Dan Campion sent us some shots from this year’s Maah Daah Hey 100. When it rains, the Maah Daah Hey’s Bentonite Clay singletrack turns to glue. Unfortunately for Dan, this year’s race was cut short due to rain. The Mah Daah Hey Trail is a bucket list trail for any mountain biker when it’s dry. […]
Here’s a flashback to what I was riding a decade ago. Here’s my Surly Moonlander all loaded for a three-day bikepacking trip in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan. You can see more from that trip in a two-part series in the links below. Lake Superior Fat-Pack Part 1 – https://fat-bike.com/2012/08/lake-superior-fat-pack-part-one/ Lake Superior Fat-Pack Part 2 […]
Jeff Price aka Summittoppler shares his bike life with us in videos and poignant reviews from his home in Wales and I think they’re some of the best stories on www.fat-bike.com. On Jeff’s last trip he captured some really outstanding still photos and today we’re proud to feature Jeff’s portrait of his Salsa Bucksaw with […]
Josh Busch sent in this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday. Josh shot some photos of his Battkeship Grey Surly at the Minnesota State Recreation area near Jordan, Minnesota just last week! Way to answer the call, Josh! We sent Josh some fancy new stickers for his effort. Where do you stand on Fat Bike Fun? Feel free […]
Hi…it’s me again. Your Tio Gomez. It’s the time of year when most people aren’t thinking about fat-bike fun but then we’re not most people. Mid-summer can be a nice time to sidle right into a Wallpaper Wednesday feature. I’ve managed to slide right into the Wallpaper feature for two weeks in a row. It’s […]
Lode Crommen sent us a shot of his fatty and dog out hunting beach gnomes in Belgium. It’s almost the dog days of summer…so go jump in the lake! Sticker it Forward How do you like the new sticker and jersey design? If you’d like some stickers for you…your ride buddies…or maybe the bartender with […]
I took this shot of the Fezzari King’s Peak demo that I’ve been rolling around on lately. I’ve been completely immersing my saddle time into the last couple of test bikes. Ten Beers hasn’t gotten ridden all Spring or yet this Summer. The shot was taken up on the beach along Lake Superior. There’s a […]
Today’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes to us from our fat bike brother from Wales, the Summittoppler, Jeff Price. It’s a shot of his Salsa Bucksaw at an event called FatFOD hosted by Graham Foot of Smokestone bikes. HUZZAH! to all of you cats for holding a fat bike shin-dig and sharing it with us! Feel free […]
It is truly a rare happenstance when we get a Wallpaper Wednesday submission that comes close to adhering to the instructions that Sven wrote many moons ago. It’s no big deal. We encourage individuality but I can also totally appreciate this sort of organized chaos. Brad Struble sent in today’s WW and this dude just […]
Is there a better fat bike name than Tom Ice? I think not. Tom sent us a shot of his bike from last winter in Colorado and I love nothing more than to exploit the contrast between a hot sunny summer day with a cold crisp winter portrait of a fat bike in the Colorado […]
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes to us from Scot Pepper out in Massachusetts! look at all of those cargo zits on that fatty! Feel free to download this image and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click on the image to open the full-sized version which you can right-click to save. Got your own Wallpaper […]
Jeff Shamansky sent in a shot of his singlespeed Fatback set up for some bikepacking on the Oregon Timber Trail. Jeff runs 4.5 Juggernauts on Atomik Patty’s rims in the summer. The gnomes down in the mailroom sent Jeff a fist full of stickers and if you play your pixels correctly, you could be next. […]
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday is a shot of our Rocky Mountain Blizzard Carbon 50 demo bike at the Clarence overlook on Levis Mound.
