The Big Fat Bike Festival is a low-pressure fundraiser for the Homer Cycling Club, 2016 will be the 5th annual BFBF! Highlights include a 16 mile beach ride and transportation, obstacle course, t-shirt, good food and […]
Our Alaska Fatbassador, Travis Hubbard, sent us this Race Report from the 2016 Icy River Rampage in Eagle River, AK. Thanks, Travis! The Icy River Rampage was held on Sunday February 21, 2016 in Eagle […]
[adrotate banner=”133″] Way back in July – I got the opportunity to ride one of the early samples of the new Borealis Crestone at the Borealis Fat Bike World Headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was […]
[adrotate banner=”141″] Photo this week courtesy of Chumba USA! Weekly Dose of Fat – Show Number 95 – Friday, February 26th 2016 Joining Sven, Gomez and JK via Call-ins this week are Ben Popp from […]
The Iditarod Trail Invitational is coming up at the end of February. With options of 130 miles to Finger Lake, 350 miles to McGrath, or 1000 miles to Nome. I was lucky enough to ride […]
The Rovanemi 150 Arctic Winter Race is Europe’s ITI Qualifier and is in it’s fifth year! Check out the action from this year’s competition in this video that the event shared today. More than 100 racers signed […]
[adrotate banner=”38″] “Icebiker” Greg sent in this picture of his friend Zoller negotiating what’s left of the munitions docks at Fort Hancock, NJ, not far from the remains of Batteries Kingman (1941) and Mills (1942). […]
[adrotate banner=”114″] Our man Deo is back with his unique perspective on fat-bike fun from the Coastal Atlantic Province of New Brunswick, Canada! El Niño has opened up spring beach riding a little early on […]
[adrotate banner=”114″] If you’ve been fat-biking for any length of time, and are a Facebooker, you probably already know Mark Peterson from Ogden, UT. If, by chance, you’ve not had the pleasure to make his […]
[adrotate banner=”133″] It’s always a special moment when I’m awaiting the arrival of a new product to review for our readers and this postal drop was no exception. I’ve taken delivery of Apidura’s half frame […]
[adrotate banner=”133″] We spotlighted the new Wolftooth Components Singletrack Pogies (WCSP) back in November. That story featured a really nice video that Wolftooth put together. We’ve shared it again below because it highlights the […]
[adrotate banner=”141″] This week’s photo is from Wade out Colorado way. This was Global Fatbike Day…and weed’s supposed to be legal in Colorado! Weekly Dose of Fat – Show Number 94* – Friday, February 19th 2016 […]
Hey folks, a while ago I did an intro to some of the new Pearl Izumi gear and I’m back with a full report! I had high hopes for them, as I’ve had good experience […]
Fat-bike.com contributor, Jason Mead, headed to Snow Mountain Ranch in Winter Park Colorado for a race and sent in this report on this super fat-bike destination just a couple of hours from Denver. Snow Mountain […]
[adrotate banner=”38″] Kaleidopete took this photo of his bike on Wawayanda Lake in Northern New Jersey. After a quick freeze, and about 5 inches of ice, it’s ready! Download the appropriate size and use it […]
Reid sent in the first image of this story as a Wallpaper Wednesday but when I sent him a request for a bit more info on his Mongoose Dolomite i realized there is a Reader’s […]
[adrotate banner=”114″] The opinions and views described below are strictly those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of fat-bike.com What is this the ICT Ops? With so many fat […]
There are a few changes this year. The race organizers have added an indoor expo for registration/packet pick up that also includes a consumer show. It will be held at the Courtyard Marriott on Friday, February […]
[adrotate banner=”133″] This is only “kind of” a mid-term report on my Quiring Triple B. There really was never an initial report on it but if you follow the Fat Camp Podcast here on […]
Rollers are a common fat bike grooming implement and Wildcat seem to be making some of the best right now: http://www.wildcatgroomers.com/home.html Compaction drags are another option for grooming. This is a compaction drag used in Traverse City Michigan. […]
Ben Brown, 2015 Expert Division Champion, will defend his Championship at this year’s US Open Fat-bike Beach Championships photo by Bill Baggett Making it’s 2nd appearance on Wrightsville Beach in North Carolina event chair Shawn Spencer is finalizing details […]
[adrotate banner=”141″] Weekly Dose of Fat – Show Number 93 – Friday, February 12th 2016 Jay Petervary, recently crowned Arrowhead 135 Champion and Salsa Cycles, Ultra Endurance Cyclist, joins Sven, Gomez and JK on […]
The Chester is a new flat pedal offered by Race Face, but who is this Chester they speak of? “I heard Chester made fun of Enduro before it was cool” and “I can’t ride today” […]
It was four years ago. I was in my first meeting as the newly elected volunteer president of the Cuyuna Lakes Mountain Bike Crew. The meeting was with the Advisory Council of the Cuyuna Country […]
2015 ITI Start – photo Angie Glover – Willow, Alaska For the first time this year, the legendary Iditarod Trail Invitational, an intimidating, humanpowered chase along a historic Alaska mail route from Knik to Nome, kicks […]
[adrotate banner=”38″] Nate from Grand Haven, MI sent in this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday photo. He says that there is not much snow on the ground in Western Michigan, but, there’s still a decent amount along […]
[adrotate banner=”114″] QBP is again hosting Fat-bike Summits! This year the focus takes on a more regional approach with the recent Fat-bike World Championships having just hosted one in Crested Butte. Now, we have more […]
[adrotate banner=”114″] Our man in Gstaad, Patrick J. Sweeney, sent us this report form the recent Snow Bike Festival held there. The Snow Bike Festival is a stage race in true European style with 4 stages over […]
[adrotate banner=”133″] Letter from the editor: A few weeks back, Siri did an into post for the Hillsound Armadillo LT Gaiters. We checked back in to see what she thought about how they performed and […]
[adrotate banner=”133″] Sarma first came onto the scene with the carbon Shaman, a fat-bike (as seen right here on FatdashBikedotCom) followed by several carbon rim offerings. Now Sarma (a company with roots in Siberia and […]
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[adrotate banner=”141″] Ed Engler lights the fuse on this weekend’s ride stoke with a shot from the gateway to the Lakota’s Sacred Black Hills of South Dakota! Here’s what Ed shared with us about the […]
[adrotate banner=”141″] Mike sent in this shot of a Specialized Fatboy just hanging around! Weekly Dose of Fat – Show Number 92 – Friday, February 5th 2016 This week, Sven and JK welcome back Uncle […]
You may recall that a while back we did a story on many of the currently available fat-bikes that are aimed at kids and I asked for readers to send me their impressions if they’ve […]
You may remember the first Fat-bike Freeride video that Rocky Mountain Bikes put out last year called Fat Free (click that link!). Well, they are back at it again with Geoff Gurevich, Wade Simmons and Noah […]
The Bontrager Old Man Winter boot. What a boot. While it took a while for winter to show up in Iowa I knew it was right around the corner, and I would be prepared! One […]
[adrotate banner=”38″] Mike sent up this shot of his Salsa in silent repose at Devil’s Den, Kinnickinnic River Gorge in Western Wisconsin in mid-December. Photo credit is Mike Spencer. Download the appropriate size and use […]
[adrotate banner=”114″] John from Wales sent us a link to this video as well as the following words to describe the ride. Enjoy! Well, after having my fat bike for well over a year I […]
[adrotate banner=”133″] Leave it to Specialized to be among the first to market with a women’s specific fat bike. Thanks Specialized! Of course, with “Fat Boy” as your fat bike branding, we knew it had […]
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