Fat bikers of the universe we invite you to join us (relatively speaking) on a year-long adventure, the Bivvy a Month challenge. The bivvy a month challenge is a brainchild of one of the many bike packers that frequent the Bear Bones forum (http://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/) in the UK, Kevin Cunniffe aka Blackhound. The rules are simple, […]
It’s the day before Global Fat Bike Day 2017 and it looks like our little grassroots celebration has grown up. One thing that we hope never changes about GFBD are those smiles (photo above) It all started back on the first day of December 2012, as an organic grassroots celebration of fun on fat-bikes. GFBD was […]
Sometimes you just get lucky and conditions are just perfect.Check out the undulating snow crust bike park that nature built for us to play on! Good Times on Fat-Bikes! Download the image and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click on the photo to open the full-sized version which you can right-click to […]
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. […]
It’s the sixth anniversary of the Weekly Dose of Fat! So we’re celebrating with a little trip up north in search of snow! I think I’ve got a bead on where, I’m headed this weekend. Where are you and your tribe riding this weekend? We’re getting set to share our plus bike reviews of […]
We’ve been enjoying an impressive string of warm dry autumn days, that are tailor made for riding in the dirt. I took a sub 24 hour bivy, this week on our Salsa Blackborow out at Kettle and rode Levis and Silver Lake on the Specialized Fatboy Expert. Those bikes are both currently keeping me busy […]
Episode Five of Wide World of Bikes On today’s episode, Carlson sits down with Will Ross from 9:zero:7 bikes! They talk about everything from the origins of 9:zero:7 to how Will got so fast! 9:zero:7 also has a couple new bikes available, a plus bike as well as a gravel grinder. Find out everything about […]
We’ve been waiting for this news since Greg and Fuzzy told us that Fatback would be making a Black on Black Corvus FLT, all the way back at Sea Otter in April of this year. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to review the 2017 Corvus frame this spring/summer and I fell in […]
Fatbike Cairngorm Tour 3. This is the third weekend sortie exploring another glen called Glen Edendon. Like the first tour up Glen Tilt (https://youtu.be/dh5QS2MJ0_o) it runs from the southern edge of the Cairngorms north. The plan was to ride its entire length and do a U turn at the top in to Glen Feshie. However […]
Now you don’t have to wait for winter to get fat. We’ve been working with our amigos at Framed Bikes on a contest that will allow one of our lucky readers to get Fat in the Fall with our Framed Bike Contest. All you have to do is sign up [HERE] before November 1st and […]
Welcome to the Center for Kindness to Fat & Plus Bikes. A place where ‘fun’ is the prime directive. You might think of us as fat dash bike dot com, or the Weekly Dose of Fat or maybe even fat bike radio, but today we’re gonna go old school and share some fat and plus […]
For years I’ve always had a dream of riding somewhere desolate and remote on my bike. I thought that dream was just going to stay a dream as I’m a normal guy with a wife and 3 kids. However, last December during a bivvy ride with my mate, John ‘Climber’ I planted a seed of […]
We’ve got plus and fat-bike testing going on here in Wisconsin and out in Utah. Over in the UK, our amigo, Jeff Price, is leaving on a trip of a lifetime over in Iceland and I’m fresh off of a trip up to Green Bay to ride the beach and then over to Wausau, to […]
On top of it being Independence Day (here in the US), which is my favorite holiday, we get to award the grand prize in our Help Rebuild the Levis Chalet Raffle. We couldn’t have made this happen without industry sponsors! Great people behind great companies that stepped up and help save places like the Levis […]
We receive numerous opportunities to try new products. We get so many that we can’t test them all and some of them just aren’t a good fit for our user group……But every once in awhile we see something unique that fills a need…and if we need it, we figure that it only makes sense […]
Yes, yess….Hot summertime fat’a’plus bike funskis are happ’nin! I just invented a word there and broke every spelling and grammatical convention that the spelling/grammar police hold dear. I’ll have to get working on fat’a’plus t-shirts…..after I properly, celebrate the ruination of las puntas de spelling and grammar. This week, I’m testing a new frame […]
