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The Dose of Fat Podcast – Show #140 – Trailblazing Pro – Chad Landowski
Show one hundred and forty hit a gnome in the trail and never could quite recover and then crashed. I adhere to a loose guideline about crashing. The rule says that if you don’t hit your head on the ground (or a tree) it’s not a crash. Well, we’re shopping for a new helmet […]
Sno-Blaster and Path-Master Groomers – Initial Look
In recent years there has been an explosion in the number of groomed fat bike trails. During this trend, we have seen a huge variety of different grooming solutions from homemade contraptions to companies selling finished products. Rollers were sort of the first wave of successful fat bike grooming implements because they could […]
Best Tracksled – Initial Impressions
My local cycling club (Shoreline Cycling Club) recently acquired a Best Tracksled for $5,400 to use to groom a 16-17 mile loop at the Big M in Manistee National Forest which is in the northern portion of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. I have clocked about 8 hours so far using it to groom trail and […]
Ogden Fat Bike Summit Registration is Now Open – Presented by QBP
QBP is again hosting Fat-bike Summits! This year the focus takes on a more regional approach with the recent Fat-bike World Championships having just hosted one in Crested Butte. Now, we have more information on the upcoming Ogden Regional Fat Bike Summit that will take place on February 26th, 2016. Registration for the Summit is Free […]
Bayfield, WI Welcomes New Groomed Trails at Mt Ashwabay
Mt Ashwaby is a Nordic Center in the far reaches of Northern Wisconsin that has roots going all the way back to 1948. In 2002 they restructured to a non-profit community organization. Now, 14 years later, Mt Ashwabay is introducing 7 miles of groomed fat-bike trails to the fun! Typical to many groomed snow trail systems tires […]
Chequamegon Area Groomed Fat Bike Trails Expand
Chequamegon Area Groomed Fat Bike Trails Expand The 2015-2016 winter season will see a significant expansion of the groomed fat-bike trail riding in the Chequamegon Area of Northwest Wisconsin. With over 20 miles groomed during the past season, local fat bike enthusiasts expect to more than double that amount of groomed trail on which to […]
CAMBA Fat-bike Trail Grooming Report and Techniques
With the Fat-bike Birkie right around the corner, and 750 racers expected to attend, we are highlighting the Hayward, WI area. In this report local fat-biker, Jerry Wright, looks at trail grooming and the new Rokon prowling the woods. Take it away, Jerry! The Chequamegon Area Mountain Bike Association, known as CAMBA, maintains the largest […]
Event Spotlight ♦ Trail Work Days in SE Wisconsin
click the flyer for more information Some local folks are building a new trail system in Southeast Wisconsin! They even groom the trails for snow biking in the winter! They want to build a 3 1/2 mile section of expert singletrack over the next 3 Sunday work parties. I even hear that there’s the promise […]
Case Study – Sunny Vale County Park Snow Bike Trail – Wausau Wisconsin
A few weeks back, on the way home from the Midwest Fatbike Summit and Grooming Seminar a way up there in Cable, WI, Puck and I stopped at one of the trails we discussed at the Summit, Sunny Vale County Park in Wausau. The trail had been groomed that morning and conditions were great. The […]
Case Study – Levis Mounds Winter Trail System
You may remember that a few weeks ago Puck and I traveled to the Northern Fatbike metropolis of Hayward/Cable, Wisconsin for the Midwest Fatbike Summit and Grooming seminar. One of the goals for going to the summit was to meet individuals who have had success in both gaining trail access and subsequently mastering the process […]
What is Good Fat-Bike Trail Grooming?
Ed: One of the main topics at the Global Fatbike Summit happening in Ogden, Utah this weekend, as well as the just concluded Midwest Fatbike Summit in Cable, WI, is the topic of Grooming Trails for Fatbikes. We are fortunate to have Ken Blakey-Shell’s experience grooming snow trails for various uses to give us a primer. […]
Trail Grooming Series Introduction
Have you recently experienced the “wobble, wobble, stop?” Have you been having difficulty getting riding again out on the trail? How about extended periods of hike-a-bike? Are you getting tired of riding the “inverted balance beam?” Maybe you have just been feeling a vague longing for speed or a general lack of flow in your […]