Bike Black Ribbon
The Bonus Bivvy
Well, it’s our last post of 2017 and instead of looking back on a pretty crazy year, let’s talk about what the plan is for the New Year! Our amigo, Jeff Price, over in the […]
Year: 2017
FatBikes
Product Spotlight – 2018 Kona WoZo – By Aristotle Peters
Happy Winter to everyone in the Northern Hemisphere! I am especially happy this year because I have the pleasure of reviewing the 2018 Kona Wozo. This bike checks all the boxes on my holiday wish […]
Gallery
Best of Wallpaper Wednesday 2017
[adrotate banner=”38″] Let’s take a look back at the year’s Best Wallpaper Wednesday images from 2017. January This photo was taken by Rocky Hallows in Dixie National Forest near Cedar City, Utah and Brian Head […]
Videos
Fat (video) Tuesday – Heli-Fat Iceland
My new amigo Magne Kvam sent us this week’s video all the way from Iceland. You’ve probably seen Heli-Ski adventure in a Warren Miller film, so it’s only natural that Heli-Fat-Biking would be next, right? Magne’s […]
Site News
The Weekly Dose of Fat 12/22/2017
[adrotate banner=”141″] Well, it’s our final installment of the Weekly Dose of Fat for Two Thousand and Seventeen and it’s the first full day of Winter! I don’t even know where to start with […]
Bike Culture
Kali Adventure Club – Part 2 – By Will Ross
Ed ~ This is part 2 of Will Ross’ story about his trip up to Point Lay, Alaska. You can read part 1 of the story here – https://fat-bike.com/2017/11/kali-adventure-club-part-1-by-will-ross/ Thursday, Day 3 of our time spent […]
Gallery
Wallpaper Wednesday – Doublepond
[adrotate banner=”38″] Peter De Mattia sent us this week’s Wallpaper feature from Northern New Jersey. This is what he shared with us about his image. Here is a photo I took of my 2014 […]
Destinations
JayP’s Fat Pursuit 60K Summary – by Smithhammer
[adrotate banner=”213″] It is the evening before the start of JayP’s “Fat Pursuit” 60k race. The tribe is trickling into the pub at the Pond’s Lodge in Island Park, Idaho. Many of us know each […]
Videos
Fat Video Tuesday 2017 Simpson Desert Challenge!
[adrotate banner=”213″] Eckart Altenkamp is the winner of this year’s edition of the 2017 Simpson Desert Bike Challenge and he sent us an update on this year’s event. Echart shared “We only had 12 […]
Brakes
Paul Component Engineering Klamper Brakes and Canti Levers – Long Term Review by Mark Peterson
Paul Component Engineering Klampers and Canti Lever Long Term Review – By Mark Peterson Ed – Hi, Folks! Apologies to Mark for the delay in getting this story posted. He sent this review a few weeks back […]
FFF
Foto Gordo Returns?!?
Every now and then we come across an image that doesn’t fit into the normal ‘Wallpaper’ (landscape) perspective and we’ve generally posted them on Friday afternoons or Saturday mornings under the Foto Gordo banner. This […]
Fattie Approved
The Dose of Fat – Show # 131 – Special Guest Pete Basinger
[adrotate banner=”141″] Show #131 was recorded at the Midwest Family Marketing Radio Studios in the City Named After Oscar Madison. Episode #131 is hosted by Leia and Gomez along with Spinner. The crew talks with […]
FatBikes
Borealis Aspen Crestone – Photo Spread – by David Kreuger
Ed ~ We would usually publish this sort of article under our ‘Reader’s Ride(s)’ category, but Dave is the Head writer for the Black Ribbon Bike Hour and one of our veteran Test Pilots. Dave’s […]
Gallery
Wallpaper Wednesday – Winter is Here!
