Components
iSSi Stomp XL Review
[adrotate banner=”192″] ISSI Stomp XL Pedal Review The iSSi Stomp XL pedal landed here in Wales from their HQ in Minneapolis. The Stomp XL is their first attempt at a platform pedal and first impressions […]
Month: April 2018
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26″ & 27.5″ Fat-Bike Wheel Comparison
We’re in the midst of testing 4 sets of wheels that range from 26 x 4.8 to 27.5 x 3.8. All 4 wheels are pictured below and labeled A-B-C & D for reference. Starting last November, I […]
Gallery
Wallpaper Wednesday – Long Island in Spring
[adrotate banner=”38″] Greg Murray shot this week’s Wallpaper at Southampton, Long Island, New York. Spring provides a target rich environment for fat-bike beachventures! I think that I’ll try to get together with the willing and […]
Bikepacking
Bivvy a Month Challenge #4
Slate The summer made a brief appearance over the UK with a couple for days of nice warm weather so it was initiate #BAMfatbike2018 making this 4/4/ The area I picked is steeped in history […]
Events
Fat Fish 40 – Webster WI – May 5th, 2018
[adrotate banner=”192″] Rustic ~Authentic ~Scenic ~Breathtaking Simply one of a kind. Visit https://www.fatfishrace.com/ for more information Check Out the Fat-Bike Event Calendar We’ve been getting loaded at some of our favorite events and […]
Bikepacking
Put Faith in Your Fatbike – by Daniel Smith
[adrotate banner=”192″] Within the first hour of our five-day bikepacking trip through the White Mountains, north of Fairbanks, we shared the trail with skiers, snowmachiners, one dog team, and a flock of fellow fat-bikers. […]
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2018 Sea Otter Classic – Special Report
In addition to hosting every denomination of bicycle racing, the 2018 Sea Otter Classic has become the best bicycle industry trade show in these United States. Even the corporate giants of the industry come out […]
Accessories
Apidura Bikepacking Bag Review
Apidura Backcountry Bags With virtually the full set of Apidura’s Backcountry series of bikepacking bags landing on my doorstep you could say I was a little excited to try them out, and with my Bivvy […]
Gallery
Wallpaper Wednesday – Aussie Series 4
[adrotate banner=”38″] Simpson Desert Challenge Champion, Eckart Altenkamp is back with our fourth instalment in his Series of Aussie Wallpaper Wednesdays. This week’s landscape was taken at Boat Harbour Beach at the northern end […]
FatBikes
WHY CYCLES ANNOUNCES THE BIG IRON TITANIUM FAT BIKE
WHY CYCLES ANNOUNCES THE BIG IRON, A TITANIUM FAT BIKE Tuesday, April 17, Carbondale, CO. Why Cycles, the two-year-old Colorado-based company that designs, manufactures, and distributes high-end titanium bikes, today announced the official release […]
B-Fat (27.5 Fat)
Rocky Mountain Suzi Q C70 Review by Nick Holzem
[adrotate banner=”192″] Rocky Mountain has laid down the blueprint for modern cross-country race fat bikes. Along the way they also have established a place in the endurance and adventure sectors as well. After an […]
Site News
The Weekly Dose of Fat – Friday the 13TH Edition
I found myself mesmerized by this short film about bikepaking and packrafting in Argentina. Poeple are already talking about a Gnomie Nomination for this spellbinding look at life in “Patagón” Terrene Releases Newly Designed Chunk 2.6 […]
Gallery
Wallpaper Wednesday – Dark Side of the Beach
[adrotate banner=”38″] My phone painted this portrait of my bike, Ten Beers, at Pink Floyd Rock yesterday. Things were looking pretty good with winds out of the west keeping the water nice and calm. […]
B-Fat (27.5 Fat)
Product Spotlight – Pub Carbon Wheelset – 27.5 x 75mm
We’re going to get deeper into the 27.5 wheel size over the next few months and the next set of wheels in the spotlight is the Pub carbon 27.5 x 75mm rims laced to DT […]
Bike Culture
Spring into Bikepacking: Grand Staircase-Escalante – by Becky and Bryon Vordermann
[adrotate banner=”192″] A few months ago, we had decided we wanted to bikepack in Grand Staircase-Escalante. After many weeks of cold and clouds, our family was ready to head south to the desert for […]
Site News
The Dose of Fat Podcast Show #134 – Fat-Bike Power Couple Heather & Corey Stelljes – Raspberry Mead
Show Number 134 – Friday, April 6th 2018 Welcome to the dose of fat podcast. Show #134 seems an odd number to celebrate, but if you look at it like we’re in a bowling league….we […]
Bike Black Ribbon
Bivvy a Month Challenge #3
Fat Bike Snowdonia #BAMfatbike2018 With the first two camps done and dusted these following months should get a bit easier as the temperatures rising. However the UK saw winter bounce back with some chilling temps […]
Gallery
Wallpaper Wednesday – Eagle River
[adrotate banner=”38″] This week’s Wallpaper comes to us from our newest contributor Cory Kittle. He’s a bush pilot up in Alaska and he’s a recent convert to fat-bikes. Cory snapped this shot of his Beargrease […]
Videos
Fat Video Tuesday – Finnish Easter Egg Hunt
Our Fat Tuesday Video comes to us all the way from Lappeenranta Finland! We’re the international house of fat-bikes and Marko Lankinen and some of his amigos share what it’s like to ride on snowy snowmobile trails […]
Accessories
Many Things Cage from King Cage
[adrotate banner=”192″] It turns out that my old set of 5-year-old Salsa Anything Cages that have been rattling around the shop have a couple of cracks in them. Those cages were on a fat […]
Site News
Fat-Bike News – April 1st, 2018
New recycled and disposable fat-bike from – you guessed it – fat dash bike dot com. Full carpet fiber frame and fork and huge hi-viz yellow hot stamps on the inside and the outside of the […]