Join Sven, JK and Tony as they welcome Caressa Givens to the Riverwest Studio at Everyday Cycles for an hour of cycling talk, advocacy and chicanery! Goonies RideCrusher Ride Idea – https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12167681/reggie-lisowskiRic Ocasek – Bye, Bye, Love!Urban Jungle Cross VII reconDammit! I knew I shoulda called you for lunch!!! JK and the Baby Ruth celebration […]
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Fat (video) Tuesday – 1000 Miles to Nome trailer
Here it is…The trailer for the “1000 Miles to Nome” documentary is now available and Fat-Bike.Com gets to be the first to offer it. 1ooo Miles to Nome tells the story of the legendary 1000 Mile Iditarod Trail Invitational race. If you like what you see, pre-order for October 1 delivery is now available – https://www.expandyourpossible.com/online-store/Movies-c35278181All pre-orders receive […]
Danger Gnome Podcast – Greg Gentle & CABDA Show director Jim Kersten
Welcome to the DANGER GNOME! This month’s Danger Gnome Podcast starts out with an interview with our newest Bike Black Ribbon Test Pilot and new Apparel Editor, Mr. Greg Gentle. Have you ever wondered how to become a product tester here at the fat dash bike dot whatever? Listen in on how Greg joined our […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #25 – davelunzdotcom talks Copper Harbor Fest
Sven, JK and Tony are in the studio this week recapping the Steel is Real ride. Plus we talk to Dave Lunz Dot Com about the Copper Harbor Fest, intro Deschutes HandUp IPA beer and discus a few upcoming events.
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #24 – Call-ins a plenty
This week on The Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast: Dave Schlabowske joins Sven, JK and Tony in the studioWe talk SSUSA and other schmack with SpinnerChris Daisy from Zion Cyclery clues us in to the Fatter by the Lake eventsBig Sexy Jason calls in from the road somewhere in Maine Sven’s Schlick Tatanka in 27+ x […]
Fat Bike above the clouds
We’ve all got that idea in our minds prior to going on an overnight camp whether it’s your first time or if you’re a seasoned veteran camper. You know when you want the perfect weather window, no wind, dry not too wrm/cold, great views and basically an overnight trip that will stay in your memory […]
Event Spotlight – Grand Funduro Beach Ride & Ball
Click the Flyer to go to the Event Page Grand Funduro Beach Ride and Ball Schedule of Events Saturday2pm-4pm Arrival and Hotel Check in. Grab a goody bag.4pm Group beach sunset ride to the Dead River (4miles)5pm-7pm Group gravel evening ride to the The Tropics (8miles bring a headlight).7:30 to midnight Dancing and cocktails in […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #23 – MTB Trails – Steel is Real – NICA
Flies on the Mic, traffic outside the shop, jovial chortling, riding with the boy, underwear ride and more on this, the 23rd, episode of the Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast. Garrett liked Sylvan Hills in Wausau the most on our whirlwind trip of 4 MTB trails in two days! Minooka https://www.metromountainbikers.com/minookaLevis http://www.co.clark.wi.us/index.aspx?NID=228 https://www.facebook.com/LevisMound/Sylvan Hills http://www.ci.wausau.wi.us/Departments/Parks/CurrentRecreationPlans/SylvanHillBikeTrails.aspxReforestation Camp […]
2019 GLOBAL FAT-BIKE DAY DESIGN CONTEST
If my math is correct (it usually isn’t) we’re looking down the barrels of Global Fat-Bike Day number 8? GFBD-Ocho! The GFBD LEGEND Eight years, ago a couple of very clever Brits came up with an idea for a grass-roots – worldwide – fat-bike holiday, that would bring the fat-bike community together, like nothing we’ve ever […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #22 – Be Nice with Jason – Michigan Adventure at Jimmys – Riverwest 24
