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 […]
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2022 Sea Otter Classic Bike Expo (Part 1)
By Gomez on April 11, 2022 in 27+, 29+, Accessories, Adventure Bikes, Apparel, B-Fat (27.5 Fat), Bags, Bike Culture, Bikepacking, Business Profiles, Components, Destinations, Events, FatBikes, Footwear, Forks, Gear, gloves, Handlebars, Helmets, Klunkedelic, Packs, Pants, Pedals, Plusbikes, Rims, Saddles, Seatposts, shorts, Tires, Tops, Wheels
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 […]
CABDA Midwest Report
By Gomez on September 17, 2021 in Accessories, Adventure Bikes, Apparel, B-Fat (27.5 Fat), Bags, Bike Culture, Bikepacking, Components, Enduro AF, FatBikes, Footwear, Gear, Gravel Bikes, Handlebars, Kids, Los Graveleros, Niche Bike News, Plusbikes, Saddles, Site News, Tires
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 […]
Custom Danger Gnome Saddle made by Jerry JM Smith
First Look at a custom hand-tooled Danger Gnome saddle created by Jerry JM Smith.
SQ Labs – 611 Ergowave Active Saddle and 711 Grip Review
Grips and Saddles. Ask any cyclist and they’ll tell you about their ‘go to’ brand and model. The answers that you collect will probably be all over the map. I’m a Brooks Swift Saddle and Ergon GP1 – Size Large for grippage. Most cyclists are very loyal to the touch point components (Seat/Grips/Pedals) that they […]
Otis Turns Two – Fatback Review – The extended club version
By Gomez on January 21, 2016 in Components, Cranks, FatBikes, Forks, Hubs, Rims, Saddles, Tires, Wheels
Otis’s Story Timeline 12/25/2013 – Otis’s Introduction and Naming – http://fat-bike.com/2013/12/fatback-190-product-test-episode-1/ 12/25/2014 – Otis Turns One – http://fat-bike.com/2014/12/otis-turns-one-%E2%99%A6-fatback-long-term-review/ 2/5/2015 – Otis Gets Pimped – http://fat-bike.com/2015/02/otis-gets-pimped-part-one-otisgetspimped/ 6/18/2015 – Otis’s Pimped Parts Review – http://fat-bike.com/2015/06/hed-rims-onyx-racing-hubs-paul-skewers-6-month-review/ That brings us to today and a story that could be called Otis Gets Pimped, Part Two! I had planned all along to apply some sort […]
First Look – Brooks Cambium C15 Carved Saddle
A couple of years back Gomez had an opportunity to check out the Brooks Cambium C17 and Brooks recently offered us a chance to check out the narrower profile C15 so, being a guy who prefers narrower saddles, I decided to stick my rump on this one. Just a bit about the saddles that I […]