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Full Spectrum Cycling FunDuro Edition – Listen as Sven JK and Tony Explore the Sounds of the Grand FunDuro
Sven, JK and Tony did a live recording of the Grand FunDuro Ball at the Illinois State Park Beach Resort and Convention Center with guest segments in eluding chats with John Trusky, Electra Bike winner Michelle, tire talk with Ernie and Brad, event hosts Chris Daisy of Zion Cyclery and Gomez, Aaron from Surly and […]
¡El Funduro Grande!
Last weekend we co-hosted the third in a series of events that fly under the Flag of FUN aka the Grand Funduro Beach Ride & Ball or El Funduro Grande en españiol. I suppose that you would have to have been hiding under a rock if you hadn’t seen anything about GFBRAB, because we’ve been […]
Full Spectrum Cycling #28 – Bill From Rushmor Records – Zito on Junglecross 7 – Gomez Talks Funduro
Episode 28 of Full Spectrum Cycling features Bill Rouleau from Rushmor Records in the studio with Sven, JK and Tony talking about organizing bike rides, owning a record store and, of course, music. Zito calls in with a report on the upcoming Urban Junglecross 7 and a possible tie-in with Harley Davidson. Gomez tells all […]
Event Update – Grand Funduro Beach Ride and Ball
The Grand Funduro is looking like it might live up to its name! Surly Bikes added a Pre-Party on Friday night and they’re sending along their Demo-Van (Steel Force One) stocked to the gills with their beach tuned fat-bike demo fleet, including the new sparkly pink ice cream truck. So we’ve added two more events […]
Fat (video) Tuesday – Rock’n Beach Funduro Gnome Fu Demonstration with Pat Smage
Last spring I had the crazy idea to organize a free event up in Port Washington. It was the first in a series of fun events that we’ve been working on over the summer. Today’s FvT is a clip from a powerful bicycle wizard named Pat Smage. Pat put on fat-bike trials demonstration, that we […]
Event Spotlight – Grand Funduro Beach Ride & Ball
Click the Flyer to go to the Event Page Grand Funduro Beach Ride and Ball Schedule of Events Saturday2pm-4pm Arrival and Hotel Check in. Grab a goody bag.4pm Group beach sunset ride to the Dead River (4miles)5pm-7pm Group gravel evening ride to the The Tropics (8miles bring a headlight).7:30 to midnight Dancing and cocktails in […]
The Danger Gnome Podcast El Rodeo Funduro Special
Gomez Joins Chris Daisy and Sprocket the Wonder Dawg at the Cloud Factory Studios down in beautiful Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin for a behind the scenes look at El Rodeo Funduro. Before you listen to the show take a look at Pat Smage’s video shot at the Rock’n Beach Funduro last Spring. Come and Join in […]
Event Spotlight – El Rodeo Funduro – 7/28/19 – Silver Lake, WI
click the flyer to go to the FB Event Page We’re throwing a bike party in late July called El Rodeo Funduro. It’s a bicycle party with a pot luck bbq and BYOB (cans only) funduro to help our amigo Lance celebrate his retirement! The trails at Silver Lake are sweet and we’ll plan some […]
¡Funduro Video!
Our friends at ZuZu Pedals worked with David Schulta on this video that captures a pretty freak’n good afternoon of bike fun! Check out more about the day at – The First Funduro Thanks again to everyone that made the day possible!