[adrotate banner=”38″] The calendar says that Winter doesn’t officially start until next week but in the French Alps…and here in Wisconsin, Jacque Frost is painting the landscape with ice and snow! Our Wallpaper features […]
Bikepacking
Fat (video) Tuesday – Two Bothy Tour – by Illya Rudkin
[adrotate banner=”213″] We had a week at Ballater in the highlands of Scotland. It was an opportunity to complete a route intended for the bikepacking weekend trip up Glen Tilt earlier in the year. […]
Bike Culture
Event Spotlight – Surly Masher – MPLS – 2/3/18
[adrotate banner=”192″] When the bike world and the beer world align under a banner that reads SURLY, you know that unlike most watered down, new school, fat-bike events that go down these days, there’ll be […]
Beach Riding
Good Times on Mexican Beaches – by Pistil Pete
[adrotate banner=”192″] Ed ~ We ran a story about the Origin8 Supercell tires earlier this year, primarily, due to Pistil Pete bringing them to our attention. After our story published, we sent the tires […]
Radio
Fat Camp Show #29
[adrotate banner=”141″] Welcome to Fat Camp show #29, just in time for the holiday season and hopefully some gosh darn snow in the land of the hand. Here’s what’s on tap for this most […]
Accessories
Product Spotlight – Revelate Designs Williwaw Pogies
Our favorite sub-arctic set of pogies, the Revelate Designs Williwaw, received an upgrade recently and just in time for Winter, we have a set here to test. The folks at Revelate never stop innovating their […]
Gallery
Wallpaper Wednesday – Xtra-Fat
[adrotate banner=”38″] I spied this photo as part of the incredibly huge wave of photos and videos that came in from the Global Fat Bike Celebrations that took place this past weekend. I tracked down […]
Global Fat-bike Day
Fat (video) Tuesday – 2017 GFBD Film Festival
[adrotate banner=”213″] As some of you more ardent fat-bike fans might have heard, last weekend was Global Fat-Bike Day. So today’s normal Fat Video Tuesday post has expanded six-fold into the 1st Global Fat-Bike Day […]
Bikepacking
Bivvy a Month Challenge
Fat bikers of the universe we invite you to join us (relatively speaking) on a year-long adventure, the Bivvy a Month challenge. The bivvy a month challenge is a brainchild of one of the many […]
Global Fat-bike Day
The Weekly Dose of Global Fat Bike Day 2017
[adrotate banner=”141″] It’s the day before Global Fat Bike Day 2017 and it looks like our little grassroots celebration has grown up. One thing that we hope never changes about GFBD are those smiles (photo above) […]
Global Fat-bike Day
FLASHBACK to the FIRST Global Fat-Bike Day 2012!
[adrotate banner=”38″] With this year’s GFBD coming up this Saturday and so many new folks riding plus and fat-bikes, we thought it might be nice to look back to eyewitness accounts of the very first GFBD […]
Videos
Fat (video) Tuesday – Fairbanks Alaska
Our amigo Jeff Gillmore shared a clip, shot by his buddy Clint on his first snow ride up in Fairbanks. Fairbanks is home to a who’s who of Fat-Bike celebrities, like Tupper Becker and Jeff […]
Accessories
2017 Fat-Bike Holiday Gift Guide
This year we polled the folks that write the reviews and produce the podcasts, that we publish here at fat dash bike dot com. It stands to reason, that they’re all experienced fat-bikers and our […]
Bike Black Ribbon
Black Ribbon Radio Hour – Black Friday – Show #9
[adrotate banner=”141″] Chris and Evan are behind the mics for a Special Edition Black Friday Episode of the Black Ribbon Radio Hour. Show #9 was recorded in the root cellar at the now infamous […]
29+
509 Jabit III 29+ Review
Last time we spoke, I had just taken possession of one very green 509 Cycles Jabit III. This particular Jabit was decked out a la fat-bike in Plus bike clothes. My initial impressions were good. […]
Site News
Wallpaper Wednesday – Beach Crust Playgound
