Brian from across the lake in Holland, MI shot us this story about his Rohloff equipped 9:Zero:7. I love single track MTB, but good trails are about an hour drive. My back yard has 2+ square miles of dune trails that deposit on to an undeveloped stretch of prime Lake Michigan shore. I have run […]
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Writer’s Ride(s) ~ Thilver the house Krampus
We started hearing rumors about Surly’s new 29+ bike about this time last year and by the time Interbike rolled around we were all frothing at the mouths in anticipation of getting a chance to throw a leg over one and take it for a ride. If you haven’t heard…..Twenty-Nine Plus is an expansion of […]
Reader’s Ride(s) – Something Wicked This Way Comes
Written by Spinner Ryerson This is my Krampus. It’s my coolest bike ever. I think it’s cooler than yours, but that’s arguably arguable. The only things cooler that I can think of are: Absolute Zero and possibly Bill Murray. In that order. With the green frame I had a few ideas for color combos. I […]
Fat-Tribe Thursday ♦ Whiskey – Colorado – Whiskey – Anchorage – Michigan
First up in the video spotlight is Wisconsin’s own Nathan Long! He shot some of his buds out on a night ride at Northwest Park near Eau Claire. Eric Prinster joins a long list of folks that have shared their first fat-bike rides with us! Eric is from Palisades, Colorado. Our amigo Michael Lemberger was […]
Fat Tribe Thursday ♦ New York – Australia – MPLS – Michigami – Shock-Talk!
First up is a video of Putu and Mr. Bane hitting the beach in Long Beach, NY Ken sent us a shot of his brand new 9:Zero:7 on its maiden voyage on Rosedale Beach, near Batemans Bay, on the east coast Australia about 300km south of Sydney. Mitchell Hoffman sent us this shot of “Trent […]
Reader’s Ride(s) – Moots from Hell! – Michigan
Our amigo, Jason Aric Jones lives in Hell, Michigan, home of the famous Potawatomi Trail. Until last year, he owned one of the earliest Fat Bikes ever made — an early (2003?) one-off – Moots “Snoots Snowbike” that he purchased at InterBike from the former Head Welder at Moots, Brad Bingham.. It had Remolino Sand Rims […]
FAT-Tribe Thursday ♦ Michigan – MPLS – Colorado – WI – Connecticut
First up, on this weeks Fat-Tribe Thursday is a Fat-Tuesday Race video from our amigos at Einsteins in Traverse City – Laissez les bons temps rouler! Chris Zito shot this up in MPLS a few weeks ago, on the way to the falls Joe McManus shot these near his home in the Indian Peaks of Colorado. Joe’s […]
Cog Bike Cafe Belt Drive Neck Romancer from Australia
Damian from Cog Bike Cafe in Australia sent in these pix of a Neck Romancer that they converted to belt compatibility for a customer and then finished it off with Rohloff build! Here is a run down on the parts: Surly Neck Romancer with Belt Drive Conversion Gates Belt Drive Red Rohloff Speedhub Red 135mm […]
FAT-Tribe Thursday ♦ Colorado – WI – MI – Utah – WI
Our first 3 shots this week come from Max Cooper by way of his amigo Kevin Ott. Kevin shot them at the fat-bike race in Crested Butte a couple of weeks ago. Max lives in Telluride and is hosting the Stomparillaz event there on February 23rd. Max – Stunt Research! Lucky 13 Custom Machines: Chad […]
Reader’s Ride(s) – Mike’s UK Moonlander
Mike from the United Kingdom sent us this report about his Moonlander. I’d like to share the story of my recent Moonlander build as I think that I might have some snippets of information which others might find useful and generally aren’t found anywhere else on the Internet and are not that obvious. I’ve been […]
Fat Foto Friday ♦ Finnish Double Feature
Juha Liukkonen shot these two ghostly images riding his sweet Snowblind Pugsley on some snow packed trails near Ristiina, Finland. You can check out Jula’s blog at www.liukkonen.net and view his rad pug build here – Pug’s Year -gallery. Fat Foto Friday is a weekly feature where we try to help kick off everyone’s fat-bike weekend(s)s with a little Fat […]
Fat-Tribe Thursday ♥ Fiesta de el San Valentín!
