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 […]
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2022 Sea Otter Bike Expo (Part 2)
By Gomez on April 12, 2022 in 27+, 29+, Accessories, Adventure Bikes, Apparel, B-Fat (27.5 Fat), Bags, Bike Culture, Bikepacking, Bottom Brackets, Business Profiles, Components, Events, FatBikes, Footwear, Forks, Gear, gloves, Gravel Bikes, Grips, Helmets, Interbike, Packs, Plusbikes, Pumps, Seatposts
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 […]
CABDA MidWest SitRep
By Gomez on February 13, 2020 in Adventure Bikes, Bike Culture, Bikepacking, Events, FatBikes, Forks, Gear, Handlebars, Hubs, Packs, Pedals, Pumps, Rims, Tires, Tools
I made a trip to what I like to call the belly of the beast, Schaumburg, Illinois, yesterday to browse groovy cycling wares at the CABDA Midwest Expo. CABDA has been around for a long, long time. Way back in the last century, the shop that I worked at (ABC Cyclery) used to prep and […]
The 2019 Fat Bike Holiday Gift Guide
By Gomez on December 2, 2019 in Accessories, Adventure Bikes, Apparel, Bags, Footwear, Helmets, Packs, Pants, Pumps, Tires, Tops, Wheels
The 2019 Fat-Bike Holiday Gift Guide
PDW Fatty Object Review
A few months back I started a review of the Portland design works Fatty Object thing and did a bench test to see if the 38 g CO2 cartridges would fill a 4-inch fat bike tire. You can see that report here. Over the last few months, I’ve done some testing out in the field with […]
Spring Forward – Trailside Repair Kits
Well, it’s getting towards spring and that means we’ve all made it through yet another winter of fat-bike funskies. This spring we’re going to share some Spring Cleaning and maintenance tips to help everyone celebrate rad adventure and promote safe passage through the warmer months. Today’s spread will feature a few of our test pilot’s […]
PDW Fatty Object – Bench Test
So I’ve been riding around with one of the New PDW Fatty Object CO2 inflator strapped to the seatpost of the bike I’m on, but up until now, hadn’t tested it out, because I only had one full CO2 canister and I didn’t want to waste it on a test. So I started to […]
Preview – Lezyne Micro Floor Drive XL
Back in March we shared the news that the winner of our fat pump shootout was getting fatter and today we’re happy to share our first impressions of the brand new Lezyne Micro Floor Drive XL (MFD/XL). The pump came into the test labs and found it’s home in Otis’s new Custom Frame Bag from the One […]
The Best Pump on the Market is Getting Fatter
We did a little test of portable tire pumps last year (link) and the company that makes the pump that won our 3 pump shootout, Lezyne, has plans to enlarge the air chamber and quite literally make the best fat-bike pump, in the market, even Fatter! These are shots of the prototype and we should be able […]