Weekly Dose of Fat Show #95 – Fat Bike Birkie – Big Fat Ride and Expo – US Fat Bike Beach Championships

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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 Fat-bike Birkie, Travis Hubbard covering the Pre-ITI happenings at the Big Fat Ride and Expo and Shawn Spencer talks about the US Fat Bike Beach Championships.

Tonite’s show is brought to you by the Surly Wednesday. Wednesday loves Wool and Surly makes some killer merino wool gear. Learn more at http://surlybikes.com

On the show this week:

  • We Start the show with the Event of the Week and talk to Ben Popp about the Fat Bike Birkie
  • We check in with the Fatty Farm Field Report brought to by The Winter RUSH Fat-Bike Series, The Michigan State Fat-Bike Championships and the 2017 USA Cycling – Fat-Bike National Championships
  • We’ll talk with Shawn Spencer from the US Fat BIke Beach Championships
  • We’ll reveal who’ll be taking over our Instagram feed this weekend

The Fat Bike Event of the Week is next weekend’s Fat Bike Birkie.

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Check it out at – http://www.birkie.com/bike/events/fat-bike-birkie/

Cheers!

Fatty Farm Field Report

Gomez reports on the Marquette – 906 Polar Roll – Pom Hats are for closers

Shawn Spencer Talks about the US Fat Bike Beach Championships going on March 11-13, 2016 in Wrightsville Beach, NC.

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Event Registration – http://www.setupevents.com/?fuseaction=event_detail&eventID=2895

Fat-bike Links

Jimmy Fallon Rides Fat in the Hamptons
http://pagesix.com/2016/02/09/jimmy-fallon-cruises-the-hamptons-on-5000-bike/

The Beautifully Brutal ITI
http://craigmedred.news/2016/02/19/a-beautifully-brutal-race/

Arrowhead 135 Recap from Ben Doom
http://salsacycles.com/culture/arrowhead_135_race_recapben_doom

The Beauty of Winter from Tim Ek
http://salsacycles.com/culture/the_beauty_of_winter

Retrospective of Jill Homer’s Decade of Iditarod Participation
http://www.jilloutside.com/2016/02/my-iditarod-history.html

Bryan Lake “Winter Only” FatBike Single-Track in Hibbing, MN
https://joboo1967.wordpress.com/2015/12/30/bryan-lake-winter-only-fatbike-single-track-2/

Mike Curiak – Fat & High
http://lacemine29.blogspot.com/2016/02/fat-and-high.html

Bike the Arctic Trail in Greenland
https://www.fatbike-greenland.com/

Making Due Without Snow
http://www.kenoshanews.com/news/lack_of_snow_cant_stop_fat_bike_enthusiasts_486680043.php

Heaviest Bike World Record (860kg)
http://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20150820_01826620

Fatbike batendo recorde pelo mundo…
http://www.redbull.com/br/pt/bike/stories/1331778686862/subida-do-monte-washington-de-bike-e-no-inverno

This Weekend’s Instagram Takeover – JR Johnson – Deep undercover at Frostbike. Follow us on Instagram –  https://www.instagram.com/fatbikedotcom/

Special Segment

Our Fatbassador in Alaska, Travis calls in and he’s going to preview this weekend’s Big Fat Ride and Expo up in Anchorage which is the kick off for the Iditarod Trail Invitational.

Colin calls in with the Denver Dope Report

Our show this week has been brought to you by the Bikes — Parts — and Chaos From – Surly Bikes – Learn more at surlybikes.com.

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Adios!

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Greg Smith, known to many site visitors as Sven Hammer, founded Fat-bike.com in 2011 and the site quickly became the #1 online community for all things Fat. A lifelong rider and storyteller, Greg has been covering fat-biking since 2011—sharing news, reviews, art, and adventures from the trail, beach, and back alley. Based in Milwaukee, he blends cycling culture with a punk rock edge across podcasts, blog posts, and community events.