On this week’s Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast from the Everyday Cycles Studio in Milwaukee we’ve got: We call Jason who is on the road seeing state capitals from the seat of his Schwinn Meridian Trike and adventures ensueLunch at Jimmy’s in Montague, Michigan plus chatter about the Michigan adventure to Silver Lake ParkRiverwest 24 memories […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #21 – Interviews With Jeremy From Riverwest 24 and Dave Schlabowske On Bikepacking
This week’s Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast is #21 and we have interviews with Jeremy Prach from the Riverwest 24, Dave Schlabowske talks Bikepacking and we have an on the road check-in from Jason Beckhouse who is riding to all the state capitols on his Schwinn Meridian Trike!If you’d like to support Jason on his adventure, […]
Fat-Tribe Thursday (WI-Italy-MI-India)
Fat-Tribe Thursday is a distant cousin of Throwback Thursday. Back in the day, we used to share photos from fat-bikers from around the world under the byline ‘Fat-Tribe Thursday’. It’s sort of like a modernized version of the “Magic Mirror” bit at the end of Romper Room. I don’t remember why we picked Thursday, but […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #20 – Interview With Vince from Chumba USA
The main portion of today’s show is a nice talk with Vince Colvin from Chumba USA! We chat about: BikesAlex racing the Tour DivideSSUSA coming up in Austina bunch of other stuff! Besides our ChumbaChat we delve into: Fatbike Zion Beach CleanupMike’s trip eastFancy wheelsThe Roll Bicycles GR:1Upcoming eventsother stuff I forgot. Listen to the […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #19 – Blingfest at the Shop
Fat Tire Tour of Milwaukee 35 RecapDaikaiju in MKE! Blingfest at the Everyday Cycles Shop Onyx Racing Products Fatbike hubs for Sam’s Chumba Ursa Major! Bling! Hope Pro 4 Hubs for Terrapin’s custom Surly Ogre build. Bailey Works Bags arrived at Everyday Cycles in Milwaukee! Very nice stuff! Bailey Works Citi Pack Large and Small […]
The Weekly Dose of Fat – Summer Solstice Special Edition
509 Jabit III 27.5+ at Hartmans Creek State Park (WI) Photo by Kurt Geiger Welcome to Summer 2019! We thought that it would be nice to celebrate the first day of Summer with an old school WDoF post like we used to do before we started the podcast with the same name. I’m headed to […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #18 – Catching Up with the Crew
Show 18 of the Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast finds the boys chatting about events past and future, general tomfoolery and, perhaps, some useful knowledge! Tony, Dave and I rode down to South Milwaukee for the unveiling of the bronze statue of “The Crusher”. Beloved by generations of wrestling fans Reginald Lisowski was an inspiration to […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #17 – Wisconsin BikeFed’s Dave Schlabowske Talks Advocacy – Hunting – Pocket Knives and More
Wisconsin BikeFed’s Executive Director, Dave Schlabowske, talks bike advocacy, hunting, pocket knives, venison sausage and more. Resources: wisconsinbikefed.orgPolish Moon Rideeverydaycycles.com
Foto Gordo – Webster Park
This month’s Foto Gordo contest winner is David Tinnes! David regularly shares his fatventures with us. His perseverance alone won him some schwag a few months back, but this month he’s the Foto Gordo Grand Prize Winner. We even swapped out a different t-shirt so it would fit Dave. I think this might be the […]
Growler Grabber – Secure Transport – Easy Access!