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #15 – FunDuro Talk – Spinner Calls In and Makes the Show Interesting
FunDuro Coverage and Check out the Gallery Remember this oldie but Goodie? Still funny 7 years later and the Pug we Pimpped has come back home to Milwaukee to roost! We visited Rascals in Port Washington, a couple of times!http://rascalsongrand.com Kenny Wins some Wheels Funduro Sponsors include: Surly Bikes – http://surlybikes.com/ Framed Bikes – https://www.framedbikes.com/ Fatback Bikes […]
Our First Funduro
photo by Chris Zito I’m sitting at my desk feeling exponentially luckier than I usually feel, which is saying something because I consider myself to be one of the luckiest humans on earth. The reason that I’m filled with an extra dose of gratitude is probably, in large part, enhanced by the feeling you get […]
Rock’n Beach Funduro – 4/28/19 – (WI)
Beach Ride – Derby – Live Music – Beer – FUN! Our paramount mission is Fun. Fun with bikes. So in pursuit of that mission we’ve teamed up with several glorious compatriots to bring you the Rock’n Beach Funduro. You may be thinking….that sounds interesting, but what does it all mean? How far? How Fast? […]
ZEAL Pro Bag Review By JP Syverud
The fine folks from ZEAL Pro sent the Secret Underground Lair of Fat-Bike.com a beautiful new Zeal Pro fat bike cover kit for some testing. The kit we received contained the bike protector cover, a brake light kit, and a set of Fat-Pawz to cover longer bars and poggies. I have always wanted something like […]
Sweaty Yeti ’22 Recap
photo by Dustin Marsh JP sent me a text a few weeks back. It said that he had a new bloody mary bar set up that he planned to ride during the Sweaty Yeti at Levis. The Yeti had adopted a semi-virtual format this year and the course was open for ten days for anyone […]
Sconny Beach Safari – Port Washington
Some Beach Safari mood Music from the Surfragettes After the relative success of my recent beach safari to Michigan, I wondered how the beaches on our side of Lake Michigan were riding. The thing about beach riding is you really have very little in the way of a trail conditions report about how things are […]
My Fat Fish Forty Race Tale
I started planning for the Fat Fish Forty a couple of months back. I pinged mi amigos but a couple of dudes planned on hitting the Balls Ride that weekend and the others were otherwise disinclined. That’s the way she goes with things. Trying to get a bunch of bike rebels to commit to anything […]
Fat-Bikes at Levis
Over the past year and a half, I’ve been dreaming about bike shenanigans, waiting for a time that we can start to gather together for a good bike party. With the new CDC recommendations for vaccinated people to be able to gather together, Adam Blake and I put together a little get-together with some close […]
The Danger Gnome Podcast – Gnometember Holiday Special with Hugh Jass, Chris Daisy, Aristotle Peters and AK Fatbassador – Travis!
Listen to hear what’s up at the Fat dash Bike dot com home office and what might be in store for the Hugh Jass Fat-bike Race Series this coming winter. We chat with our Fatbassador Travis about a Ti Corvus Prototype that he saw recently and more. We check in with Aristotle Peters who’s working […]
Spring Glove Shootout
I’m a fan of full-fingered gloves all year round and when it comes to the gloves that I wear during early spring, I’ve traditionally gone to a softshell glove rated for around 40 degrees F. This would be the same glove that I wear inside of pogies for all but the coldest rides throughout the […]
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 tons of certified fat-bike fun. The Fatter by the Lake Weekend Retreat Sponsored by Surly Bikes is the fourth event […]
Product Spotlight – Cedaero Bags – by Dustin Marsh
I first noticed Cedaero bags when they sponsored the Marji Gesick 100 a few years ago. I saw some wildly colored top tube bags with tidy stitching. The business was just getting going in the back of SpokeNGear bike shop of Two Harbors, Minnesota. That’s way up nort der, just a bit past the big […]
Showers Pass Crosspoint Waterproof Knit Gloves
Just a couple of weeks ago, at the Grand Funduro, I was talking with Tony Berger at the hangover coffee clutch. Tony is a regular on the Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast. He was singing the praises of a pair of Showers Pass Crosspoint Waterproof Knit gloves and said that he probably had sold a hundred […]
First Look – 45NRTH Wrathlorde 26×4.2 Tire
Last week, just as I was leaving to go to the Funduro down in Illinois, our set of 45NRTH Wrathlordes was delivered. This is the most exciting new set of tires that I’ve laid eyes on since say…the Johnny Fives last winter. The Wrathlordes sport 300 concave studs per tire with an aggressive tread pattern […]
Full Spectrum Cycling #33 – Couldn’t Tell Ya Just Listen
Blurry? Yes but, sometimes, that’s just how we feel! On show 33 Sven, JK and Tony do that thing where they talk some and then Gomez, Sam and Ken walk in the door and what little rails there were under this thing go completely off and while we recorded those antics in the background, maybe […]
Foto Gordo – Let’s get this Party Started!
