The Susitna Bicycle Institute (SBI) is a non-profit education center offering a wide range of classes from introductory to advance level bike mechanic classes here in Anchorage. SBI offers a sliding fee scale for classes that accommodate all levels of experience and income. All proceeds go back into the growth of SBI and the support […]
Forth Fat 2017 – Video by Bruce Mathieson Words and Pictures by Jeff Price The end of April saw Forth Fat 2017 take place on the trails of East Lothian where Bruce ‘CoastKid’ has been fatbiking for the last 10 years. This was my 3rd trip to the social gathering were its all about chatting […]
I’m pretty lucky to live in such an amazing place. Moab, Utah has world class trails such as Porcupine Rim and Captain Ahab. But one my favorite simple pleasure of Moab and working at Moab Cyclery would be the lunch ride, most days at the shop, I’m able to get out for a quick […]
Beach riding is one of my favorite ways to enjoy bikes. I was born and raised on the shores of Lake Michigan and the moment that I got my hands on my first pugsley, I explored Lake Michigan and Lake Superior’s shorelines. We had 3 epic years of beach riding and then the Lake froze […]
This week’s wallpaper should look familiar. It looks familiar to me, because this has been my desktop wallpaper for the last couple of weeks. We’re raffling this special edition, Levis Mission I Moonlander (L-MIM) (pronounced – el-mim) to help raise funds to help rebuild the Levis Chalet. You can check out all of the details […]
Jones bikes are unconventional to say the least but amazingly versatile and well thought out bikes. After you listen to our interview, if you are interested in checking more, the first stop is the Jones website and specifically Jeff’s blog where he gets into a lot of detail about the different products and design philosophies. He has also produced […]
I think that they purposfully set up trade shows and expo’s in a maze to confuse and delight the folks that attend and Sea Otter is no exception. So I set out to cover all of the things that I might have missed in part one of this year’s Sea Otter coverage. You can view part […]
The 5th Annual Talkeetna Trio Fat Bike World Championships were held on Saturday March 11th, 2017 in the cozy Alaskan hamlet of Talkeetna, AK. Talkeetna is a 2.5 hour drive north of Anchorage. The town was formed in 1916 as a district headquarters for the Alaska Railroad. It’s an amazingly scenic small town that sits […]
We’d like everyone to take a moment and remember that movie called Pay it Forward! Last Summer one of our favorite mountain bike trail centers in Wisconsin lost their Chalet to fire. The county had insurance and the building is scheduled to be rebuilt, but the local trail group has plans for some improvements. They set […]
Will the sophmore Black Ribbon show live up to the hype? Join Chris, Dave, Evan & Uncle Gomez in the Electronic Chicklet Studios and see where their quest for fresh bike funk takes them. The Local Scene – Boulder Colorado Rock Musician and Pro Bike Jock “Uncle” Al Menduno joins us to talk about his […]
These photos were taken in Somers, Montana on the North beach formed seasonally on Flathead lake, by Hans Axelsen. Enjoy the ride! Next Week – Wednesday Could Be Yours! Give us your tired, your poor, Your huddled pixels, yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming hard drive. Send your pics and videos to […]
Let’s take a stroll back to 2009 at re-introduce our newer readers to the the documentary film by Carl Battreall entitled Fat Bike! This week’s Fat Video is a blast from the past! We first shared Carl’s film back in 2013 and it’s been viewed over fifty thousand times and we think that it’s one […]
In the fat-bike marketplace, we’ve seen a lot of gimmicks in the past couple of years. For example: carbon, full suspension, symmetrical rear ends, the color Orange, etc. etc. More and more I’ve been seeing fat bikes on the trails all year long. Fat Bikes are becoming THE choice for riders that want a bike […]
Here’s a snapshot that captures the spring-like winter that sputtered along and laid waste to this year’s fat-bike race schedule. This particular photo was shot at the Shell Track Race up in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, on the shore of Lake Michigan. Well, now Spring is here, and if you rode all (cough) Winter, your bike […]
Bicycle Beachracing: Two of These Things Were Not Like the Others The 1st European Championship Bicycle Beachrace Was recently held in my new home country of The Netherlands. I’ve done my share of sand riding on fat bikes with a group of amigos on both the Washington coast and the dunes East of the […]
