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Plus Bike Editorial – by Bike Nerd
—-How the bike industry screwed up Plusbikes—-
By Bike Nerd […]
Month: December 2019
B-Fat (27.5 Fat)
First Look – 45NRTH Van Helga 27.5 x 4.0 (Tan Helga)
It’s been a number of years since I’ve ridden a pair of 45NRTH Van Helga Tires. The best that I can tell, it was back in 2014. We’ve published two reviews by a couple of […]
Full Spectrum
Full Spectrum Cycling #40 – Post Holiday Edition
Join Sven, JK and Tony on this abbreviated, post xmas edition of Full Spectrum Cycling; recorded December 26th, 2019. Talking Schmack Polar Bear Plunge scheming session Wednesday Night Rides starting 1/8/20 after the show Shotgun […]
Apparel
Old Man Winter Jacket & Pants from Bontrager
Our amigos from Bontrager (Sam & Alex) are grizzled veterans in the winter cyclist’s war with wind and weather. It has to have been three or four years ago Bontrager launched their Old Man Winter […]
Gallery
Wallpaper Wednesday – 2019 Christmas Card
[adrotate banner=”244″] Season’s Greetings – Happy Holidays – Happy Hanukkah – Merry Quanza – Fruitful Epiphany – Groovy Yule – Hugh Jass New Year! Got your own Wallpaper Worthy Photo? We love to feature your fat-bike […]
Events
The 8th Annual Überwintern Fatbike Festival (VT)
The Stowe Trails Partnership and Mountain Bike Vermont are at it again for 2020! [adrotate banner=”242″] MTBVT has partnered with the Stowe Trails Partnership to offer a day of fatbike revelry on powder packed singletrack. […]
Interviews
Adam Blake’s Pneu Podcast with Special Guest Steve Cannon
[adrotate banner=”192″] Fat-Bike Radio is proud to present Adam Blake’s New Podcast. We’re playing around with the idea of calling the new show the Pneumatic Podcast. What do you think Adam’s Pneu Podcast should be […]
Events
Event Spotlight – Cross River Ripper Fat Bike Event (Mass)
Register here – https://www.bikereg.com/the-sandy-neck-fat-bike-winter-classic#Register $75 gets you a jersey and an after party. It’s gonna be fun! All fund raising goes to: * Barnstable Land Trust and * MassAudubon Long Pasture Wildlife SanctuaryHere are the event […]
Full Spectrum
Full Spectrum Cycling #39 – Busy Week Lots of Call-ins!
Been a busy week of events, travel and call-ins! Join Sven, JK and Tony as we welcome DFL, that’s Dave Fu*^@n’ Lunz or Dead Fu*^@n’ Last either way it’s the same guy, Mike from LAMBO […]
Events
Burning Gnomes on the Spectrum – Shelltrack Race Report (Part 2) plus Shannon Chapwesk from Hugh Jass Race #2
Fat-Bike Radio’s Podcast Week! It’s Part 2 of the Burning Gnomes on the Spectrum coverage of the Shelltrack – Snow Crown Race Series opener from Ryan’s on York in Manitowoc, WI. Spinner & Gomez interview […]
Gallery
Wallpaper Wednesday – Skittles at Kettles
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday was shot just yesterday and I call it Skittles at Kettles. It’s a shot of my Fatback Corvus FLT (named Ten Beers) at the Stinger. I rode a white, tangerine and a grape loop. What flavor is white? Peppermint? […]
Events
Burning Gnomes on the Spectrum – Shelltrack Race Report (Part 1)
Sven, Spinner & Gomez recorded this recap of the Shelltrack Race at Ryan’s on York in Manitowoc, WI. It’s a combination of three of our Podcasts all rolled into a two-part report from what is […]
Accessories
Last Minute Gift Ideas – by Greg Gentle
Last Minute Gift Ideas for That Buddy or Loved One You know you blew it. It’s now the week before Christmas and you have a handful of gifts to pickup and your back is against […]
Global Fat-bike Day
Fat (video) Tuesday – GFBD in Brazil’s Fat-Bike Paradise!