Five inches of snow on Halloween is one hell of a great start for this year’s fat-bike prime time! We’re doing our part to kick things into gear with a little shin-dig called (now get this) The Grand Funduro Beach Ride & Ball. Kind of a fancy name for a “bowling banquet” ‘bike-fest hybrid, but […]
Full Spectrum Cycling #31 – The Return of T Berger
The triumphant return of T BergerLet’s talk about how Bikes are used stupidly in A LOT of ads.Last NICA race of the season at Trek TrailsOne of out custom Ice Cream Trucks found a new home in New York!New 45NRTH Tires and Boots AnnouncedWrathlorde – StuddedVanhelga – Revamped Lex Allen – Let’s Go – Cycling […]
Full Spectrum Cycling #30 – Talking Schmack with Sven and JK
No T Berger this week he is at the Sleater-Kinney show babyGot chillyBiketoberfest recap – Tony’s CRASHJungle Cross Recap – Pix https://www.flickr.com/photos/gasmith/albums/72157711337859423 MKE Filmfest still goingChad’s Ice Cream TruckWorking one Zize Prototypes, bikes for heavy people – https://zizebikes.com Touring the South side of Milwaukee on Biketoberfest. This week’s show beer was Indeed Brewing’s Flavorwave IPA very […]
The Danger Gnome Podcast – Roctober 2019
First up, from the hit show – The Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival – Mr. Gary Crandall and later in the show – Fatback Pro Adventure Cyclist (Packrafter) Liz Sampey! Plus we ‘Ask Adam’ about race tires and the Hosts of the Grand Funduro Beach Ride and Ball update everyone on all of the latest news […]
Full Spectrum Cycling #29 – New Trails in Wausau – Bike Summit – Dave Schlabowske
29 times we’ve come to you! On this episode, Sven, JK and Tony are joined by Dave Shlabowske in the studio and are graced with a call from Zito. We also had a call in from North Carolina from Big Sexy, Mr Jason Becker. Wausau Ringle Trails – http://cwocc.org What piece of cycling gear do […]
Fat (video) Tuesday – Ocean Shores Beach Blanket Bingo
Last month I was fortunate enough to get an invitation to come out and ride fat-bikes on the beach with some old friends in Ocean Shores, Washington. Beach riding in the Great Lakes has been seriously curtailed by high lake levels. Most of our favorite beach rides are underwater, with the exception of the beach […]
The Dose of Fat Podcast – September 2019 – Show 149
Spinner & Gomez are joined by Patty Glines Kotecki at Revolution Cycles in Madison, Wisconsin. We talk with Jeff Fitzgerald, about his award-winning shop along with a variety of subjects. We close the show with a telephone visit with Leia Rollins
Full Spectrum Cycling #27 – Joe Mauntler Sturdy Bag Designs
Join Sven, JK, and Tony on this, the 27th episode of Full Spectrum Cycling! Besides the usual schmack talk and banter we welcome Joe Mauntler from Sturdy Bag Designs to the show for talk about bikes, rides, bags, beer and more! Show beer this week was Radikatz from Karben4 in Madison, WI and was a […]
Full Spectrum Cycling #26 – Caressa Givens and the Bike Fed
Join Sven, JK and Tony as they welcome Caressa Givens to the Riverwest Studio at Everyday Cycles for an hour of cycling talk, advocacy and chicanery! Goonies RideCrusher Ride Idea – https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12167681/reggie-lisowskiRic Ocasek – Bye, Bye, Love!Urban Jungle Cross VII reconDammit! I knew I shoulda called you for lunch!!! JK and the Baby Ruth celebration […]
The Dose of Fat Podcast – Show with Tyler Ubinger & Ore2Shore Champion Leia Rollins
With summer mountain bike race season in full swing, Leia planned to concentrate on her training and leave the podcasting to Spinner & I for the next couple of shows. We recorded the first segment of this show at a tiny gathering that I decided to call #spacegnomes. The often shirtless Tyler Ubinger We sat […]
