Wolftooth introduced their waveform pedals last winter and sent us a pair along with an Arctodus steel fat bike that they loaned us. I started riding the waveform pedals on that Arctodus and then moved them to a corner unit singlespeed where they provided further duty. Pedals truly take a beating on mountain bikes, and […]
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First Look – AEKO – ZIRCULUM 90 Wheelset
AEKO is an Italian Bicycle company founded by Paolo Azzolini. They make some pretty incredible bikes and Paolo was an early adopter of fat bikes in Italy. The Zirculum carbon rims caught my attention several years back and every now and then, Paolo and I would trade emails about how things were going. We talked […]
2022 Fat Biker’s Holiday Gift Guide
It’s the Fat-Bike.com Holiday Gift Guide with something for everyone that has a fat bike enthusiast on their holiday shopping list. This year, we surveyed our Bike Black Ribbon Society brain-trust for what they’d like to see under the tree and researched diverse and creative gifting solutions for months on end. We started working on […]
Berm Cycle Rover Ti Handlebar Review by Greg Gentle
Berm Cycle Titanium Rover Retro Bar Review by Greg Gentle
The Dose of Fat – September 2022
NEW stuff – Manitou Mastodon / Otso Voytek / Aeroe Spider Rack
PNW Coast Drop Bars
Wide Drops pulled from the rafters in the shop Wide Drops are a reality today. Like many of you out there, I lived through a few decades of riding 440mm wide bars because they were the widest drop bars that were available at the time. Drop bars are available wider than ever and I like […]
Ritchey Kyote Handlebar Test by BRaven
I started to develop wrist issues after getting hit by a car while riding my bike in the 1990s. I had double carpal tunnel surgery that helped for a while and rode happily until about a year ago. I started to notice that for a couple of days after a ride, my wrists would hurt […]
Schwalbe Al Mighty 26×4.8 Tire
Schwalbe Tires started manufacturing the Al Mighty a couple of years ago as an OE exclusive for MAXX bikes in Germany according to www.fat-bike.de. And then last week, I saw that Graham Foot of Smokestone Bikes was riding a set and had them for sale at his shop Slam69 in the UK Here’s Graham Foot’s […]
Singlespeeding a Krampus (the hard way?)
My first Krampus back in 2013 I’ve ridden a Surly Krampus since they came out back in 2013. I started with the OG Green Krampus but that bike died in a freak accident and it was replaced by the Black Krampus named Silver which has been my “Mountain Bike” for quite a few years. Over […]
One Year with a HED Made in MN Wheelset
One year ago I unboxed a set of super-light wheels from three Minnesota companies that are collaborating together to create the HED Made in MN Wheelset. At nineteen hundred and seventy-three grams, I declared them the lightest fat bike wheels in the universe and I’ve been riding them for a full year now. I shared […]
Reserve Fillmore Valve Field Test
I’ve been running some new Fillmore tubeless valves since Sea Otter and today’s post is about sharing a report on how these valves deliver on their claimed benefits. The video at the top of the page from Reserve wheels does a nice job of explaining the new valve design and has all sorts of nice […]
Mammoth Empire – Spartacus – The Fatter Fat Bike from the Philippines
If the fat bike in your life is not rotund enough for your flotation needs and you’ve been looking for a bike with the widest profile rims on the planet, you’re in for a treat. Adding to the rich fat bike tradition of bike brands like Bearclaw, Corvus ,and 9:Zero:7, which were founded by bicycle […]
UP Field Trip – Bearclaw Bikes TŌWMAK
The second leg of my recent trip to the Upper Penninsula of Michigan took me to the east side and the tiny hamlet of Moran, home of Bearclaw Bikes. Moran is near the gateway to the Eastern UP not too far from Mackinac Island Ferry but far enough away to fly completely under the radar […]
Spring Bike Safari – Made U.P. Lake Ehfect
I’ve had a plan to get up to the UP to ride for at least a couple of years. Ever since Jason at Bearclaw Bikes announced their drop-bar fatty called the TOWMAK I dreamt about returning to the vast Huron National Forest and its hundreds of miles of rustic roads, trails, and beaches. So when […]
2022 Sea Otter Classic Bike Expo (Part 3)
We’re back with Part 3 of our coverage of the 2022 Life Time Sea Otter Classic presented by Continental. The bike industry came out of hiding and brought out all of the new toys for all of the girls and boys! #alicecooper Surly Bicycles wove themselves into a new taller tent during the pandemic. They […]
2022 Sea Otter Bike Expo (Part 2)