Inevitably, some of our readers contact us about Global Fat Bike Day and aren’t shy about telling us how the date (the first Saturday in December) doesn’t make sense because of the weather and soft […]
Apparel
SWRVE Kills with the Winter Shirt Jacket – by Greg Gentle
Sometimes something unexpected comes into your life that helps you rethink something. For example, Nestle Quick replaced Bosco in my childhood home transforming chocolate milk forever. And now, I have this shirt jacket from SWRVE […]
Radio
The Danger Gnome Podcast – December 2019 – Ask Adam – Gary Crandall – Sam Foos – with Fatbassador Travis on the DG Afterparty
It’s podcast week here at fat dash bike dot com! We’re kicking off PW with a Danger Gnome Podcast that goes into overtime with four kickass guests. First, we Ask Adam Blake about plus bike […]
Contests
Foto Gordo – Contest Winner – Monte McAnulty!
Our Amigo Monte McAnulty dropped us a line from Vegas and what did our eyes behold? November snow in the desert! He didn’t even know that he was entering the Foto Gordo Contest, but he […]
Full Spectrum
Full Spectrum Cycling #38 – Aaron Domeier from Surly Bikes is in the Studio!
Aaron Domeier from Surly Bikes joins Sven, JK and Tony in the Everyday Cycles Studio and we have an interview with Mike Eitel about the origins of Santa Cycle Rampage. Plus we recap the Milwaukee […]
Components
45NRTH Wrathlorde Update
[adrotate banner=”242″] I wanted to post an update about these 45NRTH Wrathlorde 26 x 4.2 studded tires. We initially mounted these bad boys on a set of 100mm rims and published a report here. We […]
Gallery
Wallpaper Wednesday – The Moorland
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes to us from Paul Barrett. It was a great reminder for me that we don’t need snow to enjoy a fat-bike ride in the great outdoors! Here’s what Paul had […]
Events
Fatter By the Lake Weekend Retreat Sponsored by Surly Bikes (IL/WI)
Do you like to play bikes? Really? So do we! And so do a couple of our Amigos – Zion Cyclery and Hugh Jass! With this much fat-bike horsepower there’s bound to be sixteen gnome […]
Accessories
Tifosi Alliant & Slice Review
I’m old enough to have owned a pair of Oakley Factory Pilots. They were red to match my 1986 Specialized Rockhopper. We all wore them because Greg Lemond wore them and he won the TdF. […]
Adventure Bikes
Bearclaw Bikes Beaux Jaxon Review
I spent the last eight weeks riding a Beaux Jaxon from Bearclaw Bikes. Our demo bike was set up by Chet Bearclaw himself. Earlier this year we decided to take a more focused approach on […]
Full Spectrum
Full Spectrum Cycling #37 – On the Road With Big Sexy
Besides the usual bits, Sven, JK and Tony chat about Global Fatbike Day, Santa Cycle Rampage and a sweet Chumba USA Stella 27-plus build. Plus, we catch up with Jason and Heather the Tricycle somewhere […]
Gallery
Wallpaper Wednesday Jay from AK No. 4
What’s on YOUR Desktop? […]
Components
Cantu Rumble 27.5” Fat Bike Wheels Initial Review – by Adam Blake
“Its totally a thing.”… generally that is my response when people approach me about carbon rims on a fat-bike and their viability. A lot of people immediately focus on weight savings in carbon vs aluminum […]
Events
Event Spotlight – Snow Crown Series (WI)
[adrotate banner=”241″] Our long-time amigo George from Broken Spoke Bicycle Studio runs a race series in the Northeast corner of Wisconsin called the Snow Crown that consists of four events that all have a personality […]
Accessories
The 2019 Fat Bike Holiday Gift Guide
The 2019 Fat-Bike Holiday Gift Guide […]