This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes to us from Bryan Coleman. Bryan caught this flotilla of fat-bikes amid some epic icicles on what looks like some sort of flume or spillway. Bryan shared a few other shots from Michigan that created a sort of kinship in my mind because of the similar settings in the photos […]
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes to us from the land of milk and honey! Joshua Earl sent us this shot of his 2019 Kona WoZo perched high above Ogden, Utah to enter our Foto Gordo contest and his striking image ended up as this week’s WW! Got your own Wallpaper Worthy Photo? We love to feature […]
In the movies, Fester was lost during a Typhoon in the Bermuda Triangle, but we dug this fester out of a big corrugated cardboard box. E-Bikes, Aluminum Handlebars and now Titanium? It’s beginning to look like an all too familiar slippery slope of full-grown bicycle geekery. So like…steel is real, but titanium is real light? […]
Justin Van Alstyne is our March Foto Gordo Contest Winner! Justin sent us a handfull of photos, each one better that the last. Justin is a pro pixel slinger from Colorado and for his efforts wins all of the fabulous prizes below. If you entered and your name isn’t Justin Van Alstyne, the gnomes down […]
We’re stoked to continue our monthly series that features photos from our amigo – 2017 Simpson Desert Challenge Champion, Eckart Altenkamp. So once a month, we get to delight your retinas with some incredibly beautiful images from Australia! This is what Eckart shared about this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday photo. This shot was taken at the […]
JohnClimber aka John Moore has been a frequent contributor to our Wall Paper Wednesday Parade of Stupendous Pixels over the years. This week’s feature coincides with the Vernal Equinox and I think John has captured the terse handshake between old man winter and the promise of spring. Here’s what John shared about this weeks WW feature photo. The […]
ITI Champion John Lackey sent us this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday featured photograph. When one ITI Champ takes a photo of another ITI Champ we believe that’s a pretty good recipe for something legendary. Here’s a shot of Fatback Bikes rider/snow biking legend Tim Berntson on the Yentna River on Saturday, Feb 23rd. We were riding out to Northwoods Lodge […]
Kurt Schneider sent us a shot of his (dropbar/dinglespeed) Surly Pugsley on a ride out to the Snake River in southern Idaho to win our Foto Gordo Contest for last month. Kurt had some close competition and everyone that entered will be getting a sticker pack next week. The Next Foto Gordo Contest! I know this is […]
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday features a shot from Tom Cagle. Here’s what Tom shared about this striking portrait. It’s late Winter/early Spring in West Sedona. The photo was taken on a small side-trail just off Aerie trailhead. I stopped to imbibe in a post-ride, libation, and enjoy the panorama. This spot offers a spectacular view eastward of iconic […]
Today’s Wallpaper Wednesday feature comes to us from Gregg Murray from the beaches of Staten Island, New York. Gregg doesn’t mention gnomes in the description of his portrait, but the trained eye can detect the handiwork of these clever little devil’s. Note the classic pointy hat construction at the top of each carefully erected rock cairn. Here’s what […]
Betsy Williford sent in this week’s WW feature. Betsy appears to be a Woman of few words, yet in her brevity, she answers all of the most important questions. (see below) Photo: Jill Homer Rider: Betsy Williford Location: Rollins Pass Rd, Colorado Got your own Wallpaper Worthy Photo? We love to feature your fat-bike photos from […]
We’re stoked to continue our monthly series that features photos from our amigo – 2017 Simpson Desert Challenge Champion, Eckart Altenkamp. So once a month, we get to flip your wigs with some incredibly beautiful images from Australia! This is what Eckart shared about this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday photo. This shot was taken at the 2018 […]
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes to us from a reader from Austria, Daniel Tscharnuter. Here’s what Daniel shared about this stunning image. The Dobratsch is a mountain near the city of Villach, which is a popular destination for hikers all year. Because of this, they are usually rideable all winter except right after heavy snowfall. […]
Christopher Mautino is the winner of our latest Foto-Gordo Sweepstakes with a shot that he calls Riding with Giants. This is what Christopher shared about his entry. Riding with Giants- just got back from an amazing trip in Baja. Surfing, fishing, and biking were awesome. Rode down the beach from my camp and ran across […]