[adrotate banner=”38″] Sometimes you just get lucky and conditions are just perfect.Check out the undulating snow crust bike park that nature built for us to play on! Good Times on Fat-Bikes! Download the image […]
Videos
Fat Video Tuesday – Kid and Hansi play “Go Fish”
I feel pretty connected to this story, even though I’m not a passionate angler. I’ve known Mike and Hansi for years and we’ve even worked with Mimi Matsuda, the artist that painted the bags, that […]
27+
Fat Bike Tires on Plus Bike Rims
[adrotate banner=”192″] My amigo Thad Carson (taddyhogg) tipped me off that he’s been running the Maxxis 27.5 x 3.8 tires mounted to a set of HED 27.5 x 45mm Raptor rims on his Oddity Cycle […]
Radio
The Dose of Fat Podcast – Show #130 with Special Guest Jay Petervary
[adrotate banner=”141″] Show #130 was recorded at the Midwest Family Marketing Radio Studios in the City Named After Dolly Madison. Episode #130 is hosted by Leia and Gomez along with Spinner. The crew talks with […]
FatBikes
First Look – Specialized Fatboy Expert
Specialized sent us a Fatboy Expert to review and since it’s a light, carbon, top tier component equipped, sexy beast, I just had to ride it for a couple of weeks. So I’m going to […]
Beach Riding
Wallpaper Wednesday – Crust Ride
[adrotate banner=”38″] I shot this back in 2014 at one of the best beach crust rides that I’ve ever experienced. The rider is David Mulder and the location is Port Washington, Wisconsin. Download the image […]
Destinations
Fat Video Tuesday – Round Square Adventures in Western Mongolia
Our friend, Kirsten Scully, from Round Square Adventures is back with her second Fat Tuesday feature. This week’s clip is a stunning video from the Altai Mountains in Western Mongolia, where Kirsten guides adventure tours utilizing […]
Bike Culture
Kali Adventure Club – Part 1 – By Will Ross
[adrotate banner=”192″] About a week and a half ago at Chain Reaction Cycles where I’m the Service Manager, I overheard some news that some 9:ZERO:7 Bikes were headed up to a school on the Arctic […]
Site News
The Weekly Dose of Fat 11/10/2017
[adrotate banner=”141″] It’s the sixth anniversary of the Weekly Dose of Fat! So we’re celebrating with a little trip up north in search of snow! I think I’ve got a bead on where, I’m […]
Accessories
PDW Fatty Object – Bench Test
So I’ve been riding around with one of the New PDW Fatty Object CO2 inflator strapped to the seatpost of the bike I’m on, but up until now, hadn’t tested it out, because I […]
Gallery
Wallpaper Wednesday – Strawberry Pass
[adrotate banner=”38″] Steve Olson sent us a shot of photo of his Moonlander at sunset on the trails at Strawberry Pass near Rossland B.C. Canada. Download the image and use it as your own wallpaper. Just […]
Bikepacking
Halloween Bivvy – by Jeff Price
A last minute change of plans saw a window of opportunity open up for me to get out in the hills of Snowdonia (Wales, UK) for an overnighter. I had a place in mind as […]
Events
Event Spotlight – Pie Burner – November 25th 2017 – Iron Range MN
[adrotate banner=”192″] Get your holidays started out on the right foot at the Pie Burner Fat Bike Ride and Toys for Tots (toy drive) up in the Iron Range in Minnesota. Just go ahead and […]
27+
Terrene McFly Plus Tire Review by Smithhammer
[adrotate banner=”192″] Over the last couple months I’ve taken the Terrene “McFly” 29 x 2.8 tire on a variety of overnighter trips, singletrack rides and dirt roads. I’ve even commuted on it, which in my […]
Radio
Fat Camp #28: Are Plus Tires Overrated?
[adrotate banner=”141″] Andy gets a Salsa Deadwood! Ken rides Marji Gesick 100, or at least part of it… Moral of the story, don’t skimp on tires for this race; ride burly tires. Over a Beer: […]
Bikepacking
The Salsa Blackborow – Mid Tail Adventure Platform
The big surprise at Saddledrive this Summer was the new Salsa Blackborow. Not the same Blackborow that Sven raved about in years past. This is a new mid-tail fat cargo bike that might look […]