Show # 121 was recorded in the Cloud Factory Studios, where Tio Gomez was joined by Evan Larsson, Chris Daisy and features David Glover. This week’s Special Guests are the winners of the Pro Elite USA Cycling Fat-Bike National Championships, Ami Stuart & Cole House. Tonight’s Wardrobe was Provided by sPACYcLOUD Hemp Onesie Grab grandma’s […]
Ed – This is the first chapter in a series of articles about life at the beach, written by an old friend. What would you do with the freedom to roam? Amy moved to the beach along with her fat-bike. The series will explore the endless smiles of beach and yes….tomfoolery….along the gorgeous Atlantic coast of […]
We get to share some really cool stuff here, but Global Fat-Bike Day really seems to bring out the very best of fun on bikes, from all around the world. This shot was sent to us from Greenland from Jesper Regin Christensen and it contains real GFBD Holiday Magic! Hi Gomez I talked to […]
With all of the growth that we’ve experienced in the world wide fat-bike tribe in the last five years, we have lot’s of new fat-bikers that might be looking down the barrels of their first Global Fat Bike Day celebration. Like all holidays, GFBD has traditions, so we thought that we’d share some of the […]
Here we are looking down the barrels of Global Fat-Bike Day number 5! GFBD-Cinco! To give you an idea of what GFBD is all about, we’ve shared some videos from last year in this year’s announcement. The 2016 Global Fat-Bike Celebration is December 3rd, 2016 The GFBD LEGEND Five years, ago a couple of very clever Brits […]
It takes a vision. Life does, and any creative project needs one, I reckon. Upon launching myself and my friend Tibo into this fat-bike adventure on the volcanos of Nicaragua, my vision was that of a fat-bike and its rider flying in front of a crater. But after nearly 4 weeks of riding and […]
Our long time compadre, Joe Cruz, recently released what he calls a home-spun adventure film. He and a few mates explored Norway on fat and plus bikes, among the great visual splendor of the scandinavian wilderness. Have a great weekend!
Forth Fat, Bruce – aka; Coastkid’s social gathering on the East Coast of Scotland in North Berwick. The idea of Forth Fat is simple, ride fat bikes and socialise. After making the journey last year I was keen to be involved again in a great weekend of bikes and beer!! After unpacking my gear in […]
I’ve been noticing lately that when I attend local fat-bike gatherings, there are either very few participants or (gasp!) no derby, called – or celebrated. A fat-bike group ride without a derby or three, is the slippery slope to the dark side of the force – the tiny leak that eventually let’s the all the […]
Photos by Bob Rainville Jr. We are people in otherwise responsible positions with predictable lives in which we are used to guiding events to our will, who now, voluntarily subject ourselves to the elements, forces of nature and hard realities, of riding at the edge of the envelope of our abilities, physical power and endurance, in a chaotic […]
The opinions and views described below are strictly those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of fat-bike.com What is this the ICT Ops? With so many fat bike models in the Surly line up, what can this bike possibly offer that isn’t already accounted for with an existing model? […]
It was four years ago. I was in my first meeting as the newly elected volunteer president of the Cuyuna Lakes Mountain Bike Crew. The meeting was with the Advisory Council of the Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area (CCSRA) in collaboration with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MN DNR) Parks and Trail Division. The MN […]
It looks as though, my old friend, Nick, and I share an admiration for the classic Bullmoose handlebar! Nick’s a pro bike jock at Geoffs Bike and Ski in Iowa City and his “fat-rod” restoration of his legacy Surly Pugsley, is a work of art! Here’s what Nick had to share about his sweet Fat-Rod! I just […]
Joshua Macpherson sent us a shot from the mapping stage of the Big Fat Hurt. Josh was joined by riders, Brad Mertens and Ross Cairns, near Myall Lakes, New South Wales, Austalia. This is our way of suggesting that, “it’s not too late to load your bike and some gear and go explore the great outdoors this weekend!” Friday Fat-Bike Stoke…….Engaged. […]
