Fat-Bike Radio is proud to present Adam Blake’s New Podcast. We’re playing around with the idea of calling the new show the Pneumatic Podcast. What do you think Adam’s Pneu Podcast should be named? Let us know in the comments. Adam is joined in his Iowa City kitchen by his brother Steve Cannon! They talk […]
When I was a kid my older brother and I used to reenact the great battles on All-Star Wrestling in the living room of our house. Before Hulk Hogan and the WWF, All-Star Wrestling reigned supreme in the 1970s and early 80s. The back of the sofa would served as the top rope as my […]
Crystal Kovacs – Land Run 100 – photos courtesy of Salsa Cycles Leia, Spinner and tio gomez saddle up once again in the luxury executive recording suite located at the Midwest Family Broadcasting Studios on the ‘West Side’ of Wisconsin’s State Capitol to record our take on a variety show dedicated to racing, beer and […]
Danger Gnome Podcast from Trek HQ This episode of the Danger Gnome Podcast was recorded at Trek World Headquarters. We pose questions that came from you folks through our Instagram and fakebook page. If you want to hear what the largest bike company in the world has to say on the subject of fat-bikes. wheel size […]
We interview the winner of the 2019 Iditarod Trail Invitational Race, Tyson Flaharty with questions supplied by fellow ITI Champions, Kevin Breitenbach, John Lackey, Tim Berntson and Jay Petervary. Mark Your Calendars! Tyson’s Sponsors Goldstream Sports – www.goldstreamsports.com AK Gear – www.akgear.com 9:Zero:7 Bikes – www.907bikes.com
Fat-Bike Radio presents the Dose of Fat Podcast coming to you from behind the cheese curtain in a little place some people like to call “the big whiskey”. In show #136 we interview Gary Meyer, the winter trail guru at the Central Oregon Trail Alliance. We’talk about winter trails in the Deschutes National Forest near Bend […]
Where the hell ya been? Some of you may have been wondering about the Fat Camp podcast and what the heck Captain Ken and his sidekick, Andy, are up to these days. Let’s just say it’s been an interesting spring…but the boys are back with some technical talk about fat and plus bikes. In […]
Show #131 was recorded at the Midwest Family Marketing Radio Studios in the City Named After Oscar Madison. Episode #131 is hosted by Leia and Gomez along with Spinner. The crew talks with Jackie Hering and we’re proud to welcome ultra-marathon race legend Pete Basinger to the show. So put us in your ear (hop […]
This week’s fat video Tuesday presentation was recorded by Dan McDonough from Lifetime Adventures at the 2016 Fat Bike Expo. We want to express our gratitude to Kathi Merchant the Director of the Iditarod Trail Invitational for putting us in touch with Dan. This week’s video is a round table discussion about the history of fat-bikes from […]
Our long time amigo and bike mechanic to the stars, Jeff Gillmore, contacted me a couple of years back and suggested that we write a story about Greg Matyas, the founder of Fatback Bikes. So I’ve been collecting information and interviewed some accomplished and noteworthy fat bikers about Greg, while Jeff started to assemble the […]
Jones bikes are unconventional to say the least but amazingly versatile and well thought out bikes. After you listen to our interview, if you are interested in checking more, the first stop is the Jones website and specifically Jeff’s blog where he gets into a lot of detail about the different products and design philosophies. He has also produced […]
Recently, Jill Martindale broke the record for the Arrowhead 135 in the female supported category. Ken and Andy of FatCamp Podcast sat down with her and got all the nitty gritty about her record setting results. Listen in as Ken, Andy and Jill have a conversation about the Arrowhead 135 Links: http://jillmartindale.blogspot.com/ http://45nrth.com/ http://www.grandrapidsbicycles.com/ https://www.niterider.com/
We’re all looking forward to the global phenomenon of Global Fat Bike Day this year but how did it start and who came up with the idea? We asked a couple of guys from the UK who got this awesome idea off the ground. Si Matthews and Ritchie Salt answered a few questions in […]
In 2000, Dave Gray was hired as an industrial designer by, the original Surly gangster, Wakeman Massie. Dave was Surly’s second employee. He was hired along with Tommy HURL Everson, to help take Surly to the next level. He’s the designer of the Surly Pugsley and somewhere back in a hazy beer goggled memory, I heard that he was a […]
