A short story about tire sealant The average fat biker that has one bike to maintain, probably can’t relate to our tubeless tire atmosphere, so I’ll try to preface this story with a little bit of information about our thirsty, tubeless tire situation. Companies ship us demo bikes to field test and they rarely come […]
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The Dose of Fat – Summer 2022
By Gomez on July 8, 2022 in 29+, Adventure Bikes, Apparel, B-Fat (27.5 Fat), Bike Black Ribbon, Bike Culture, Bikepacking, Events, Fattie Approved, Footwear, gloves, Gravel Bikes, Los Graveleros, Plusbikes, Ride Report, Singlespeed, Site News, Tools
It’s Summer cats and kitties! Have you ridden your bike to a large body of water and then gone swimming? Time to do a cannonball into the deep end!
2022 Sea Otter Classic Bike Expo (Part 3)
By Gomez on April 13, 2022 in 27+, 29+, Accessories, Adventure Bikes, Bags, Bike Culture, Bottom Brackets, Business Profiles, Components, Cranks, Events, Gear, Gravel Bikes, Grips, Interbike, Klunkedelic, Pedals, Plusbikes, Pumps, Singlespeed, Tools
We’re back with Part 3 of our coverage of the 2022 Life Time Sea Otter Classic presented by Continental. The bike industry came out of hiding and brought out all of the new toys for all of the girls and boys! #alicecooper Surly Bicycles wove themselves into a new taller tent during the pandemic. They […]
Wolf Tooth Launches New 8-Bit Pack Pliers
The new Wolf Tooth Components 8-Bit Pack Pliers is a lightweight multi-tool with 17 functions. Eight attachments nest inside the handles of master link pliers using magnets and a clever storage system. These attachments then fit into an 8mm ball detent swivel head that has a 4mm opening for hex bits, which adds functionality to […]
Revelate Designs & Wolftooth Components collaborate to release the ToolCash
Two of our favorite innovators in the industry have teamed up to create a bit of kit that we’ll be testing and reviewing soon. This Alaska/Minnesota collaboration pairs Revelate Designs and Wolftooth Components together and the resulting product is called the ToolCash. The following info is taken from the product news release sent to us […]
Steadyrack Fat Rack Review
As owner of a new garage (and house), I’ve been trying to sort out the bike storage situation. I figured I should get it right the first time instead of the hodgepodge that inevitably comes to the surface. In the past, I’ve used the ubiquitous garage utility hooks, Gladiator bike hooks, and Delta Cycles hanger. […]
CABDA MidWest SitRep
By Gomez on February 13, 2020 in Adventure Bikes, Bike Culture, Bikepacking, Events, FatBikes, Forks, Gear, Handlebars, Hubs, Packs, Pedals, Pumps, Rims, Tires, Tools
I made a trip to what I like to call the belly of the beast, Schaumburg, Illinois, yesterday to browse groovy cycling wares at the CABDA Midwest Expo. CABDA has been around for a long, long time. Way back in the last century, the shop that I worked at (ABC Cyclery) used to prep and […]
Wolftooth Encase – First Look – by Greg Gentle
Wolf Tooth Encase Bar Kit Uncle Gomez sent me a fun little stocking stuffer this year for our inter-office gift exchange. We didn’t have an office party this year…Unless you consider last weekend’s Fatter By The Lake event a holiday party (which I was unable to attend, despite a kind offer to carpool with fellow bike […]
Wolftooth Components announces the EnCase System
Our amigos from Wolftooth Components just announced some Mi6 – James Bond storage and multi-tool called the EnCase System. The system is designed to reside on the inside of your handlebar. The following is a news release about the cool new do-dads and what-knots (tools and storage) from WTC’s own Q department deep in a […]
Stan’s Introduces DART Tool and Refill Kit
Stan’s NoTubes is proud to introduce the DART, an entirely new and better way to repair tubeless tire punctures and slices
PDW Fatty Object Review
A few months back I started a review of the Portland design works Fatty Object thing and did a bench test to see if the 38 g CO2 cartridges would fill a 4-inch fat bike tire. You can see that report here. Over the last few months, I’ve done some testing out in the field with […]
Dynaplug Racer – Tubeless Tire Repair – By Seth Bell
Howdy Fat-bike Friends! I received a little care package from Fat-Bike.com World HQ today containing one of Dynaplug’s “Racer” tubeless tire repair kits with the task of giving it a whirl and then letting y’all know how it works. Before we jump right in, I must confess, tubeless tires aren’t really my thing (go ahead and […]
8 Bike Maintenance Tips to Keep You Rolling this Spring! – by Seth Bell
Howdy Fat-bike Family! It’s that time of year again… the days are getting longer, the sun is packing some more btu’s, and the snow is turning to slush. For most of us in the Northern Hemisphere, Spring is just around the corner… can you feel it?! Speaking of feeling it, do you feel that […]
Spring Forward – Trailside Repair Kits
Well, it’s getting towards spring and that means we’ve all made it through yet another winter of fat-bike funskies. This spring we’re going to share some Spring Cleaning and maintenance tips to help everyone celebrate rad adventure and promote safe passage through the warmer months. Today’s spread will feature a few of our test pilot’s […]
PDW Fatty Object – Bench Test
So I’ve been riding around with one of the New PDW Fatty Object CO2 inflator strapped to the seatpost of the bike I’m on, but up until now, hadn’t tested it out, because I only had one full CO2 canister and I didn’t want to waste it on a test. So I started to […]
New Gadgets from – Lezyne – Prestaflator – Revelate – CafeLatex
We’ve gone digital in the shop and out on the trail with a couple of new gadgets from our amigo, Dillon at Lezyne and the fine individuals at Prestaflator. I’m referring to the digital gauges on our favorite tire inflation devices, of course. Let’s launch this new (to us) product smorgasbord with Lezynes intergrated digital […]
Park TS-4 Professional Truing Stand Review – By Dave Krueger
The Park TS-4 truing stand works. Seriously, it works really well. Ok, I should probably say a bit more – We were chosen as the guinea pigs to test the brand new Park (fat-bike / thru axle compatable) TS-4 because my ‘day job’ involves the care and feeding of literally scadz of of fat-bikes at […]
Industry Nine Matchstix – Fat-Bike Compatible – Thru Axle / Multitool
I’ve been admiring the ingenuity of the Industry Nine Matchstix Thru Axle Multi-tool since it debuted, but up until just recently, they didn’t make one that would fit the fat-bike with a Bluto or Bluto compatible 150mm x 15 fork. As soon as I found out that I9 introduced a fat-bike compatible model, […]
Burley Flat Bed – by Spinner Ryerson
Ed – Here’s a trailer that will work with your fat-bike! In addition to that, we’re testing the new Fat Kit and Ski Kit that Burley offers for this trailer. For now we have the trailer in it’s stock configuration, which is a pretty good place to start a series of reviews that will take […]
Silca HX-One Tool Set
The Silca HX-One Tool Set is one of those products that exudes quality right out of the box so, liking the finer things in life, I bought this for myself as an Xmas present las year using an adage that Uncle Gomez thought me, nothing is too good for Sven! In practice, the tool set […]