Events
Barry Roubaix ♦ Fat-Bike Podium
I took a quick trip around to the other side of Lake Michigan to shoot pictures at the Barry Roubaix last Saturday. I saw a lot of our fat-bike friends over in Michigan and […]
Month: March 2013
FFF
Fat Foto Friday ♦ Water Spout
[adrotate block=”7″] Aussie amigo, R Cairns captured this image of a water spout, while out beach riding with a friend, down under. Check out more from R Cairnes at www.theunknownrider.com. We love getting out on the […]
Site News
Weekly Dose of Fat – 3/29/2013
[adrotate block=”7″] Next Week on Fat-Bike We start the week off with djohnnymac’s insightful interview of Artist/Racer, Jesse LaLonde. The balance of the week we present a globe-trotting sojourn to fat-bike adventures from Scandinavia, […]
FatBikes
~ Stainless ~ Quiring ~ Blingage ~
Our neighbor, from across Lake Michigan, Mr. Scott Quiring of Quiring Cycles just finished up this whee KVA stainless, Gates belt drive fat bike with a NuVinci n 360 hub in his Free Soil, Michigan, […]
Components
Northpaw Components Introduces 47mm 29-plus Rim
Northpaw Components recently introduced its new Northpaw-29+ bicycle rim, a 47mm, 29’er sized version of the Popular Northpaw-S rim that will be available at the end of April. The new rim will come in Black, […]
Wallpaper
Wallpaper Wednesday – Fat Reflections
[adrotate banner=”38″] John a.k.a. “TrailMaker” shot this at Jones Park in Vestal, NY on a crisp 22*F day. He says: The more you look at it, the more you see. The thing that really blows […]
Site News
Fat Video Tuesday – Fat-Pack Baja
Bike Black Ribbon Test Pilot and International Playboy, Cale Wenthur, shot this vid last month on a fat-packing trip that he took down in Baja de California. You can read a full account of a […]
Apparel
Ibex Equipo Pants
For the last couple of seasons, I’ve been looking for something to wear over my winter tights when the temps/wind chill takes an extra nasty turn. Everything I found either ended up being too bulky, […]
Events
Danielle Musto reports on the Barry Roubaix!
Written by: Danielle Musto The Great Lakes Fat Bike Series wrapped up this past Saturday with the Barry-Roubaix, a “killer gravel road race” in Hastings, Michigan. Racers had the option of racing 24, 36 or […]
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Fat Foto Friday ♦ Catfish Cup
[adrotate block=”7″] Michael Boehnlein captured this striking image at The Carver Lake Cold Catfish Cup winter race up near the Twin Cities this January. Mike and I are gnome-fest cousins. He rides with […]
Site News
Weekly Dose of Fat – 3/22/2013
[adrotate block=”7″] Future-Fat Next week at Fat-Bike we visit Baja de California in our Fat (video) Tuesday joint and Sven tells us about fat-tires and his curious rubber fetish in the next Fat-Bike 101 […]
Site News
Introducing the Bike Black Ribbon Test Pilots
Back in 2012 we started to assemble a group of fat-bike riders that ride hard and fat, all year long. We needed a diverse and accomplished group, dedicated to test gear and share the results of that […]
FatBikes
Now Available – Origin-8 Crawler
Now arriving at bike shops around the country is Origin-8 Crawler fat-bike. The Crawler uses a hydroformed aluminum frame coupled to a NuVinci N360 continuously variable rear hub to give you a shift free 360% […]
Contests
WIN A SURLY KRAMPUS!!!
Krampus Photo Contest We’ve teamed up with los gauchos del Surly to get you all a chance to win a sparkly new Krampus Frame and Fork! But that’s not all! In addition to the the […]
Wallpaper
Wallpaper Wednesday – Ice Cave Road Decorah
[adrotate banner=”38″] This was taken December 12, 2012 by Spinner on Ice Cave Road after a large snow storm hit Decorah, IA. I think the actual temp was in the 10 to 20 below range. […]
Beach Riding
Late Winter Beach Ride Weekend
On the spur of the moment, last week, Bethany & I, got an invitation from some long time, friends to spend the weekend over in Michigan at their beautiful lake house near New Buffalo. Our […]
Videos
Fat (Video) Tuesday – Getting Rad at Ray’s
Our friend Rafal shot this sequence of Aristotle Peters tearing up Ray’s Indoor Mountain Bike Park in Milwaukee on a Schlick Tatanka. Fat-bike riders do get rad! Do you have a video of rad fat-bike […]
Events
Event Spotlight ♦ Rat Bike Face
Click the Flyer to open the event web-page. For more races, demos and festivals, visit our Event Calendar sponsored by 45NRTH for more Fat-Bike Fun!