We’d like to introduce Olov Stenlund – Swedish fat biker, and the newest columnist at fat dash bike dot com. Olov lives and rides, Swedish Lapland and is an established blogger, podcast’r and adventurer! We look forward to Olov sharing his fatventures with all of us! ~gomez~ Sweden. The fifth largest country in Europe by area. Located […]
We met Wyatt Hrudka, President of Wyatt Bikes located in La Crosse, WI, a few months back at a fat-bike race in eastern Wisconsin where he gave us a sneak peek at his upcoming fat-bike called “The Drift”. Wyatt has been working with Singlespeed bikes and Fixed Gear rides for a few years now and […]
Mi amigo and pro pack slinger, Tupps Becker, gave me the idea to interview his homie, Jeff Gillmore. Between Josh Spice, Kevin Brietenbach and Tupper, I had come to know Jeff and the bikes that he wrenches for some of the biggest names in the Ultra Endurance Fat-Bike Racing. Stars like world record holders, Jeff […]
Dave Wiseman hand crafts fillet-brazed bike frames out of a small shop just outside Chicago and his fat-bikes caught our eye so we prepared this story to tell you all about Dave! (Click on any photo in the story to make it larger!) FB.c – Your interest in frame building was sparked when you moved […]
If I climbed a sacred mountain in the Himalayas to seek tranquility and enlightenment from a wise guy, about bike stuff…I wouldn’t be surprised to find Chewey at the top…sitting in a lawn chair making with the pragmatic – no BS – wisdom. So when he told us that he had prepared a statement to […]
Last week, I shot some questions to Scott Chambers, who is the owner of the Great Lakes Fat Bike Series (GLFBS). The GLFBS is getting ready to kick off it’s second season of fiercely competitive fat-bike races from Minnesota to Michigan. New for the 2014 season – the Great Lakes Fat Bike Series will award equal payouts, […]
Ladies and Gentlemen of the fat-bike community, we are proud to present an interview with northwoods legend – Mr. Paul Bunyan. How is life treating you Paul? Life is good: birds are chirping, trees are falling, axes are swinging. I can’t complain- its hard to remember the last morning I didn’t fill my belly with flapjacks. I […]
Blood In, Blood Out – Written By djonnymac Jesse Lalonde is a regular dude- a regular dude who gets a lot accomplished with little fanfare, content to let the accomplishments speak for themselves. WORS Elite champ, Chequamegon Fat Tire 40 overall winner (on a single speed no less), H8TR100 victor, a regular fixture on the […]
Written By : Casey Buckleitner Photos By : Jack Kunnen Editor’s Note: Fat-Bike.com will be featuring a series of interviews of the best racers from fat-bike hot-spots from around the world in the coming months. When I asked who the man to beat was in Michigan, Jorden Wakeley was the name that I heard over […]
Photo by Josh Spice We first talked with Kevin Breitenbach back in February after he won the Arrowhead 135. Our paths crossed again at Interbike where I got the chance to get to know this rising star of Ultra Endurance Racing. Kevin is really down to earth and laid back. He shared some great insights […]
We’ve been fortunate over the past year to have interviewed several folks with a ton of experience in the fat-bike scene. Small builders, extreme riders, racers, large-brand product managers, icons and regular folks, the amount of info and experience that these people represent for our chosen sport is amazing. Our site tends to be all […]
Lee Kinder from Logan, UT had the opportunity to interview Eric and inquire about his incredible expedition to the south pole on a fat-bike. by Lee Kinder – Photography by – Cycle South – Stephanie Scott Photo credit: Cycle South – Stephanie Scott “Remember, it’s cool to be cold!” quips Polar Explorer/Adventurer Eric Larsen. Indeed […]
We met Greg Matyas out in LasVegas at the Interbike Outdoor Demo last September and asked him for the opportunity for an interview. I hope you enjoy reading Greg’s answers as much as we liked hearing them. FBC ~ Tell us the story of what led you to open Speedway and then start your own […]
Our Amigo, Ben Shockey, from Decorah, told us to look up Matt Gersib if we wanted to talk to someone that was blazing fast on a fat-bike – so we did! Matt has been racing for over twenty years and this year won The Nebraska State Marathon XC Championship – The 6 hour Solo title […]
We caught up with David Gabrys, Brand Manager for 45NRTH, this spring to pose a few questions about what looks like it will be, an incredibly exciting year for fat-bikes. 45 NRTH had an incredible first year. What do you think contributed to the brand’s almost instant success? 45North is the first brand to focus […]