Trevor Sowers is the man behind the lens for today’s Wallpaper Wednesday feature photograph. Trevor is based on the North Coast of British Columbia. If you’d like to see more of his photography check out his – Flickr Page. Feel free to download this image and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click on the […]
GeirB is a Wallpaper Wednesday Veteran with his beautiful arctic landscape riding shots from 70 degrees north in Norway. The low angle of the sun in early December casts some golden light on the clouds and G’s fat bike. You can see more from GierB on his Photo pages at Flickr – https://www.flickr.com/photos/geby/ Feel free […]
Mike Tey sent in some pictures of his Mukluk in Winter Park, Colorado and we sent him some sweet stickers! It’s what we’ve coined the sticker boondoggle. All part of the fat bike love here at the home of fat-bike-fun! Feel free to download this image and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click on […]
Jake Meadley sent us a shot from Western Australia for today’s Wallpaper Wednesday. This week is the Australian Fat Bike National Championships in Broome. Good luck to all of our amigos toeing the line! Here;’s what Jake shared about his photo. This is my Salted Sandfly. Out for a ride on a stormy day along […]
Pat Morrison sent in a shot of his Specialized Fatboy from a ride at Kishwaukee Forest Preserve in Rockford, Illinois. Pat happened upon a prescribed burn to clear out the underbrush. Not a big blaze, but enough smoke at one point for him to question if he was riding into or out of the fire. You […]
Happy Arbor Day amigos! I’m back at the test bunker after a few days in da’UP and I thought that I’d take a peek at some of the pixels that I collected. This one seemed to jump off the camera!
Mark Gullo sent in this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday with the message ‘snow fat happens in AZ’. Mark caught his amigo, Luke Mulligan (aka Irishman in the Desert!) with a big ole fat bike grin out on the Blizzard Trail at Arizona Nordic Village. Mark has groomed the cross country and snowshoe/snow bike and XC ski […]
Andrew Meyer answered the call and sent us eleven point two smurfy megabytes with reflections of fat bikes frolicking in the great outdoors. The gnomes down in the mailroom sent him some stickers (I hope). In this case, (above) it’s Andrew’s Salsa at Hartman Rocks in Gunnison, Colorado that is cast in the starring role […]
New Richmond….why does that sound familiar? New Richmond is where the 2022 and 2023 Borealis Fat Bike Worlds are held. Nate Riemenschneider sent us a cool shot that he took on the Fat Bike Worlds trail in New Richmond. It must be nice to live close by and be able to ride the course that […]
Will Guarino sent in this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday feature photo. I like it when our readers send in a photo with a description in their own vernacular. Here’s what Will shared about his photo. Enjoying your site ever since I test rode an old Beargrease and realized I HAD to have a fatbike of my […]
Dave Speaker is the man behind the camera for this Week’s Atlantic variant of Wallpaper Wednesday. Dave shot this after enjoying some time in Surf City and Top Sail Island, North Carolina. The beaches of North Carolina are calling! Spring Break? I vote YES (followed by another yes). #skyblue Feel free to download this image and […]
Orlando Padilla sent in this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday portrait. I get a real peacock feathers woven blanket vibe from the graffiti that harmonizes beautifully with Orlando’s fat bike. Orlando shot this Under The Bridge South Santa Fe Riverbed. Feel free to download this image and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click on the image […]
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday is from Dave Pearce out in Utah. The Wasatch Mountains are famous in the ski world for the ‘champagne powder’ light fluffy snow. Here’s what Dave shared about the shot of his Why Cycles, Big Iron. This was shot on a solo ride up above Snowbasin Ski resort in Northern Utah! […]
Jake the Snake is back with a Wallpaper Wednesday for fans of Corvus Cycles and Hed Wheels. The snake even captured the sparkling Aurora Borealis effects on the Onyx Racing Hubs! Here’s what he shared along with his photos. Jake the Snake here. I think it’s time for another one of my bikes on wallpaper […]
We’re back with our Rich Loftin mini-series here on Wallpaper Wednesday. Rich didn’t share many words about these glorious portraits of his KTM fat bike at Valdez Glacier in Alaska. So I’ll leave you with somewhat of a riddle. Every time you lose something, you always find it in the very last place you would […]
We’re featuring a mini-series of Rich Loftin’s photos on Wallpaper Wednesday. This is my personal favorite of the series. Gotta love a big booty fat bike on a glacier shot. Rich didn’t share any text with his photos, so I’ll leave you with this John Madden quote from a Tonight Show clip from the ’70s. […]
