Accessories
Fat Tunes – Boombotix Review
A couple of years ago, I spied, ace mechanic, and all around cool cat, James T. Huber, wearing some sort of cartoon alien with a speaker for an eyeball that we all probably now recognize […]
Month: October 2013
Events
Great Lakes Fat Bike Series – Sponsors Announced
45NRTH, a leader in winter cycling gear, has become the title sponsor of the 2014 Great Lakes Fatbike Series. The company, based in Minneapolis, has created award-winning products that provide enhanced comfort and control for […]
Wallpaper
Wallpaper Wednesday – Krampus Overlook
[adrotate banner=”38″] This pic is of Death Rider’s Krampus. It was taken on top of Pincushion Mountain near Grand Marais, Minnesota in mid August. He and his family were out riding the new MTB trails […]
Videos
Fat Video Tuesday – Green River
Pete Basinger put together this week’s clip of fat-bike fun, shot around Moab with some pack-rafting footage on the Green River with Mike Curiak and Borealis Bikes. What’s on your hard-drive? Send us your fat-bike funski’s […]
Wheels
Northpaw Fat-Bike Wheels
Russell Jobs has been around the bike community for many years. From bike shop service areas, to the Hayes Group building custom wheels, to his current position as Manager of the DreamBikes store in Milwaukee, […]
Accessories
New Pogies and Gaiters from 45NRTH
David Gabrys from 45NRTH shared two new products with us that are both tailor made for fat-bikers. The new Bergraven Technical Gaiters and Cobrafist Pogies are everything that we’ve come to expect, from 45NRTH. That […]
Reader's Rides
Jared and the Ginger’s North Shore Fatty Trip
Jared and the Ginger took a trip on Lake Superior’s North Shore and Jared wrote up this account. 4:30 on a Friday, drained from work, I squeeze my fat pug into my cramped neon and […]
FFF
Fat Foto Friday ♦ Fatties Fly Fine
[adrotate block=”7″] Jo Maralit captured my old friend rickyd in mid flight on Trail C in Freedom Park, out in Williamsburg, Virginia. Have a good weekend!
Site News
Weekly Dose of Fat – 10-25-13
[adrotate block=”7″] It’s Halloween Weekend in these parts. Probably something similar going on where you live. Fat-bikes and Halloween seem like they are made for each other. If you have a ride story or photo […]
Business Profiles
A visit to Backyard Bikes (La Grange, WI)
Anyone that’s been to the mountain bike trails of the Southern Kettle Moraine State Forest in SE Wisconsin has at the very least driven by Backyard Bikes or they might have even stopped, next door, at […]
Ride Report
Adventuring at Erica (Australia)
Ed’s Note: Euan Pennington from the land of Madness and Vegemite sandwiches brings us another story of adventures from the Land Down Under! Thanks Euan! Photos by Jo Foley. A week off work. The cat at […]
Contests
3rd annual Big Fat Bike Festival – Logo Contest
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Wallpaper
Wallpaper Wednesday – Moonlander on Gravel
[adrotate banner=”38″] This week’s Wallpaper is from Greg Evans and was taken somewhere between Prior Lake and Jordan, MN. We kept this one in its original format. Enjoy! 1920 x 1440 (4:3) Got your own […]
Site News
Surly’s New Limited Edition Special Ops Pug
Our amigos up there at Surly Bicycles are at it again with a new Limited Edition Pugsley that they’re calling the ‘Special Ops’. Only 500 of these beauties will be made so if you have […]
Reader's Rides
Reader’s Ride(s) – Josh’s Mukluk
Josh was another of the fat-bike.com faithful who heed the call to exchange words for Interbike Sticker Packs! Take it away, Josh! My Salsa Mukluk might look like an ordinary Salsa Mukluk, but to me, […]
Accessories
New Product – Uncle Dick Makes Hard Rubber Easy To Mount
We had a visit with Rich Travis recently to talk about his new company Uncle Dick’s Bike Shop and his first product, Uncle Dick’s Bead Slip. Rich has been about the bike industry for years […]
Beach Riding
Second Anniversary
[adrotate block=”7″] Two years ago my first story published on fat-bike.com. Since then, many of our amigos and hundreds of our readers have contributed content and carnival to the pages of fat-bike. Sven and […]
Site News
Weekly Dose of Fat 10/18/2013
[adrotate block=”7″] Do you have links that you think we ought to feature in the Weekly Dose? Shoot me an email to greg@fat-bike.com and we’ll check them out! Your Weekly Dose of FAT! http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/436170/Worst-winter-for-decades-Record-breaking-snow-predicted-for-November – UK Winter http://multiakadventures.blogspot.com/2013/10/error-has-turned-animals-into-men.html – […]
Site News
We’ve Got Plans!
In a mere 50 days the world wide, fat-bike community is going for a ride together. A little something called Global Fat-Bike Day! Where will you ride?
