Weekly Dose of Fat – Bearclaw Bruno – Panorama Chic-Chocs 3 – Chicago Fat-biking – This Week in Fat-bike History

Weekly Dose of Fat – 2-14-25

Fatbike News You Can Use

bear claw bruno fatbike frame

Bearclaw Bicycle Company’s Titanium Bruno Fat-bike frame is on the way to join Sven’s quiver. This will be built with parts from his Chumba Ursa Major Titanium Fat-bike. Most parts should swap over.  – https://bearclawbicycleco.com/pages/bruno

chumba ursa major fatbike frame

If you are interested in this Small Chumba Ursa Major Titanium Fat-bike frame, contact [email protected] and let’s make a deal!

Panorama Cycles Chic-Chocs 3 on the way for review and we just got snow! Good timing! – https://www.panoramacycles.com/products/chic-chocs-3

surly moonlander 2.0 in scotland

The Coast Kid reviews the new Surly Moonlander 2.0 with 6.2 inch x 26 tires, Pinion Gearbox and more. – https://coastkid.blogspot.com/2025/01/surly-moonlander-20-day-ride-on-coast.html

Winter Fat-biking near Chicago – https://www.dailyherald.com/20250212/lifestyle/fat-tire-bikes-allow-cyclists-to-keep-riding-all-winter/

cst roly poly fatbike tire

We’ve seen, and used, the CST Toboggan fat-bike tire in both studded and non-studded versions for a few years but I didn’t know the Roly Poly 26×4.8 is available in the US. I’m looking into getting a set for review. – https://shop.csttires.com/collections/fat-bike-plus/products/roly-poly

This week in Fat-bike History

The following links are from the Weekly Dose of Fat published on 2-14-12! Yes, They all still work. Amazing to see what was happening back then and that many posts from 13 years ago are still available on the web!.

http://coastkid.blogspot.com/2012/02/3-bikes-all-very-similar-all-quite.html – 3 bikes for Scotland.

minnesota river bottoms fat-bike adventure

http://deathrideradventure.blogspot.com/2012/02/mayors-ride.html – River bottom adventure. Lots of pix!

http://alaskabikeblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/long-way-to-go.html – Big snow year in SE AK.

http://coastkid.blogspot.com/2012/02/mid-week-beach-night-ride.html – Mid-week beach ride.

sierra fatbike adventure

http://knowth.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/the-journey-continues/ – The journey continues. Super pix!

http://deathrideradventure.blogspot.com/2012/02/gear-list.html – Fat-bike gear list for camping

http://coastkid.blogspot.com/2012/02/more-moon-wanderings.html – Moonlander wanderings

Other Cycling News of Interest

refo24 bike race

Refo24 – https://www.bikereg.com/69185

Hi all, Sven here. While we ramp the fat-bike.com machine back up we could use a few shekels in the ol’ coffers to keep the servers running and the lights on etc. The following are some items I have on eBay that, if sold, will keep the wheels rolling true! Thanks.

 

 

Full Spectrum Cycling Show #292 is live! 

fat-bike.com event calendar banner

We’ve added several events to the Fat-bike.com Event Calendar. Have a look at the to see what’s coming up in your neck of the woods. Fat-bike.com Event Calendar. Don’t see an event listed that you know about click on over to our “Submit an Event” page and get it posted for others to see.

Do you have fatbike news we all can use? Help us spread the word that fatbikes and fatbiking are here to stay! Shoot me a note to [email protected].

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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.