It’s been a long time since I’ve walked the floors of a convention center filled with the latest and greatest products from the bicycle industry, but earlier this week, I laced up a pair of comfortable shoes and drove down to Schaumburg, Illinois to explore the aisles of the CABDA show. CABDA isn’t open to […]
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Borealis Tejon Review – by A. Amstutz
Alice & the Borealis Tejon It’s been a busy summer. Parts of the family spent time in Central America, others spent time in northern Ontario, and some did the premiere midwest mountain bike road trip. Between all the coming and going, we still made time to hit our local trails and what’s left of our […]
900 miles through Alaska Part 3: The Denali Park Road and Parks Highway
Our family spent 3 weeks biking 900 miles in Alaska. This is the third of three parts describing our journey. Read Part One Here and Part Two Here. After a day and a half of rest, much-needed showers, laundry, and resupplying on food, while binge eating pizza and ice cream, we started the next segment […]
900 miles through Alaska: Part 2 Anchorage to Cantwell
By Becky, Bryon & April Vordermann on September 11, 2018 in Accessories, Bags, Bikepacking, Destinations, Kids
Our family spent 3 weeks biking 900 miles in Alaska. This is the second part of three parts describing our journey. Click here to read Part One. Our adventures of fat biking through Alaska began in the city of Anchorage. Anchorage is a typical metropolitan area. There are tall buildings, lots of traffic, and plenty of […]
Idaho Hot Springs by Becky and Bryon Vordermann
The Idaho Hot Springs Mountain Bike Route, by Adventure Cycling, is a 517 mile main route, with several single track options. Months ago, we decided we wanted to tackle the main route in whole this summer. We picked two weeks in June after school ended and decided we would start in the Sun Valley area, […]
Spring into Bikepacking: Grand Staircase-Escalante – by Becky and Bryon Vordermann
A few months ago, we had decided we wanted to bikepack in Grand Staircase-Escalante. After many weeks of cold and clouds, our family was ready to head south to the desert for spring break. Neither Bryon nor myself had heard of the national monument, until this past year. After spending 3 days riding close […]
Kali Adventure Club – Part 1 – By Will Ross
About a week and a half ago at Chain Reaction Cycles where I’m the Service Manager, I overheard some news that some 9:ZERO:7 Bikes were headed up to a school on the Arctic Slope of Alaska. I thought that it was super cool that a school was getting bikes, but didn’t think much more about it. […]
Specialized Riprock Expert 24+ Review by Andy Amstutz
So word on the street in my neighborhood is that my kids burn through bikes faster than the Brady Bunch burns through laundry detergent. What only a few are aware of is, that they are simply testing fat and plus bikes for the Bike Black Ribbon Test Pilot – Youth Division. Lately they have […]
First Look – Specialized RipRock 24” Plus Bike by Andy Amstutz
So much for the playground. The second installment of kids fat and plus bikes reviews is coming to you from Fat-Bike.com. This time it’s in the form of a Specialized RipRock 24” plus bike. Leave it up to my “becoming-a-better-friend-everyday” fat and plus bike guru, Gomez, to secretly have a FedEx box shipped to my […]
PSA ♦ Kids, Teach your Parents to Derby
I’ve been noticing lately that when I attend local fat-bike gatherings, there are either very few participants or (gasp!) no derby, called – or celebrated. A fat-bike group ride without a derby or three, is the slippery slope to the dark side of the force – the tiny leak that eventually let’s the all the […]
Neat Mike Shares Info on His Son’s 20″ Mongoose Massif With Mods
You may recall that a while back we did a story on many of the currently available fat-bikes that are aimed at kids and I asked for readers to send me their impressions if they’ve owned a 20” or 24” fat-bike that one of their kids was riding. Neat Mike from NorthEast Alternative Transportation Bicycles up […]
Tom Talks About His Son’s 24″ Specialized Fatboy
Before the Holidays we did a bit on many of the currently available fat-bikes that are aimed at kids and I asked for readers to send me their impressions if they’ve owned a 20” or 24” fat-bike that one of their kids was riding. Tom, from Edmonton, sent us this story on the Specialized Fatboy […]