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday is Cory Kittle’s second photo that’s been featured here. Cory’s a bush pilot as well as a professional photographer up in Alaska and more recently, a fat-bike fanatic! Got your own Wallpaper Worthy Photo? We love to feature your fat-bike photos from around the world! If you’ve got a fat-bike related image that […]
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday feature comes to us from Gus Villanueva. Gus just wanted to share his early morning ride with us. I love getting emails like this! This is what Gus shared about his ride. I took an early morning weekend ride on my fat-bike in the middle of the city. There’s a network […]
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday is from one of our long-time amigos, Tom McDonald. I found this shot in my Wallpaper Folder from last year’s images, yet I knew we had never published this particular image. We’ve shared quite a few of Tom’s photographs over the years and Tom won a photo contest that we ran […]
Last month we launched a little foto gordo contest and we’re here to thank everyone that entered and announce the winner! ? Darren Giordano sent us this shot taken in Northern Utah. Everyone that entered the contest is getting a sticker pack sent out to them and Darren wins some sweet barware supplied by Why Cycles! FOTO […]
It’s Summer in Australia and this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes to us from our amigo from down under, Eckart Altenkamp. I’m a fan and practitioner of overland style camping so this photo really resonates for me. This is a shot of Eckart’s camp in Purni Bore on the Western fringe of the Simpson Desert, […]
Best of Wallpaper Wednesday 2017 Let’s take a look back at the year’s Best Wallpaper Wednesday images from 2018. January Paulo LaBerge sent us this image from Ontario, Canada! February Kevin Breitenbach sent me a few shots under the heading “gnome hunting the Alaska Range”. March Chris Ferguson sent us a shot on his first overnighter […]
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes to us from Keith Christensen. It’s back to work after the long holiday weekend and Keith is multitasking on his Norco Sasquatch. That looks like a chainsaw strapped to his backpack. I get a fat-biking, lumberjacking, zombie hunting roustabout sort of vibe to this shot. Let us know what […]
Eckart Altenkamp shot these photographs of his Specialized Fatboy at The Opera House in Sydney Austraila for our twelfth chapter in the Aussie Wallpaper Series that premiered at the beginning of 2018. I couldn’t decide which shot was best so I uploaded my 3 favorites. Passing the Sydney Opera House on a Friday Commute to […]
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes to us from Rider/photographer: Christian Lalonde. The shot was taken at Gatineau Park region in Chelsea, Quebec during an autumnal ride during the first snow storm of the season. Christian shared “The calming beauty of snow slowly covering the trails was the inspiration for this shot”. I think this is one […]
A couple of weeks ago we launched a little foto gordo contest and we’re here to thank everyone that entered and announce the winner! David Lieble sent us this shot taken at the 2018 Polar Roll up in Marquette. Everyone that entered the contest is getting a sticker pack sent out to them and David wins […]
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday is the eleventh photo in our Aussie Wallpaper Series from our amigo, Eckart Altenkamp. This is a preview from Simpson Desert Bike Challenge 2018 that illustrates the vastness of the Australian Outback. Australia is the perfect example of four season fat-bike fun! Eckart shared this about the shot. Riding into the […]
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes to us from Paul Niebuhr in Chaska, Minnesota. This is what Paul shared about his photo. Here’s a picture of my 2018 Kona Wozo from this spring. This bike is a blast! We’re big fans of having a blast here at the fat dash bike dot com test labs […]
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes to us from north of the border in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada. Dave Laberge shot his 9:Zer0:7 on a beautiful sunny day last Winter on the Écureuil trail at Mont-Tremblant. There’s a network of 60 km of groomed trails for all levels of riders at Tremblant. From the looks of the photo, […]
Foto Gordo is back and comes to us from Phil Newton down in Texas. It seems Phil needed a little mid-ride derailleur adjustment and hoisted his fatty up into that tree like a one hundred percent natural bicycle repair stand. We love getting photos from all over the globe. Foto Gordo is all about sharing […]
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes to us from our amigo Johnclimber over in the UK. He describes his photo as “bivi spot hunting around the sand dunes and woods around Formby (north of the city of Liverpool, England).” You can see more of John’s sterling examples of the fat-bike life abroad on his Flickr […]