Beach Riding
Event Report – Big Fat Bike Fest – Homer AK
Big Fat Bike Festival 2013: Bigger, Fatter, Homer-er Written BY : Kim McNett So it has come to pass! The Homer Cycling Club [homercyclingclub.com] has hosted a second annual Big Fat Bike Festival in […]
FFF
Fat Foto Friday ♦ Sandstone Wash
[adrotate block=”7″] Tom McDonald takes magnificent photographs. He had this to say about the photo (above). “This was taken in an area of Anza-Borrego State Park known as Sandstone Wash. You don’t really […]
Site News
Weekly Dose of Fat – 3/15/2013
We kick off this week’s dose with a video that covers the Fat Bike Birkie 46k race highlights. The video was created by Graham Palmer of Palmer Custom Video, LLC [adrotate block=”7″] Your Weekly Dose […]
Fat-bike 101
Fat-Bike 101 – Frame Types
This article is part of the Fat-bike 101 series and is intended to help new fat-bike owners, and potential fat-bike owners, with some of the questions they may have about fat-bikes. In addition, it is […]
Reader's Rides
Fat-Tribe Thursday ♦ Whiskey – Colorado – Whiskey – Anchorage – Michigan
First up in the video spotlight is Wisconsin’s own Nathan Long! He shot some of his buds out on a night ride at Northwest Park near Eau Claire. Eric Prinster joins a long list of […]
Events
Fat-Bike Birkie – Part 2
First up, check out our interview with the Fat Bike Birkie Men’s 45K winner, Jorden Wakeley, who is also the new Men’s Great Lakes Fat Bike Series Champion! Plus, the rumor mill was in full […]
Wallpaper
Wallpaper Wednesday – Jasper National Park
[adrotate banner=”38″] Mike took this shot in Jasper National Park in Alberta Canada on a ride called Old Fort Point. This is the top of the climb and if you look you can see our […]
Events
Fat-Bike Birkie – Part 1
It had been about a year and a half since I was last in Cable, WI for the Chequamegon Fat Tire 40 and seeing the looming presence of Telemark Lodge felt like coming home. It […]
Site News
Fat Video Tuesday – Norwegian Wood
Are Tallaksrud shot this clip on a Saturday night in the mountains of Hemsedal, Norway. Big tires and wide boards with no bindings…. We can dig it! We’d love to see what fat-biking is […]
Site News
Interview Series – Danielle Musto – Salsa’s Speedster
Danielle Musto doesn’t just race…Danielle races and Wins! Well, not every time, but she’s been on so many podiums, this season, it just seems that way. I caught up with her earlier this winter and […]
Events
Event Spotlight ♦ the Snowy 45
Click the Flyer to open the event web-page. For more races, demos and festivals, visit our Event Calendar sponsored by 45NRTH for more Fat-Bike Fun!
FFF
Fat Foto Friday ♦ Alberta Clipper
[adrotate block=”7″] Mike Mahoney sent in this shot, right after he got his new fatty. He had this to say about his new ride. “This image was taken on my second ride on […]
Site News
Weekly Dose of Fat – 3/8/2013
[adrotate block=”7″] The Fat of the Future Next week at Fat-Bike.com we interview Salsa/Twin Six sponsored speedster Danielle Musto and visit Norway on Fat (video) Tuesday. Sven continues his Fat-Bike 101 Series and our Wallpaper […]
Reader's Rides
Fat Tribe Thursday ♦ New York – Australia – MPLS – Michigami – Shock-Talk!
First up is a video of Putu and Mr. Bane hitting the beach in Long Beach, NY Ken sent us a shot of his brand new 9:Zero:7 on its maiden voyage on Rosedale Beach, near […]
Wallpaper
Wallpaper Wednesday – Renzo’s ITI Training Adventure
[adrotate banner=”38″] Renzo from Italy took this photo on the Iditarod trail between Point McKenzie and Flathorn Lake, during the first day of ITI Winter Training Camp by Bill and Kathy Merchant owner of Winter […]
Site News
A Tale of Two Beach Rides
Here’s the tale of two consecutive rides on an ice glazed beach comparing my 1 year old Big Fat Larrys and a brand new set of 45NRTH Dillinger Studded tires. The rides were conducted on the same […]
Videos
Fat (video) Tuesday – Chasing Fat-Bikes
Our amigo Joe Grinnel put together this video with footage from a few events from Hillside Park (the Cold Bear Challenge) and at Murphy Hanrehan (The Frozen Frolic) up in the Twin Cities. Joe’s an […]
Accessories
Trash Bags Face Mask ~ Review
Written and Photographed by : Colin Ford – Bike Black Ribbon Test Pilot – Former Undisputed Bantam-Weight Pugsley World Champion So earlier this winter, some time during January, I ordered a custom Trash Bags Facemask. It’s made […]
Reader's Rides
Reader’s Ride(s) – Moots from Hell! – Michigan
Our amigo, Jason Aric Jones lives in Hell, Michigan, home of the famous Potawatomi Trail. Until last year, he owned one of the earliest Fat Bikes ever made — an early (2003?) one-off – Moots “Snoots […]
Events
Fat-Bike Birkie – Next Weekend! – Lodging Deal – After Party!
Fat Bike Birkie Next weekend the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation is hosting the Fat-Bike Birkie up at Telemark Resort in Cable Wisconsin. These are the folks that have been running the world renowned Birkebeiner XC Ski Race […]
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Fat Foto Friday ♦ Frozen Ride Formation
[adrotate block=”7″] click the photo to view it larger Hansi Johnson is tall drink of water from up dare in Da’Loot (Duluth, Minnesota). He’s also our skilled and accomplished Mid-West IMBA Rep and (on top […]
Site News
Weekly Dose of Fat – 3/1/2013
[adrotate block=”7″] Future Fat March is coming in like a Yeti and hopefully, going out like a Krampus. The fat-bike industrial rumor mill is churning out some doozies these days, all while Jay Petervary was […]