Happy Valentine’s Day! Aileen and Marley out for a ride! Jessica Johnson took this great shot of a romantic Florida Sunset – See more at http://glittergravel.com/ Sue and Ron, from Minnesota and their Fat Tandem = True Love Ricky and Jo with some love for fat-bike.com! Our long-time amigos – Sue & Craig! My dear friends, […]
Reader’s Ride(s) ~ Fat Mother Trucker
Our amigo Casey Buckleitner, from way up at the fingertip of the MItten texted me some spy shots of this Fat-Tandem and I just had to contact the owner to get the story on this beast! Seth Kleinglass runs Sweet Bikes in Canton Michigan, just outside of Detroit. Seth works with a welder and fabricator […]
FAT-TRIBE Thursday – Yorkshire, Iowa, Minnesota & London England!
This week Ed Oxley shares his second video with us shot between Hebden Bridge and Ribblehead in Yorkshire, England. Todd Shenker sent us a pic of his bike on the shores of Saylorville Lake in Johnston, Iowa. He added “It was 50 degrees that day. I was riding on top of the ice on the shore. […]
Reader’s Ride(s) – The Fat Pearl
Burnsey from over there at Single Speed Pirate sent us info on his latest singlespeed fat-bike build for you all to check out! Here goes! Does a bike-building addiction come standard issue, as a part of the cycling experience? I’m not sure what to do, as I am on a constant mission after many years […]
FAT-TRIBE Thursday – Switzerland, Michigan, Colorado, Massachusetts, Wisconsin
Week #3 of Fat-Tribe Thursday and the hits just keep on coming! Urs Grütter sent us a video showing some fat-biking near Berne Switzerland! We’re like the international house of fat-bikes! Woody from Michigan, sent us this shot of his camp, on the world Famous Potawatomi trail.( The Poto ) He’s getting ready for Arrowhead […]
FAT-TRIBE Thursday – Idaho, Alaska, Michigan, Quebec & Australia!
It’s our second installment of Fat-Tribe Thursday and you guys continue to amaze us with your contributions! Keep up the clicking and the sending, with the riding and the smiling! This week’s video came in from Scott & Ailene Frey and they had this to say. “We have a friend in West Virginia who has taunted […]
FAT-TRIBE Thursday – Idaho, Alaska, Michigan, Quebec & Australia!
It’s our second installment of Fat-Tribe Thursday and you guys continue to amaze us with your contributions! Keep up the clicking and the sending, with the riding and the smiling! This week’s video came in from Scott & Ailene Frey and they had this to say. “We have a friend in West Virginia who has taunted […]
FAT-TRIBE Thursday
All of you have been so great at sending us photos and videos of your fat-bike fun that we decided to create a spot on our calendar, where we can share them with everyone! Every week or two, on Thursday, we’ll share contributions from the World Wide Fat-Bike Tribe. Please feel free to exercise your […]
Quiring Eye Candy!