Welcome to the local spooky singletrack. The Jefferson County-Trail Builders have been hard at work building a compact set of twisties just south of the Fat Cave. They just added the feature that Ten Beers is sitting on and the humpty-bump has been there for about a year. They’re currently working on the third loop […]
This is episode ten of our Aussie Series of Wallpaper Wednesdays by Eckart Altenkamp. The closest thing we have to this in my neck of the woods are wild turkeys or geese! This is what Eckart shared about this week’s Wallpaper. This picture was taken riding the “Sky Trek” in a 270 square km farm […]
As one of the founders of the Bike Black Ribbon Society all I can say about this photo is “well played old sport.” A person that goes by the pseudonym ‘Dirt Devil’ (must be a vacuum cleaner aficionado) sent us this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday and this is what they shared about their megapixel portrait. What: […]
One of the places that captivated my imagination, ever since I was a kid, is The Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado. My last visit to Great Sand Dunes was over twenty years ago. While I was planning my 2018 Road Trip out west, I saw that the National Park Service allows fat-bikes on […]
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes to us from Bob Wightman. The shot was taken near Skipton on the Leeds to Liverpool Canal in the north of England. Here’s what Bob had to say about this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday Autumn is starting to show its hand here in the UK and there was a mist […]
Taustakuva Keskiviikkona is Wallpaper Wednesday in Finnish. This week’s Taustakuva Keskiviikkona comes to us from Antti Hakonen. Here’s what Antti shared about this week’s new gorgeous wallpaper image. Here’s my candidate for Taustakuva Keskiviikkona. I was going to shoot some sunset photos at a nearby lakeshore but got distracted and shot pics of my Pole […]
Will Muecke sent us this photo of Playa Esterillos Oeste on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. September is their rainy season, so this was just after the late-day thunderstorms rolled through and left the sky boiling with heavy clouds. Dusk — just around 530/6PM. Beautiful, briny warm air filled with that post-sunset in Blue […]
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday is from Philippe Deshaies. He sent us this beautiful portrait of his whip surrounded by the arboreal splendor of Sentiers du Moulin in Quebec. This is what Philippe shared about his Wallpaper Wednesday contribution. This is my Norco Ithaqua today at the Sentiers du Moulin, a mountain bike destination 20 minutes North of […]
Michael Klausnitzer answered the call for Fat & Plus Bike pixels with this romantic lakeside composition. This is what he had to say about his contribution. Hope you’ll like some pics from my own favourite fatties… I’ve read your call for pics in one of the last articles – Fat Video Tuesday ♦ #BAMfatbike2018 ♦ By Tom Ice. fat-bike.com is […]
This is our August installment of our Aussie Wallpaper Series by our amigo Eckart Altenkamp. Eckart took this shot while out riding on a salt lake in Southern Austrailia. Got your own Wallpaper Worthy Photo? We love to feature your fat-bike photos from around the world! If you’ve got a fat-bike related image that you feel […]
Simon aka: Super Domestique supplied this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday from across the pond. Here’s what he had to say about his photo. Given the callout for wallpaper worthy pics, I’m hoping my Pugs in the mist might be good enough to fit the bill! It’s not the most up to date pic as the Pugs […]
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes to us from Monte McAnulty. Monte named his Ti Motobecane Night Train ‘Fat Elvis’. He shared this beautiful shot of Elvis after a nice rain up in Cottonwood Canyon, Nevada. Got your own Wallpaper Worthy Photo? We love to feature your fat-bike photos from around the world! If you’ve got […]
Welcome to the dog days kats and kitties. Augustus Maximus in the house and it’s the fucking weekend! So here’s a shot of a three-year-old Ti Motobecane Nighttrain (just a toddler) near Lake Mead in Nevada. Last time I checked, it doesn’t snow in Vegas but it’s surrounded by some of the best snow impersonators in the game. […]
Betsy Williford shared this week’s Wallpaper with us from Colorado and here’s a little bit about this week’s photo. Freshly into bikepacking I loaded up my fatty to test out my setup on what planned to be a daytrip only. I set out from Frisco, Colorado and rode the Ten Mile Creek bike pathway […]
Last December we announced the Bivvy a Month Challenge and our amigo, Tom Ice, has stepped up to the plate and is over half way to earning the Bivvy a Month Challenge merit badge. Our challenge will take you on a journey to discover just how much fun, you can tolerate. Are you up to the […]