Rich Loftin lives and rides in Valdez, Alaska. We’ve featured his stunning photography on Wallpaper Wednesday before. We’re featuring a mini-series of Rich’s photos over the next few weeks on Wallpaper Wednesday. We’ll also be putting our Instagram feed in the hands of our Fatbassador to Alaska, Travis Hubbard later this month as the ITI […]
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes to us from Jeff Davis and it makes me wonder. Why can fat bikes ride on nordic ski trails west of the Missouri River yet are restricted from riding on most xc ski trails in the Great Lakes? #publicland This week’s post also comes with a request for help with […]
I thought that we might all benefit from a little glimpse of Spring Flowers since we’re currently locked into the best part of Winter. Late January bluebird skies and below zero temps turn Wisconsin into a frozen planet. So here’s a breath of fresh spring air from Vermonter, Matt Boulanger. Matt shared a few features […]
Jason Memmer took this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday. Here’s a bit about the photo from Jason, his own bad self. You can check out more of Jason’s photography at https://www.facebook.com/jasonmemmerphotography/ This was just before sunset New Years Day 2022 after climbing 1100 feet to this point. From here, it’s about 1.5 miles down one of the […]
Today’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes to us from Derek McClain. Derek’s a veteran of the WW photo feature bag. The picture, taken by a gnome, shows Derek shredding some powder and packing the line at Mosquito Creek Trails in Muskegon, Michigan after a fresh dump of snow early January 2022. #giddyup Feel free to download this image and use […]
Phil sent in this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday taken during his Global Fat Bike Day solo mission up in the rolling hills of Scotland. Phil shared this about his photo. Your latest Wallpaper wed pic made me look up a photo I took a couple of years ago on a November evening up my local hills. […]
Let’s take a look back to the best Wallpaper Wednesday posts of 2021 January Joe Kisley – North Central Iowa February Joel Dohm – Cape May, New Jersey. March Rich Loftin – Valdez Glacier in Alaska April John Climber – UK May Erik Steele – Jackson Hole Wyoming June Gomez Alejandro Sanatana DeLago – The […]
Our final Wallpaper Wednesday of 2021 comes to us from Derek McClain. Derek hails from Muskegon on the shores of Lake Michigan. He shot this December Sunset at the Old Sand Docks on the beach and added…”Shredding Fat Down by da beach Mon!” #yesyes Got your own Wallpaper Worthy Photo? We love to feature your fat-bike photos […]
Joel Dohm sent in this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday from Wildwood, New Jersey. Wildwood is a resort city on the Atlantic coast. It sits on a barrier island known for its wide, sandy beaches. The Wildwood Boardwalk is packed with eateries, shops, waterparks, and thrill rides. It looks like Joel brought his own version of a […]
Yanick Bédard sent us a couple of beautiful shots from Quebec, Canada for today’s Wallpaper Wednesday. This shot looks like so much fun! It has been a while since I’ve gotten to ride on groomed singletrack. #winteriscoming Got your own Wallpaper Worthy Photo? We love to feature your fat-bike photos from around the world! If you’ve […]
The low light of November has been creating some beautiful sunsets lately. I’ve been getting out and enjoying a nice dry (and dark) November on Ten Beers and the other bikes in our test rotation. This is the bridge over the Rock River on the Glacial Drumlin Trail in Wisconsin. The photographer is some old […]
The week’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes to us from our amigo JP Mull. He’s the third JP in our little bike gang and we’re considering the idea of changing all of our names to JP to confuse y’all. JP shot a large Wyatt Maverick in the catacombs below the Fort Sheridan Tower in Northern Illinois. Look […]
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday features a photo by Ethan Croft. Ethan lives in New Mexico. This is what Ethan shared about his opus. I love exploring the high desert and Chihuahuan desert (Ray Molina country) on my single speed Surly Wednesday. This photo was taken overlooking the White Mesa outside of San Ysidro, NM. There […]
Johnclimber is a long-time Wallpaper Wednesday veteran and this is part two of a micro mini-series with a couple of John’s latest photos. This week’s shot is from an event that John hosted called the Jenn Ride. Check out all of John’s adventures at – https://www.flickr.com/photos/25655510@N02/ Got your own Wallpaper Worthy Photo? We love to feature […]
Johnclimber has been a long-time Wallpaper Wednesday veteran and we’re so stoked to share a micro mini-series with a couple of John’s latest photos. This week’s shot is from an album called December Fat Bike Ride. Check out more from John at – https://www.flickr.com/photos/25655510@N02/ Got your own Wallpaper Worthy Photo? We love to feature your fat-bike […]