FatBike in Floripa, Brazil: Sand’n’Fatty by Jonatha Jünge – jonatha@caminhosdosertao.com.br Six months ago, after a meeting on trails maintenance with local bikers, Normando Pereira took the floor to address the group. I am not sure if the high consumption of the local Ales made by the bike shop owner influenced the emotional tone of his […]
We haven’t published a Fat-Tribe Thursday post in a long time. It’s probably due to our posting many of the great shots that we get from all over the world on Instagram and Spacebook. This week we received some excellent photos from some really interesting places, so we’ve compiled them into a little trip around […]
Chapter 2 – REEB Cycles – Longmont Colorado While I was visiting Boo up in Fort Collins, our compadre, Chris Reichel, (aka Dirty Biker) was down at REEB Cycles in Longmont (about a half hour south of FoCo) getting ready to lauunnch the #greatwhitebuffalo tour from the Oskar Blues Brewery in Colorado to the O.B. Brewery in Asheville […]
Three years, ago a couple of very clever Brits came up with an idea for a grass roots – worldwide – fat-bike holiday, that would bring the fat-bike community together, like nothing we’ve ever seen before or since! December 5th, is the date of this year’s – GLOBAL FAT-BIKE DAY! Some of you are probably wondering… why […]
Early on a Tuesday morning in May, I got a phone call from everyone’s favorite fatbike web guru, Gomez. He asked me what I have planned for the last week of June. Coincidentally, I was just about to quit my job and start traveling right about that time. Gomez then informed me that Lauf Forks, […]
Last week, I made good on a long standing plan to continue my exploration of the Lake Michigan Shoreline, just north of where I left off on a trip in 2012. The plan was to explore the area north of Ludington to the river town of Manistee. Over the years, I’ve visited and written […]
Fat-Tribe Thursday is back to support the age old, adage that one picture says a thousand words! All of you have been so awesome with sharing your photos and fat-bike fun, we decided it was ‘high time’ that we post some of them to show the entire world wide, fat-bike tribe! If you’re new to fat-bikes, please […]
Matt Haiduk sent us a clip of some late summer suburban fat-bike funski’s on the Fox River. The fat-bike dot com research bunker and testing grounds are nestled in the terminal moraines about 70 miles (as the crow flies) up river from where Matt plies his trade as a fat-bike evangelist to the brothers and […]
By : Ian Buggey It was a week after Dirt Rag’s Dirtfest and all that separated me and epic riding in Pisgah National Forest was an 8 hour car ride from my home in the D.C. Metro area armed with a Krampus and an Ice Cream Truck. I managed to get to Asheville just in […]
Dave Caravias contacted us about his guided fat-bike adventures in South Africa. In addition to fat-bike beach riding that rivals anything that we’ve seen, the area also boasts, world class, whale watching and great white shark, cage dives! I’m going to let Dave describe his South African, beach ride, slice of heaven! Our area is extremely special with […]
Here’s a nice story that all of us – from long beard to newbie – can appreciate. It’s a two part story from a reader named Pat that was born on St. Patrick’s day. It’s a story that Sven and I, often hear, when we talk to fat-bikers from all around the country and it never fails to […]
Our amigo, Eric Parsons (from Revelate Designs) and some of his amigos took a trip on the ITI route, but the opposite direction that the racers were going. This is a cool little edit from that trip. If this doesn’t get your motor running, you might, just be wired wrong or have iron poor blood. […]
The North American Handbuilt Bicycle Show is sort of like ‘Fashion Week’ for bicycles. All of the newest and wildest, bike couture assemble in one exhibit hall and work the cat-walk like the supermodels of the two wheeled fashion universe. There’s something for every sort of bike-nut at the show, from outlandish modernity to stodgy old […]
Written by Kathi Merchant, Race Director, Iditarod Trail Invitational The Iditarod Trail Invitational race, the qualifiers to get into this by invitation only race and the annual ITI winter training camps in Alaska. When I moved to Alaska in 2002 from Germany I did not know that a decade later fat biking as well as […]
My first recollection of the Big Fat Bike Festival came about 3 years ago. It was either sister-Kim or Hayley that contacted me to let us know that the Homer Cycling Club was holding an event in their picturesque corner of the world along the shores of the Kachemak Bay in Homer Alaska. Homer is […]