We’re back with part 2 of our coverage of the 2022 Life Time Sea Otter Classic presented by Continental. Let’s get right back to the parade of cool bike schwag. Our friends from Corvus Cycles made the trip down the coast to Sea Otter to show their wares. I got to ride the new Ti […]
2022 Sea Otter Classic Bike Expo (Part 1)
The 2022 Life Time Sea Otter Classic presented by Continental was last week. Racers, fans, and our favorite brands gathered at the Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey California! I walked the aisles of the expo to bring you the latest and greatest products coming to the US market from all of the best companies. It […]
Dose of Fat – March ’22
The calendar says that it’s Spring but Winter isn’t over until the fat-bike sings. The Dose of Fat is back with a look at what’s going on in the fat-bike.com test bunker and what our colleagues are working on out in the field. Stand by for Spring….wait for it….It’s snowing again….remember that gnomes control the […]
45NRTH Wrathlorde 26×4.2 Studded Tire (long term) Review
I’ve ridden my share of studded fat bike tires over the years. Back before fat bikes, we used to run Nokian Extreme studded tires on our 26″ mountain bikes to extend the riding season, and since the invention of the fat bike, I’ve ridden a broad variety of studded tire brands, tread patterns, and sizes. […]
What to get your Fat-Bike for Valentines’ Day ♥
Want to show your fat bike some love this winter? Here are our top-ten ideas for what you should get your Fat Bike for Valentines’ Day. Click the photo to see more! If your fat bike is anything like my fat bike, Ten Beers, it could use a spa day. My bike is usually pretty […]
Billy Flamingos Stud Nuggets by Scott Peterson
Fatbike tires in general already offer outstanding traction and ride quality in a wide variety of conditions. For sandy beach riding or snow of any depth, fat tires are a necessity. Why would any fat bike rider need studs? Ice. As much as most of us love snow, ice is always some factor in […]
Disc Brake Flip Flop
In the early days of fat bike development, complete bikes came spec’d with mechanical disc brakes. It was my understanding that the story behind that was hydraulic disc brakes were unreliable at arctic temperatures. I rarely get the opportunity to ride in true arctic temperatures, so when I built my Corvus, I chose a pair […]
Terrene Tire 27.5 x 4.3 Yipee Ki Yay mid-term review
Terrene Tire collaborated with Corvus Cycles to develop a new 27.5 tire specifically targeted on the sweet spot between 4.0 and 4.5. The Yipee Ki Yay’s 4.3″ width differentiates it from every other 27.5″ fat bike tire available today. The size of this tire follows the ‘Goldilocks Principle’ where a rider that rides a 4.0 […]
Bontrager Elite GR Handlebars – by Greg Gentle
Bontrager GR Elite Gravel Handlebar $99 A handful of products launched in 2021 really hit the mark for innovation and application. For this guy, one product stood out against the rest. Released in October, the GR Elite Gravel Handlebar quickly became my favorite test product for 2021. At a glance, there is nothing revolutionary about […]
2021 Holiday Gift Guide
Hola Vatos and Hippy Holly-Daze! Every brand pumps out a gift guide these days that tend to feature what they’d like to sell you. It’s kind of turned the typical Holiday Gift Guide into nothing more than a sale flyer. Our gift guide isn’t a sale paper. The ideas and products on this here Holiday […]
Terrene Tires – Yipee Ki Yay (motherf*cker)
Just in time for the holidays, Terrene Tires Announces the 27.5×4.3 Yipee Ki Yay Fat Tire. We got word that the YKY was coming out and look forward to putting a pair through their paces as soon as they’re available. Here’s the news release from the Krueger Bros. Flathead Valley, MT — November 24, 2021 […]
HED Made in MN Wheelset – Dirt Report
About ninety days ago, I took the HED Made in Minnesota wheels out of the box and shared a video that promised a full report about how they performed out in the field. I’ve spent the summer working as a bicicleta gaucho and while executing the regular business of daily bike life, I imagine that […]
CABDA Midwest Report
It’s been a long time since I’ve walked the floors of a convention center filled with the latest and greatest products from the bicycle industry, but earlier this week, I laced up a pair of comfortable shoes and drove down to Schaumburg, Illinois to explore the aisles of the CABDA show. CABDA isn’t open to […]
Boone Technologies Cogs and Cranks
I had the opportunity to chat with Bruce Boone the founder of Boone Technologies recently and we talked about his bike bling that I’d been drooling over in my Instagram feed. If you’re an old singlespeeder, you might recall Boone Titanium cogs and chainrings from days past… well, they’re back! Q) Welcome back to the […]
The Lightest Fat Bike Wheelset in the World out of the box video.