FatBikes
Spied in the Wild – Salsa Beargrease Carbon
I was at the Wisconsin Endurance Mountain Bike Series race at Kewaunee recently where they added race classes for fat-bikes to contest the WEMS Fat-bike State Championship with classes for 6-Hour Solo Male and Female […]
Wallpaper
Wallpaper Wednesday – Prince George Pug
[adrotate banner=”38″] David sent in this photo of his Ruckus Pugsley rockin the alpine near Prince George. BC. Fat is all dat! Download the appropriate size and use it as your own wallpaper. Just […]
Videos
Fat (video) Tuesday ♦ Iditabike
Peter Basinger put together this video of the 2013 Alaska Ultrasport Iditarod Trail Invitational. Pete has done the 350 mile race 13 consecutive times and won 6 times. Pete was one of the guys in the early days of […]
Reader's Rides
Reader’s Ride(s) – BigAD’s Colorado 9:Zero:7
bigAD out of Denver Metro is rollin’ a Phat 9:Zero:7 and sent us these words when he discovered our stickers-for-stories post. Dig what bigAD has to say: “When life gives you lemons, YOU PAINT THAT […]
Site News
New Product – Fatt Rakk Fat-bike Storage and Display Stand
The Fatt Rakk from Feedback Sports is a fattened up version of their Rakk Bicycle Storage System that has been optimized for fat-bikes with tire widths from 3″ to 5″; covering the most popular fat-bike […]
29+
Travers Bikes – Rudy Fat – New UK Titanium 29+
Mike Travers is the man behind Travers Bikes and he shared some information about his new hand-built Rudy Fat Titanium 29+. Take a look and let us know what you think! Travers Bikes Titanium 29er+ […]
FFF
Foto Gordo!
[adrotate block=”7″] Lance Darley shot the one and only, Mark Peterson, above Ogden, Utah for this week’s Fat Friday Photo Stoke – aka Foto Gordo, Triple F or Fat Foto Friday. In January, the Fat-Bike Advocacy […]
Site News
Weekly Dose of Fat – 10-11-13 – It’s my Sister’s Birthday
[adrotate block=”7″] Lots of Fall Rides going on around these parts. What’s happening where you are? We’d love to hear about it! Oh, yeah, it is my sister’s birthday today! Hippo Birdy Two Ewes! Spend […]
Accessories
Kuat Dirtbag Phat 9 Fork Mount – Review
The new Kuat Dirtbag Phat 9 (mm) fork mount looks too simple. But really all it needs to do is make sure your bike doesn’t go flying out the back of your truck, and that […]
29+
Vibe – Ti Rex – Titanium 29+ Lefty
Our amigos, from out in Idaho (Dave & Christi), sent us their newest addition to the Vibe Cycles line of custom fat-builds. This is Dave’s personal Ti Rex. A hand built titanium 29+! Rock’n silver […]
Wallpaper
Wallpaper Wednesday – Bikepacking Utah
[adrotate banner=”38″] Jordan sent in this photo from a trip in Utah. What a view! Your fat-bike can take you places you can only imagine! Download the appropriate size and use it as your own […]
Site News
Fat Video Tuesday – Swedish Lapland
Olov Stenlund shared his first fat-bike video with us last week. This is what Olov had to say about it! “I’ve had the fat bike for a week now. I just gotta say. It´s the […]
Reader's Rides
Reader’s Ride(s) – Richard’s Moonlander
Richard is from Portland, OR. His astute reading, and loyal following of the fat-bike.com site, revealed Gomez’s stickers-for-a-story offer and this prompted him to send in this story about his Moonlander! Thanks, Richard! He says: […]
Site News
FBC’s Night at the Movies – Fat Bike (2009)
Fat-Bike.com is proud to present the 2009 documentary ‘Fat Bike’ by Carl Battreall! Carl’s film can always be found on our Fat-Bike History page accessed under the “Resources” Tab at the top of the home page.
FatBikes
Kona WO – Out of the Box & Ready for Testing
We’ve been talking with Kona’s, Ian Schmitt, for the better part of a year, about their entrance into the fat-bike ring. Ian is from Milwaukee and is tight with some of our crew from brew […]
Art
Fat-bike Art
Jeff Waggoner from Absent Art was recently commissioned by a fat-bike owner to create the piece of art you see here. We asked Jeff to let us know about the inspiration for the art as […]
FFF
Triple F ♦ Trail Carving
[adrotate block=”7″] John Moore shot his On One Fatty out on the Marin Trail in North Wales. We have a few stumps on my home trail, with messages carved into them, but nothing as cool as […]
Site News
The weekly Dose of Fat ♦ 10-4 good buddy
[adrotate block=”7″] Coming Attractions Last week, Carl Battreall, Anchorage Filmmaker, and the man behind the 2009 documentary ‘Fat Bike’ that has now become an underground classic about the beginning of the whole fat bike movement, contacted […]
Site News
New Stickers?
We consider ourselves extremely fortunate to be able to work with naturalist & fine artist, Mimi Matsuda, on our new fat-bike.com sticker. The title of the painting that is featured in the sticker is Aurora […]
Business Profiles
Shop Profile – Schwag – Appleton, Wisconsin
Schwag has been selling bikes in the Appleton, WI area since 2007 and has a very fat-bike friendly manager in the person of Shane Veldhuizen. When Shane isn’t racing, and often winning, on his 38 […]
Beach Riding
Beach Ride & Unicorn Hunt
Disclaimer: No actual unicorns were harmed in the filming of the the Bike Black Ribbon Society’s Beach Ride & Unicorn Hunt. This post is rated NC-17 and should be viewed by mature audiences only. Eleven […]
Wallpaper
Wallpaper Wednesday – Pugsley on a French Beach
[adrotate banner=”38″] You all may remember a great shot that Marco, who is from Italy, sent in of his Krampus in the Alps that we did a Wallpaper Wednesday a while back. Well, Marco sent […]
Site News
Fat Video Tuesday ♦ West Coast Meet-Up
Our long time amigo,Ward Whitmire, sent me this vid from the 3rd annual meet at Ocean Shores, Washington. Fourteen riders gathered out in the Pacific Northwest for a Saturday group ride and then enjoyed beers and some […]
Reader's Rides
Reader’s Ride(s) – Stephen’s Canadian Moonlander
Stephen sent us the shot above with a simple description – “Recently we had a had a huge wind storm in the area of local trail system. My Moonlander proved to be an amazing trail […]