Is it….Late Spring? or early Summer? It’s June and right on time the June Bugs are here. With so much daylight to play with, there’s lots of time to get out on the bike! Things are really cooking behind the scenes, with riding, camping, testing and all kinds of events coming up this month. We thought […]
We all love an epic adventure, whether it’s that week long biking trip you’ve had with friends, an expedition across the arctic or a couple of days away on your local trails. For me last week, I had one of these ‘epic adventures’ which saw me away from the house for just 12 hours. We […]
Howdy fat-bike friends! Our friend from out Ogden way, Mr. Mark Peterson, put together this review of Paul Component Engineering’s 2017 Klamper brake and their Canti-Lever. Form NAHBS to the trails, Mark has the scoop! 2017 Klampers and the Canti-Lever Review – By Mark Peterson I have been a longtime fan of Paul Component’s. I have […]
We’d like everyone to take a moment and remember that movie called Pay it Forward! Last Summer one of our favorite mountain bike trail centers in Wisconsin lost their Chalet to fire. The county had insurance and the building is scheduled to be rebuilt, but the local trail group has plans for some improvements. They set […]
Winter in the UK, the time were riding seems to be a wet affair. However, with spring showing its face one Saturday late in March I thought I’d hatch a plan. Now I’ve took in this route at the start of the ride a few times before. Starting at 1,200 feet I made my way […]
Greg shot this photo during a fat-bike trip to Spencer Glacier in Alaska. Honestly, Greg says, I have no idea how the original settlers survived without fat bikes! The Weekly Dose of Fat – Show Number 125 – Friday, March 24th 2017 Surly’s Paul Zeigle and 2017 Fat Bike Birkie Women’s Champ Leia Schneeberger We’ve got […]
Plus Stuff From the Second Annual Maxxis Summit at Mulberry Gap Maxxis jumped into plus tires in a big way in recent years and has developed what is arguably the most complete lineup of plus sized tires (at least for 27.5+) of any tire company. They have everything from the fast rolling Icon all […]
Dave took this shot of his 9:Zero:7 at The Old Sawmill in Oka, Qc, Canada. A popular spot to take a short brake and snap a picture of your ride. The Abbaye of Oka has a great network of beautiful singletracks for all levels groomed by dedicated snowshoers, no mechanical power needed! Download the appropriate size […]
The 2017 Big Fat Ride and Iditarod Trail Invitational Start by our Alaska Fatbassador, Travis Hubbard. The Big Fat Ride was held on Saturday, February 25th in downtown Anchorage. A total of 375 registered fat-bikers participated in the ride. The weather was perfect, sunshine and temps in the upper 20’s. We’ve had stacks of snow […]
The Weekly Dose of Fat – Show Number 124 – Friday, March 10th 2017 In the studio this week we’ve got, Sven, Zito and JK! On the show this week: We Start the show with The Event of the Week, this week it’s the Fat-bike Birkie in Hayward Wisconsin! We’ll chat with Jerry Wright about […]
After I spent some time getting initial impressions of the Fatback Skookum we had in for testing (you can see the Fatback Skookum Product Spotlight here) I wanted a guy with mad skills to spend some time with the bike and Aristotle Peters is one of those guys. Aris was one of the first people […]
The Weekly Dose of Fat – Show Number 123 – Friday, February 24th 2017 wherein we interview Nate as in the guy the Surly Nate tire was named after, Zito joins us in the studio, Nick Holzem, the points leader in the Hugh Pass Fat-bike Series also stops by plus we’ve got Travis and Chewey […]
We gave tester Chris Zito a Showers Pass Torch Jacket to test a while back. Chris is an avid fat-biker and also a messenger riding daily and year ’round in Milwaukee so let’s check out his report on the Torch! I’m assuming that I was gifted this assignment because of the nature of my current […]
Kurt sent us this fantastic shot of his 9:Zero:7 on a Northern Sweden evening on the Piteå river. Kurt says, “I have cycled for 55 years but FatBike is the most fun!” Download the appropriate size and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click on the link below to open the full-sized version which you […]