Words by Tony Berger, Photos Tony and Greg Smith Were you a fan of “That Seventies Show” like I was? Do you remember the episode where Hyde made the pot brownies to sell at the bake sale and Eric’s parents accidentally ate them and Red ended up selling the Vista Cruiser? “It’s a Vista Cruiser, […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #16 – Talking Touring With Jeff
Some stalker of Co-Host JK Livin’ took this shot on a ride by during show taping! This week the Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast has in-studio guest Jeff talking about minimalist touring and his up coming 4100-mile cross continent adventure coming up in June. No fat-bikes were harmed in the recording or this episode! Resources from […]
MAY FOTO GORDO CONTEST
Before we get into our May Foto Gordo Contest, let’s award some prizes to some folks that attended our ultra smurfy beach bike rodeo from last weekend! Best Jello Mold Morpheus Mash-up goes to – Erv Sparks! Steve Pirelli – Puff the Magic Dragon Wins Best Costume Best Crash goes to Greg Hahn with an […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #15 – FunDuro Talk – Spinner Calls In and Makes the Show Interesting
FunDuro Coverage and Check out the Gallery Remember this oldie but Goodie? Still funny 7 years later and the Pug we Pimpped has come back home to Milwaukee to roost! We visited Rascals in Port Washington, a couple of times!http://rascalsongrand.com Kenny Wins some Wheels Funduro Sponsors include: Surly Bikes – http://surlybikes.com/ Framed Bikes – https://www.framedbikes.com/ Fatback Bikes […]
First Look – Framed Marquette – Carbon Drop-Bar Adventure
Some of our more detail-oriented readers may notice that this article is not about a plus or fat bike. We’ve decided to expand our horizons and while our site may be schpelt fat-bike.com, we’re encouraging our amigos to adopt a modified pronunciation that sounds more like fun-bike.com. This spring we’re poised to launch a series […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #14 – 414 Day in MKE Plus Madtown Checkin
Catchin Up wit da Boyz 4/14 in the 414Tommy HeldJesse and the James GangDaikiju Tommy Held on 4/14 in the 414 at Bremen Cafe CAMBA shut down their groomed winter trails after a great fatbike season. Some notes: Volunteers and staff battled record snowfall totals (over three feet in February!)Cold weathergroomer breakdownsOver 600 hours spent […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – Michigami Flotilla
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 […]
The Dose of Fat Podcast – Show #144 – with Special Guest Crystal Kovacs
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 […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #13 – Spring Weather Gets Milwaukee Rolling
Spring has sprung, folks are coming into the shop Tony brought Landoaeger sausage from Held’s Resurrection of Fatberger, Schlick Cycles fat-bike #1! Trailer Park Boys Greasy Money Pabst Brewery and Best Place Pub and tours of the old brewery• Starting place of the Fat Tire Tour of Milwaukee Ride on Saturday June 15th, 2019• Theme […]
Foto Gordo March Winner!
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 […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – Aussie Series 3/27/19
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 […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #12 – St Paddy’s Day Rides
Playing bikes on the skating rink – Photo courtesy of Fyxation! Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #12 Justin Timberline’s REAL Birthday Ride Growler Holder – http://growlergrabber.com The best cycling route from the Eastside MKE to McBob’s St Paddy’s Day Parade – Windy and Rainy Held’s Beef Jerky Our Beer – Founder’s All Day IPA There’s always […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #11 – Nuke Plant Ride in Zion
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #11 – Nuke Plant Ride in Zion On today’s show: Tony’s furnace Zion Fat Sundays Ride at Illinois Beach State Park zioncyclery.com Dave Video The Old Zion Nuke Plant White Castle New In the Everyday Cycles Shop Club Ride Spring/Summer 2019 Clothing RoadRunner Bags Black Husky Godfather Beer Growler Grabber https://growlergrabber.com […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #10 – Back From Sin City
#10 Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast It’s the Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast with Sven and JK!Plus, in studio guest, Tony Berger! Call in while we record or leave us a message at 717-727-2453 and we will include it in our next show! Remember how we talked about how warm it had been in Wisconi a couple […]
45NRTH Dillinger 27.5×4.0 Review
As I was loading up the super blingy Why Cycles Big Iron outfitted with Enve Fat Fork and M685 Wheels for testing (First Look here), Uncle Gomez says “Here – try these out while you’re at it and tell me what you think . . .” as he shoves two folded up 27.5×4.0 45NRTH Dillingers […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #9 – We got snow!
