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Reader’s Rides

Every fatbike has a story—and this is where our readers tell theirs. Since 2011, we’ve featured builds, mods, and ride reports straight from the saddle of fatbike riders around the world. From garage-built beasts to custom dream rigs, Reader’s Rides is a celebration of the bikes (and the people) that keep the fatbike spirit rolling.

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FatBikes

Bearclaw Bruno Titanium Fat-Bike – My Build

April 21, 2025 Greg Smith Comments Off on Bearclaw Bruno Titanium Fat-Bike – My Build
Boy howdy, does time fly. I actually finished my Bearclaw Bruno Titanium Fat Bike build the day before heading up […]
Bikepacking

Fatbike to the cottage (summer version)

August 15, 2023 summittoppler 2
Some of you may recall a post (https://fat-bike.com/2022/12/fatbike-to-the-cottage/) and video that I posted back in the winter of me riding […]
Bikepacking

Solstice Bivvy

June 27, 2023 summittoppler Comments Off on Solstice Bivvy
I’ve had a few weeks off the bike recently and with the recent summer solstice falling midweek during a decent […]
Bike Culture

Foto Gordo – Summer Solstice 2023

June 24, 2023 Gomez Comments Off on Foto Gordo – Summer Solstice 2023
It’s been a hell of a great spring for riding in the Big Whiskey. Drought conditions make for some really […]
FatBikes

Customized Sunspeed Spark in India

March 31, 2022 Gomez 2
Sunspeed Bicycles are sold in India and they make a fat bike called the Spark. Sarthak Narayan Rastogi sent us […]
Reader's Rides

Chris Klass – Beach Plastic Cape Town

March 10, 2022 Gomez 3
I came across some photos of Chris’s fat bike all loaded up with litter from the beaches of Cape Town. […]
Destinations

Fat Tribe Thursday – Montana – Idaho – Colorado – Scotland – Oklahoma – New York

September 23, 2021 Gomez Comments Off on Fat Tribe Thursday – Montana – Idaho – Colorado – Scotland – Oklahoma – New York
September is my favorite month of the year. I love the warm days and cool nights. So this month’s Fat-Tribe […]
FFF

Fat Tribe Friday – Get Ready

August 13, 2021 Gomez Comments Off on Fat Tribe Friday – Get Ready
I think it was Grand Funk Railroad that said “Get Ready cuz here I come. Are you ready for some […]
B-Fat (27.5 Fat)

Reader’s Ride(s) Adam Blake’s Salsa Beargrease aka Buzz Lightyear

July 22, 2021 Gomez Comments Off on Reader’s Ride(s) Adam Blake’s Salsa Beargrease aka Buzz Lightyear
The Details Bicycle Base: Salsa Beargrease 2019 GX style with Kingpin Deluxe fork Hbar: Whisky 31.8 750mm width Stem: Paul […]
27+

Project Fox Shox – by Tim Mallard

July 19, 2021 Gomez 5
Put yourself in the “way back machine”. Way back to 1997. You are 14 years old and on summer break. […]
Klunkers

Reader’s Ride(s) Philip Rohrer’s Stooge

July 5, 2021 Gomez 1
Editor’s Note: After seeing the Reader’s Ride(s) post about Angry Andy’s Ritchey P29 singlespeed, Philip Rohrer sent us some shots […]
Reader's Rides

Reader’s Rides (Singlespeed Edition) – Angry Andy’s Ritchey P-29

June 8, 2021 Gomez 2
Ritchey P29 Singlespeed! #bikeporn #singlespeedcenterfold #steelisreal

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Fattie Approved

Fat-Tribe Thursday

May 27, 2021 Gomez Comments Off on Fat-Tribe Thursday
Today we celebrate our readers with some photos of their rides and a few words about the sort of bike […]
Adventure Bikes

Rider Profile – Damian Drobyk

March 30, 2021 Gomez Comments Off on Rider Profile – Damian Drobyk
Damian Drobyk is a paramedic from Poland. He’s ridden his bike and traveled across six continents (66 countries). His expeditions […]
Reader's Rides

Fat-Tribe Funski’s – Coast to Coast and Around the World

March 11, 2021 Gomez Comments Off on Fat-Tribe Funski’s – Coast to Coast and Around the World
We’re back with fat-tribe funskis from our readers, so let’s dive right in! A wee bit of the green for […]
FFF

Fat-Tribe Funskis – Sweden, Massachusetts, Oregon, Alberta, Ontario, Iowa, New Hampshire, India & New York!

February 27, 2021 Gomez Comments Off on Fat-Tribe Funskis – Sweden, Massachusetts, Oregon, Alberta, Ontario, Iowa, New Hampshire, India & New York!
Klas Mathiasson sent us this shot from northern Sweden. Klas explained that he’s running Pringles instead of water because water […]
Beach Riding

Fat-Tribe Funskis

February 13, 2021 Gomez Comments Off on Fat-Tribe Funskis
We’re back with another Faturday morning post featuring photos from our readers from all over the place. Let’s get right […]
Bike Culture

Fat Tribe Faturday

January 30, 2021 Gomez Comments Off on Fat Tribe Faturday
Our readers generously share their fat-bike fun with us in so many different channels from all over the globe. Today […]
Bike Culture

Reader’s Ride(s) – Jake the Snake’s Smoke’n Flume

December 1, 2020 Gomez 1
Normally we feature the bike of one of our readers in a Reader’s Ride(s) column, but today we’re taking a […]
Beach Riding

Fat Tribe Tuesday

August 18, 2020 Gomez Comments Off on Fat Tribe Tuesday
It’s August amigos! It’s almost time for the great gnome migration to begin and we’re smack dab, in the middle […]
Reader's Rides