We recently got word that a set of Made in Minnesota HED/Berd/Onyx Racing fat-bike wheels was on the way. We set up the camera and shot a quick ‘out of the box’ video to share some stoke for what HED Cycling bills as the lightest fat-bike wheelset in the world. A sub-2000 gram wheelset is […]
Fatback Big Su Carbon Wheel Review
A quality Carbon Fiber Wheelset can significantly improve the ride feel of a fat-bike. Reducing rotational mass on a fat-bike is more important than say on a road bike because of the size (and weight) of fat-bike tires. Lightweight wheels provide a similar feeling that you get when you go tubeless but, by my estimation, […]
Klunkedelic – Doom Bars
Welcome back to Klunkedelic! This week we’ve got some bars that most definitely contain some klunk-DNA, but have huge cross-over to other bike niches like enduro, fat, mtb, and backpacking. Doom Bars is a small custom bar maker out of ABQ New Mexico. The man behind Doom is Keaton Haire and he’s agreed to share […]
Factory Studs vs. Aftermarket Bike Studs
Have you ever wondered if hand-studded tires are as good as factory-studded ones? I spent last winter on a pair of 45NRTH Dillinger 27.5 x 4 – 120 tpi tubeless ready tires. One of them came to me as a new factory studded tire and the other one was ridden for a season of dirt […]
First Look – Fatback Big Su Carbon 27.5 Wheels
I’ve been riding a set of Fatback’s Big Su 27.5 Carbon Wheels for the last month on my Fatback Corvus FLT. March is a great time to experience virtually, all four seasons in America’s Dairyland. I just mounted my third different set of tires on our test wheels to keep up with the rapid transition […]
Danger Gnome Podcast – Dropper Post Show
The Danger Gnome Podcast Dropper Post Show on the First day of Spring 2021!
26 vs. 27.5 Fat Bike Wheels
Should your next bike have 27.5″ Wheels? Do you need to run out and trade your old 26″ fatty for a newer model? 26 vs 27.5 editorial
First Look – Revo Loop Tubes
I know that like many of you boys and girls out there in bikeland there’s a fat-bike in my care that still uses inner tubes. I run tubeless in most of my bikes but I still carry a tube with me on every ride (just in case). Today we’re going to take a look at […]
Whisky Parts No.9 76 W Rim Review by Adam Blake
The Art of Staying Light and Fat – Whisky No.9 76W rims Written by Adam Blake, Photos by Gomez If you’ve read some of my recent gear reviews, you know that I am very much into carbon rims on basically every bike I ride. I like that they add liveliness and responsiveness to my steeds […]
Danger Gnome Podcast Made in MN Holiday Special
The Danger Gnome Podcast – January 2021
Whisky Parts Co. Millhouse Handlebar Review – By Tony Grande
Cruising the inter-webs one day, I came across an announcement from Whisky Parts Co. They were releasing a new moto style handlebar, called the Milhouse. They looked a lot like Surly’s Sunrise Bars BUT were made from space-age polymers (carbon fiber if you will) instead of chromoly steel. Cool, sounds fun. I am not in […]
Roval Terra CLX: One Wheel to Rule All Roads – by Greg Gentle
Roval Terra CLX: One Wheel to Rule All Roads
Onyx Berd HED Made in Minnesota Limited Edition Wheelset
HED, Berd and Onyx Release Exclusive “Made in Minnesota” Wheels
New Whisky Parts No. 9 Wheels – Show & Tell
We take a new set of Whisky Parts No. 9 carbon fiber wheels out of the box for a bit of show and tell.
Gravel Tire Trio Panaracer/Maxxis/Bontrager
It’s been a summer to remember, that’s for certain. I’ve been lucky enough to log over thirty-five hundred miles so far this year and a bunch of those miles have been riding a trio of gravel bike tires on a trio of gravel bikes. Here’s a bit of feedback about the Panaracer Gravel King SS, […]