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #9 – We got snow! Going to Swingin’ Door! https://www.swingindoorexchange.com Tire talk Kenda Juggernaut Dillinger 5 Colds a coming! Orange Seal Sub Zero Smelling Muc-Off Chumba Ti Stella coming into the house! http://chumbausa.com Chumba Ursa Major https://everydaycycles.com/collections/frames/products/ursa-major-titanium-fatbike-frame Rinding on the The People’s Riverwest Ice Rink Who’s not comfy? Lentil, Lentil, Lentil! […]
Foto Gordo – January’s Contest Winner & February Foto Gordo Contest Announcement!
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 […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #8 – The Return of Mark Peterson!
#8 Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast – The Return of Mark Peterson! It’s that time folks, un-scripted, unedited, uncool and hassling that part of your brain where your common sense used to be, it’s the Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast with Sven and JK… Special guest Tone Berger Riding Blue Diamond with Andrew and Marcus Rubber Duckie […]
Event Spotlight – US Open Fat Bike Beach Race News Release
US Open Fat Bike Beach Race – March 22-24, 2019 Elite division starting line – US Open Fat Bike Beach Championship – Courtesy Bill Sessoms WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC – Already the largest fat bike beach race on the East coast and named one of the Top-20 festivals and events in 2018 by the […]
Foto Gordo – January Contest
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 […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #7 – Come Gather Round Ye Children!
Yupper doodle, I’m out in ‘Vegas for a bit but JK and I made with the knob twiddling and schmack talking before I left to give you your bi-weekly fix of the Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast! So Gather ’round Ye Children, ’cause I think this show is PG-13 or better and it may, or may […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #6 – Cole House Interview – 12-26-18
It is that time again, time for you all to listen to Sven and JK as they discuss stuff on episode #6 of The Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast Holiday continues, happy boxing day Warm weather and riding the city Sven and JK had a Play Day last Monday, Loaded Slate, Zads, Nomad, Uptowner and other points […]
Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast #5 12-12-18
#5 Full Spectrum Cycling Podcast Sven and JK are back with Carlos lurking in the background talking about these topics, and more, in no particular order! Chumba Ursa Major deal Call-in line is acquired! Leave us a message while we finish up the hardware install to get our listener call-in line live and ready for […]
2018 Global Fat-Bike Day – Ride Guide
2018 Global Fat-Bike Day Celebrations! Tag your photos with #gfbd2018 Northern Italy – Altopiano di Asiago, near the city of Vicenza – https://www.facebook.com/events/961865113969088/ Northern Illinois – Lakewood Forest Preserve – https://www.facebook.com/events/1153558161459627/ West Central Wisconsin – Levis Trow Mounds – https://www.facebook.com/events/633051900450361/ Wisconsin’s Middle Coast – Point Beach State Park – https://www.facebook.com/events/652355225146395/ Pocono Mountain Pennsylvania – https://www.meetup.com/Fc-Cycling-Club/events/255417869/ Sarthe (Le Mans) France – https://www.facebook.com/events/451855421990597/ Connecticut – https://www.facebook.com/events/179989432917221/ […]
Bivvy a Month Challenge #11
Fat Bike Snowdon #BAMfatbike2018 I must admit, I’ve not been ‘feeling it’ the last few months when it came to getting out and that probably showed by the last 3 BAM’s being on the last weekend of the month. I needed that to change, so I picked an area that ‘ticks’ my boxes and […]
Floyd’s of Leadville 25mg CBD Isolate Gel Caps – A Product Review
Floyd’s of Leadville (Yep, that Floyd! Floyd Landis!) has several Cannabidiol (CBD) products and I got my hands on a bottle of their 25mg Soft Gels in the Isolate formulation. No THC, whereas the Full Spectrum version has trace amounts of THC. CBD is an active ingredient in cannabis derived from the hemp plant and the […]