding. We left our cars behind and spent […]
Wallpaper
Wallpaper Wednesday – Pugsley Seeking Companion
Karen posted this Pugsley Ad to go with the great accompanying photo. Who wants to date a pug? FTB looking for an AOW (For you Textie Challanged that is Fat Bike looking for an Adventurous […]
Videos
Fat (Video) Tuesday – Fat Bike Haar – Moonlander, Mukluk and Pugsley in the Fog
Bruce and his fellow fatbike riders in Scotland not only have some great beaches to ride but their videos really capture the fatbike beach riding experience. This one even has a horse! Got your own […]
Beach Riding
six-1-six – fat tandem preview
We just returned from another Michigan beach riding excursion, where we were treated to a sneak peak of 616’s new fat tandem. Talk about an attention getter! Aaron Joppe, from 616, was kind enough to […]
Site News
Weekly Dose of Fat 6-22-12
As you fine folks read this a group of us will be taking the Lake Express Ferry from Milwaukee to Muskegon for 3 days of fatbike beach riding centered around the town of Grand Haven. […]
Business Profiles
Builder Profile ~ 44 Bikes
We always keep our eyes peeled for new and emerging talent in the industry. In the case of Kristofer Henry and 44 Bikes, it was Kristofer’s graphic design work that led us to this incredible story […]
Wallpaper
Wallpaper Wednesday – Thparkle on a thstump
A picture of some jerk’s bike on a stump. Feel free to download it and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click on the image to open the full-sized version which you can right-click […]
Site News
Fat (Video) Tuesday – Knik Glacier
Cool off with a little glacial blue ice, in this week’s Fat (Video) Tuesday selection, shot on Knik Glacier. Knik Glacier is located on the northern edge of Alaska’s Chugach mountains. It’s over 28 miles long […]
Components
NuVinci N360 Gates Carbon Belt Drive Fatbike
In an article a month or so back we looked at the NuVinci N360 as a fat-bike friendly hub with a standard chain drive and the promise of a belt drive setup using the Gates […]
Site News
Weekly Dose of Fat – 6-14-12
Beach riding has been the pastime of choice around theses parts lately. With the temps rising that large body of water can make a ride 10-15 degrees cooler than inland trails. A group of us […]
Interviews
Interview with David Gabrys of 45 NRTH
We caught up with David Gabrys, Brand Manager for 45NRTH, this spring to pose a few questions about what looks like it will be, an incredibly exciting year for fat-bikes. 45 NRTH had an incredible […]
Wallpaper
Wallpaper Wednesday – New Zealand Beach
This is the second submission from our New Zealand pal Antoine. Black sand, The colorful abandoned car and a Purple Pug. Love the colors! Feel free to download it and use it as your own […]
Contests
S/A Contest Winner Announcement
Porter Million is the winner of the Carver Carbon Fat-Bike Fork in our Spring Contest! Porter entered the contest with some prose that came right from the heart. “Fat n’ Fun” She calls me […]
Accessories
Fat-Packing Wish-List – Spring/Summer 2012
Vacation season is here! We thought we’d put a list of gear together for folks that want to try fat-packing this summer. We asked our Left Coast Correspondant, Cale to help put a list of […]
Events
Dirt Burger 2012 – Right in the Witch’s Mouth!
Dirt Burger happens in Decorah, IA somewhere around early June and this was the 4th installment of a laid-back event that celebrates mountain bikes, sleeping under a bridge, bonfires and adult beverages. As you will […]
Site News
Fat Free ~ Bike Funk
FF/BF ~ Another slice of bicycle pie that is not necessarily, all about las bicis gordas… Fast Folks – who else loves, orthochromatic design? – http://fastfolks.com/blog.html Do you think that your tent days […]
Site News
Weekly Dose of Fat 6-8-12
This week’s photo of a Pugsley and a Spearfish near the top of Ben Lomond Peak (Ogden, Utah) at 9,712ft. Dustin shot this photo last Saturday on a ride from North Fork Park at 5,440 […]
Beach Riding
[MI]tten made of Sand – Episode Três – Silver Lake Dunes
The next stop on our tour of Michigan’s western shore takes place at another beautiful State Park. Silver Lake State Park was repeatedly mentioned in my research materials as a visual gem and ‘not to […]
Wallpaper
Wallpaper Wednesday – Dark Side of the Moon
The “Dark Side of the Moon” rock was a site that welcomed many visitors to the beach in Port Washington, WI for several years. Last time I was by it was covered in white paint. […]
FatBikes
Salsa Mukluk 2 – Mid-Term Review
It seems in some ways like I’ve had this bike forever, but yet, the first time it hit the trail was early December, just six months ago. The Mukluk 2 somehow has become my defacto […]
Site News
Fat (Video) Tuesday – School’s Out for Summer!
When this song came out, In 1972, I was a pugnacious 8th grader that lived to rock! In the Lake household, Mr. Alice Cooper was not very popular with my parental units. My mother’s given name was […]
FatBikes
Fatbiking in Finland Part III – The Bikes
Finally it’s time to introduce some of the fatbikes found here in Finland. There are probably close to 50 fatbikes in all, and quite many of the owners are active in the Finnish bicycling forum, […]
Site News
Weekly Dose of Fat 6-1-12
Holy mackerel! It’s already June. Just a few more months ’till the winter fatbike season is here! Wait a second, we still have a WHOLE summer and fall to go but, being June, it did […]