We received some Holiday Greetings from our amigo, Scott Quiring along with some pictures of a couple of fat-bikes that he’s been working on in December. We featured a Builder Profile on Quiring Cycles last April. Here’s some great news for you Ti fans out there, Scott tells us that he’s currently working on creating […]
Reader’s Ride(s) ~ El Pugnago
Written by Drew ♦ Photos by Kim and Drew I’ve enjoyed riding on snow since the first year I got ‘into’ mountain biking. My second race ever was one of the Hillside ‘Cold Bear Series’ events. After a handful of Hillside races and a couple of times participating in Triple D I was, honestly, still […]
Reader’s Rides – Marvin the Moonlander
Fat-bike.com reader, Mark Peterson, hails from Salt Lake City, UT and sent in this story about his Moonlander, “Marvin the Martian”, along with a bunch of pix of the upgrades he’s done. For all you “green” fans out there, Mark has scoured the globe to find anodized green goodness! I have always loved my bikes. […]
Reader’s Ride(s) ~ Jeroen’s Custom FatTi BR
Jeroen’s Custom FatTi BR – by Jeroen Oomkens A short introduction of the builder of this bike, he’s a guy from the Netherlands, and yes, that’s the country which is really flat. So why go fat? He got a fancy for engineering and he likes his bikes. It started two years ago with his very first […]
Readers Ride(s) ~ MID-LIFE MUKLUK {Ti}
Here’s a reader’s ride – slash review – slash bed-time story, from one of my ride buddies that I started riding with, back when Cannondale’s mtb’s used to have 24″ rear wheels (over 25 years ago). Andy was always a pain in the ass to go riding with, because he was so f’ing fast and […]
Fatbiking in Finland Part III – The Bikes
Finally it’s time to introduce some of the fatbikes found here in Finland. There are probably close to 50 fatbikes in all, and quite many of the owners are active in the Finnish bicycling forum, www.fillarifoorumi.fi. We have our own conversation thread for fatbikes, called ‘The Official™ fatbike-thread’. Here is a selection of some of […]
Reader’s Ride(s) – Grave Digger Pug
This is the bike that delivered Colin Ford the Wisconsin State Team Fat-bike Championship, and the Pugsley World Championship. His fat-bike is a Surly Necromancer Pugsley, Colin likes it cuz its black…steel…and can handle the BRAAAAAAAP! Its inspired by Grave Digger, the World Champion Monster Truck, and he rides it just like a 3 wheeler, […]
Reader’s Ride(s) – Dave’s Record Setting Pug
This is Dave Pramann’s Pug. An original 2005 Surly Pugsley that was built by famous FatBike designer John Evingson. As you can see below it has quite a pedigree! FatBike Record Holder bike for Arrowhead…15hrs:47min FatBike Record Holder bike for Ragnarok…7:02 w/aero bars Fatbike Record Holder bike for Chequamegon 40…2:37 Fatbike Record Holder bike for […]
Reader’s Ride(s) – Used 26 LB. Ti Fatback
On our trip up to Minneapolis last month we spied this Ti Fatback with it’s carbon fork and the signature twisted downtube of a Lynsky fab’d frame and we knew that we wanted to talk to it’s owner. This sweet scooter is owned by elite racer and ex motocross pro, Jeff Colbert of North Branch […]
Reader’s Ride(s) ~ Dirk’s Fatback 4 Season Fatty
Dirk and I go way back…we met up at one of the MTBR Northwoods Not-a-gatherings held up in the Chequamegon NF in Northern Wisconsin. We’ve been to just about every Gnome-Fest and Northwoods – MTB Festival together from South Dakota to the UP. Soon after I got my Pugsley, Dirk ordered this nickel plated aluminun […]
Reader’s Ride(s) – Dave’s Belt Drive Schlick Northpaw
Dave Schlabowske, Communications Director for the Bike Federation of Wisconsin sent us this write up on his belt-drive, internally-geared fat bike! Very cool, Dave! I caught Fatbike Fever earlier this year so I went to see Dr. Greg Smith of Schlick Cycles who prescribed a cure in the form of an Orange Schlick Northpaw. There are […]
Reader’s Ride(s) ~ Mr. Pugglesworth
This is my brother Ernesto’s, bike mechanic’s fat-bike. We call him the whiskey mechanic (long story), or Mr. Scott. and now for something completely different Mr. Pugglesworth… Standard snow blind white frame Simple down tube panel with brushed silver logo, matching cigar band striping, and my fave, the SP seat mast monogram. now as for Mr. […]
Reader’s Ride(s) ~ Butch’s 9:Zero:7
Everybody knows Butch…..or rather, everyone should know Butch. Think of the best dude you know and that’s Butch. Butch sold his baby poop brown pugs last winter to help finance an extended exploration of the great American west last winter, leaving him without a fat-bike till late this fall. He wanted to […]
Sevo’s Test Rig: 9:Zero:7 135mm
Well my goal last fall was to build up a rig I’d never ridden before and could tinker with over the season. I wanted something light for the base and play around after that. Build ended up being as follows: 2012 9:Zero:7 frame/fork, Large, Yellow, 135mm Wheels: Rolling Daryl’s, Salsa Front Hub, XT Rear Tires: […]