Longtime Fat-biker and Ogden, Utah resident, Mark Peterson sent us this report on the 2017 Utah Sweaty Yeti! Fat-biking has grown dramatically in Utah over the past 5 years. There have been many individuals and organizations that have helped the growth of the local Fat-biking scene. The most important factor, for me personally, has been […]
Fat-bike Radio will be back next week with Show #123 and special guest, points leader in the Hugh Jass Fat Bike Series, Mr. Nick Holzem, the Event of the Week, Questions from Listeners, Zito and more! Event of the Week Bike Across the Bay – Washburn, WI – Sunday, Feb 19, 2017 The North Coast […]
Paul took a ride recently to enjoy some frostyness on his Sonder Vir Fortis. The location is the Peak District in Derbyshire, England. Download the appropriate size and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click on the link below to open the full-sized version which you can right-click to save. 1920 x 1440 (4:3) 1920 […]
We get back to basics for show number one hundred and twenty-two with Sven, Gomez and JK Livin taped at the Nut Factory Studios in Milwaukee Wisconsin. This is the weekly dose of fat – show #122 on fat-bike radio. We Start the show with JP and Spinner from The Scandahuvian Festival out in Mount […]
This has been one of those winters where I have been pretty darned stoked to be testing studded tires. It seems like every other weekend has been “studded tire only” conditions due to a big melt and freeze cycle. During this time the 4.6″ studded Terrene Wazia tires have become my best friend because they […]
Erja, from Finland, sent in this photo called “White in a white landscape” This is his White 3 Fat Lite. The photo is from trip to Leivonmäki National Park with his bike. Erja says: “We have a lot of beautiful places and at this moment just enough snow for biking in forests and on ice […]
If any of you have been to an Outdoor Demo during Interbike in Las Vegas you will probably recognize Boulder City as the home of Bootleg Canyon, the shreddin’ MTB Park that is the home of said Outdoor Demo. Well, pretty much at the base of the mountain sits All Mountain Cyclery and, while I […]
Show # 121 was recorded in the Cloud Factory Studios, where Tio Gomez was joined by Evan Larsson, Chris Daisy and features David Glover. This week’s Special Guests are the winners of the Pro Elite USA Cycling Fat-Bike National Championships, Ami Stuart & Cole House. Tonight’s Wardrobe was Provided by sPACYcLOUD Hemp Onesie Grab grandma’s […]
Andy Williams took this photo of Niki Tischhauser riding the Jolly Green Giants fat-bike trail at Grand Targhee Resort in Wyoming. Thanks, Andy! Download it as your own wallpaper. Just click on the link below to open the full-sized version which you can right-click to save. 1920 x 1440 (4:3) Got your own Wallpaper Worthy Photo? […]
Congratulations to all of the new Fat-Bike National Champions! Both the men’s and women’s Pro/Elite Champions, Amy Stuart and Cole House will be guests on Fat-Bike Radio and….you can check out all of the results and all of the new National Champions here – https://www.usacycling.org/results/index.php?year=2017&id=3
The Weekly Dose of Fat Show #120 – Friday, January 27th 2017 The Chris Zito Takeover Episode On the show this week: The event(s) of the week. We to talk to representatives from the world-national-local championships of fun in this week’s triple platinum version of the event of the week We take your fat-bike fast […]
Jürgen sent us this photo of his new, 2017 Canyon DUDE Unlimited. He did his first ride on a beautifull winter day along the Riss River close to his hometown, Biberach, Germany. Download the appropriate size and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click on the link below to open the full-sized version which you can […]
Tio Gomez is joined by Evan and Crazy Chris Daisy, along with Dave Krueger at the Cloud Factory Studio in the celebrity hot tub version of the Weekly Dose of Fat The Weekly Dose of Fat is brought to you the Surly Big Fat Dummy. Learn more about bikes, parts and chaos at surly Bikes dot com. […]
This photo was taken by Rocky Hallows in Dixie National Forest near Cedar City, Utah and Brian Head Ski Resort. The area is called Deer Hollow and they have several miles of groomed fat biking, XC skiing, and snow shoeing trails. The bike is a Surly Ice Cream Truck. Download the appropriate size and use […]