The Danger Gnome Podcast – Dan from Surly Bikes & Fatbassador to Alaska
Defiance Frameworks No. 4 – photo by Travis Hubbard Get ready for some insights into the vibrant and diverse Alaskan fat-bike culture with our Fatbassador to the entire State of Alaska, Travis. Travis is at the beginning of a Long-Term Review of a custom-built Defiance Frameworks titanium fat-bike built for exploration. Defiance Frameworks – http://www.defianceframeworks.com/ […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – The Family Truckster
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes to us from Jeff Davis. It’s a shot of his Salsa Blackborow loaded with gear for at trip for two adults and two, nine year-old boys along the Arizona Trail in Flagstaff. I think that this should earn Jeff some votes for ‘Father of the Year’ and on top of […]
The Weekly Dose of Fat – Summer Solstice Special Edition
509 Jabit III 27.5+ at Hartmans Creek State Park (WI) Photo by Kurt Geiger Welcome to Summer 2019! We thought that it would be nice to celebrate the first day of Summer with an old school WDoF post like we used to do before we started the podcast with the same name. I’m headed to […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #18 – Catching Up with the Crew
Show 18 of the Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast finds the boys chatting about events past and future, general tomfoolery and, perhaps, some useful knowledge! Tony, Dave and I rode down to South Milwaukee for the unveiling of the bronze statue of “The Crusher”. Beloved by generations of wrestling fans Reginald Lisowski was an inspiration to […]
Growler Grabber – Secure Transport – Easy Access!
Words by Tony Berger, Photos Tony and Greg Smith Were you a fan of “That Seventies Show” like I was? Do you remember the episode where Hyde made the pot brownies to sell at the bake sale and Eric’s parents accidentally ate them and Red ended up selling the Vista Cruiser? “It’s a Vista Cruiser, […]
The Dose of Fat – Show No. 145 – Special Guests – Patty Glines Kotecki – Kurt Refsnider
This episode of the Dose of Fat was recorded at the Midwest Family Broadcast Studios in Madison Wisconsin. Leia, Spinner & tio gomez welcome CORP Vice President, Patty Glines Kotecki and Bikepacking Roots Executive Director, Kurt Refsnider to the program. Today’s Program is Brought to you by RSD Bikes The RSD Sergeant V3 Aluminum Patty’s […]
MAY FOTO GORDO CONTEST
Before we get into our May Foto Gordo Contest, let’s award some prizes to some folks that attended our ultra smurfy beach bike rodeo from last weekend! Best Jello Mold Morpheus Mash-up goes to – Erv Sparks! Steve Pirelli – Puff the Magic Dragon Wins Best Costume Best Crash goes to Greg Hahn with an […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – The Beach
Here in no particular order are my ‘editor’s choice’ shots from some recent beach riding posts. The photo above came to us from Joshua Macpherson. Josh was joined by riders, Brad Mertens and Ross Cairns, near Myall Lakes, New South Wales, Austalia. Cédric sent us this shot from a beach ride on the coast of […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #14 – 414 Day in MKE Plus Madtown Checkin
Catchin Up wit da Boyz 4/14 in the 414Tommy HeldJesse and the James GangDaikiju Tommy Held on 4/14 in the 414 at Bremen Cafe CAMBA shut down their groomed winter trails after a great fatbike season. Some notes: Volunteers and staff battled record snowfall totals (over three feet in February!)Cold weathergroomer breakdownsOver 600 hours spent […]