Reader’s Ride(s) – Joel’s Rocky Mountain Blizzard

August 10, 2020 Gomez 2
Editor’s Note: Joel sent us the photos featured in today’s post to share his new build. We asked him if […]
Bike Culture

Fat Tribe Friday! New Hampshire – California – Massachusetts – Michigan – Colorado – Wisconsin – Alabama

May 8, 2020 Gomez 1
Fat-Tribe Friday is back with a coast to coast – North, East, South & West – all across the US […]
Reader's Rides

Reader’s Ride(s) – The Big Crosley (BFD+Crosscheck+Pugsley)

October 21, 2019 Gomez 1
Paul Wackowski sent us some shots of his creation ‘The Big Crosley’. Paul lives in California’s Central Valley. He learned […]
FatBikes

Reader’s Ride(s) – Quadangle Fat-Bike

October 10, 2019 Gomez 4
Custom Quadrangle Fat! made in Kalispell Montana.

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Bikepacking

Summer Solstice Bivvy

July 8, 2019 summittoppler Comments Off on Summer Solstice Bivvy
June 21st and the summer solstice luckily fell on a Friday, and luckily for me I finish work early on […]
B-Fat (27.5 Fat)

My New Trek Farley – By Will Ross

February 7, 2019 Gomez 5
(Editor’s Note) – The following is from our old friend Will Ross! Will recently made a career move to the […]
Bike Black Ribbon

Reader’s Ride(s) – JP’s Ti REEB DonkaDonk 

January 17, 2019 Gomez 14
JP gets REEB’ed  by  JP Syverud  Well, it finally happened.  My dream has finally come true.  I got REEB’d!  I have always wanted to have a […]
27+

The First 60 Days with a Surly Midnight Special – By Ron Stawicki

June 7, 2018 Gomez 8
60 Days of a Midnight Special (Disclaimer: This is my personal bike I purchased from my local bike shop. Since […]
Bikepacking

The Shadow of Ausangate By Iohan Gueorguiev

May 14, 2018 Gomez 2
  It has been almost 5 months here in Peru and just like any other long stay like that I […]
FatBikes

Borealis Aspen Crestone – Photo Spread – by David Kreuger

December 14, 2017 Gomez 3
Ed ~ We would usually publish this sort of article under our ‘Reader’s Ride(s)’ category, but Dave is the Head […]
Bikepacking

Halloween Bivvy – by Jeff Price

November 7, 2017 summittoppler 3
A last minute change of plans saw a window of opportunity open up for me to get out in the […]
FatBikes

Reader’s Ride(s) – Custom BTR Roamer by Olov Stenlund

September 4, 2017 Gomez 4
I don’t know for how long, but getting a custom built frame, has been a dream since long before I […]
Destinations

Fat Bike Iceland

August 8, 2017 summittoppler 6
For years I’ve always had a dream of riding somewhere desolate and remote on my bike. I thought that dream […]
Reader's Rides

Tribal Thursday – Reader’s Rigs

August 3, 2017 Gomez 1
The dog days of summer bring the return of Fat-Tribe Thursday. This is where we like to show off some […]
Destinations

Fat (video) Tuesday – Seven Summits in Wales

April 4, 2017 summittoppler 2
Winter in the UK, the time were riding seems to be a wet affair. However, with spring showing its face […]
FatBikes

Reader’s Ride(s) – JP’s Parade of Bikes

January 23, 2017 Gomez 4
We’ve published a series of articles about the bikes that our reader’s ride, but I don’t think I’ve ever met […]
FatBikes

Reader’s Ride(s) – Everybody wants to Get a Lil’ Rad

December 22, 2016 Gomez 3
  A couple of years ago, we predicted that kids fat-bikes might reach Stingray or PK Ripper status for the current generation […]
Reader's Rides

Reader’s Ride(s) – Brad’s Family Fat-biking!

September 29, 2016 Greg Smith 4
Earlier in the summer Brad sent me a note with a photo of his son Noah and Noah’s Specialized Fat […]
Reader's Rides

Reader’s Ride(s) – Roxy’s SE Bikes F@R

September 5, 2016 Greg Smith 1
They say to never shop on an empty stomach, apparently that applies to the bike store too. On an innocent […]
FatBikes

Reader’s Ride(s) – Riley’s Wyatt Driftless

April 14, 2016 Gomez 1
Wyatt Driftless: Endless Fun The bicycle has come a long way. Going to the real definition of “balloon tires”, the […]
Reader's Rides

Reader’s Ride(s) – Ken’s Wooden Fat Bike!

April 5, 2016 Greg Smith 3
Ken sent us this story about a unique wooden fat-bike he built and how the design progressed to what you […]
Reader's Rides

Reader’s Ride(s) – Thomas’ Norwegian Beargrease

March 10, 2016 Greg Smith 2
Winter greetings from Slemmestad (“Badlands”) in Norway. I’m Thomas and I’m a happy owner of a Beargrease XX1 with some […]
Reader's Rides

Reader’s Ride(s) – Nathin’s Custom ERB Fat-bike

March 7, 2016 Greg Smith Comments Off on Reader’s Ride(s) – Nathin’s Custom ERB Fat-bike
Nathin recently sent me a teaser photo of a VERY interesting fat-bike and now has this report on a customized […]
Reader's Rides

Reader’s Ride(s) – Reid’s Upgraded Mongoose Dolomite

February 16, 2016 Greg Smith 17
Reid sent in the first image of this story as a Wallpaper Wednesday but when I sent him a request […]

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