I reviewed the steel version of the Panorama Cycles Torgat last winter and they’ve just announced that they’ve come out with a Titanium version with a unique two Q-Factor setup. Their press release is below […]
Some of you may recall a post (https://fat-bike.com/2022/12/fatbike-to-the-cottage/) and video that I posted back in the winter of me riding to a mountain cottage I use. Well this time I made my way there in […]
The marketing department at Salsa Cycles HQ have just released details of their 2024 Fat-Bike line up and if you didn’t know, there’s some big news… We’ve got new spec, new colors, and a new […]
I’ve had a few weeks off the bike recently and with the recent summer solstice falling midweek during a decent spell of weather, it was a good excuse to get back out. After finishing a […]
It’s been a hell of a great spring for riding in the Big Whiskey. Drought conditions make for some really buff dirt ribbons at Kettle, JeffCo, and Camrock. What have trail conditions been like in […]
A short story about tire sealant The average fat biker that has one bike to maintain, probably can’t relate to our tubeless tire atmosphere, so I’ll try to preface this story with a little bit […]
Back in 2015, Markus set off from the UK and headed east on his singlespeed Surly Ogre and nearly 12 months later became the first person to cycle singlespeed around the world. So with that, […]
For the next two weeks, we’re helping the cool cats from Portland Design Works give away a prize package that includes a set of Mud Shovels (any in-stock variety), a Fatty Object CO2 inflator, 2 […]
I recently interviewed the Director of Operations and Frame Design for Firefly Bicycles, Kevin Wolfson. We distilled that interview into what we like to call a builder profile. We think that our readers will find […]
Back in 2019 I set off from home on what I had hoped to be a 10 hour drive to a destination I wanted to ride, Sandwood Bay in the far north west of Scotland. […]
On this episode of the Danger Gnome Podcast, we talk with Whit Johnson from Meriwether Cycles about maximum flotation (five-inch plus) fat bikes and then we proceed to get into the weeds on a number of subjects that includes super fat (six-inch plus) fat bikes from the future and klunkers! […]
Dave Wages is an award-winning bicycle fabricator and the man behind Ellis Cycles. Ellis Cycles is located in Wisconsin and I visited Dave’s workshop back in 2014 in pursuit of a story that we published titled – Builder Profile – Ellis Cycles. Dave and I ran into one another out at Kettle last summer and he mentioned that he was building himself a new fat bike. That got us talking about how fat bikes have evolved from the earlier days. I was in the middle of testing a couple of next-generation fatties and I thought that it would be interesting to share a bit of what Dave was building for himself and how his new bike would evolve compared to his first fat bike. His first fat bike just happened to win an award at the NAHBS show. […]
This past winter I was sentenced to field test a couple of Chromoly fat bikes and today we’re going to share the experience of field testing the Panorama Cycles, Torngat. Panorama is yet another regional […]
The Bison Bicycle Company follows in the footsteps of bike brands born from bike shops. The shop behind Bison is Geared Up Cyclery in Pinedale Wyoming. You may remember them from hosting Fat Bike Worlds […]
Today is about how the Blizzard filled my dance card this summer with a Wren Inverted Fork and how it performed over this past winter(ish) season. […]
Revel Bikes is announcing that they’re unifying their brands. For fans of fat bikes, that means the Why Cycles Big Iron is now the Revel Big Iron. The Big Iron is one of my top […]
We ran a mid-term review story that you should read if you want to know the full story behind the Otaso Arctodus. To make it easy, I just pasted that review below. If you’d like […]
Kona just announced their new colorway for the Woo! The new color is called Light Olive Metallic and it’s not currently available in the US, but it will be soon. We’ve published reviews of the […]
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 of fat-bike fun, we decided it was ‘high […]
A big black Otso Arctodus has taken-up temporary residence here at the fat dash bike com polka lounge. When I first got a look at the Arctodus (on the internet), I was somewhat ambivalent about […]
I’ve been riding a Size Large Moots Forager for the last seven weeks. Before there were fat bikes, Moots became synonymous with high-quality – made in US Titanium mountain bikes. They’ve stood the test of […]
Some of you may have seen a few of my previous trips to this little cottage in the heart of Snowdonia in Wales before. I had intended on using it again for last weekend’s Global […]
A new fat bike from MKE Bicycle Co – New Gloves from 45NRTH and a New GFBD Tradition! […]
Esker Cycles introduces the Walden Ti fat bike. Following their entry into Titanium with the popular Japhy Ti and Hayduke Ti models, Esker is bringing out the Walden fat bike in the wonder metal, with […]
I’ve been using the ABUS Modrop helmet for about 3 months now and here’s my take on it. Firstly, I think this helmet looks pretty cool and with that it does keep you cool with […]
Otso Cycles Introduces Arctodus. A Steel fat bike that can clear the biggest fat tires available. […]
NEW stuff – Manitou Mastodon / Otso Voytek / Aeroe Spider Rack […]
Back in June, I started field testing the Fezzari Kings Peak carbon fiber fat bike. We published a first look at the bike before it got dirty (like in the photo above). Today’s journey is […]
My bivvy a month campaign is going well this year with some pretty fine camps. This one was up there with the best! Again on familiar territory within the Snowdonia National Park in north Wales, […]
Sometime last winter, I started to wonder to myself…what is the ultimate titanium fat bike? So I started to do what I could to get acquainted with what was available. During the last six months, […]
Summer solstice, the fattest day of the year! As part of my bivvy a month challenge, the month of June was slowly nearing its end. With other plans covering the weekend (FatFOD), my only chance […]
Our friends at Rocky Mountain Bicycles have a new fat bike called the Blizzard Carbon 50 that I’ve been lucky enough to put some miles on here in the big whiskey recently. The Blizzard was […]
We received a new Kings Peak from Fezzari Bicycles last week. I got to see this bike for the first time at Sea Otter and now I’ll be lucky enough to ride a size large […]
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. […]
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 […]
After being out and about on the bike last weekend I spotted a track about 3 miles away on a hillside and thought “I’ve gotta give that a try”. So 7 days later I headed […]
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 […]
We all love making plans of future bikepacking trips, don’t we? Back in October 2019, I set off with a plan of heading up to the Assynt which is in the far north of Scotland […]
It’s April and the transition from Winter to Spring shook me to the bone with what I like to call Prescription-Strength weather. My bike rides provided a front-row seat to the epic battles between the […]
Ready for All Seasons and All Terrain If you’re not hanging up your wheels when the snow flies and you love the solitude of quiet winter adventures. This Overlanding machine is built for you. Moots’ […]
As our sun-starved pallid bodies become reintroduced to the bright warm stranger in the sky, I’m compelled to recall a recent last bit o winter biking frolic. During my typical mid-February cabin fever-induced blues I […]
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 […]
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