Fat Bike Snowdon #BAMfatbike2018 I must admit, I’ve not been ‘feeling it’ the last few months when it came to getting out and that probably showed by the last 3 BAM’s being on the last weekend of the month. I needed that to change, so I picked an area that ‘ticks’ my boxes and […]
Fat Bike to the Bothy #BAMfatbike2018 Despite trying to get more organised with my bivvy a month rides October took place on the last night of the month, Halloween night!! I initially had plans to spend a couple of days on one of the islands on the west coast of Scotland but the impending forecast […]
What better way to get everyone stoked to celebrate Global Fat-Bike Day than to share a video from last year’s celebration from the beaches of South Africa? Last December Dawie posted this video that chronicles his GBFB 2017 ride, or as he put it: “Three riders doing their bit for Global Fat-Bike Day 2017.” […]
So bivvy a month number 9 came by way to quick, so once again I got out on the last weekend of the month! Luckily the weather was on my side for this again. Once again I stayed fairly local to me with just a short 25 minute car journey to the start of the […]
Here’s a pretty sweet video to up your stoke for singletrack. New Mexico Outside snuck across the border and explored the trails at Hartman Rocks in Colorado. The recreational area there has scenic granite rock features and ribbons of singletrack. Check out @just_ridenm on Instagram to see more textbook examples of #keepfatbikesfun and #fourseasonfatbikes. Please share […]
Bivvy a Month #8 – Take Two!! Well, when I set out to do the Bivvy a Month Challenge I knew they’d be challenges. Despite a so far successful year with my rides and the weather, my luck seemed to run out towards the end of August. I had my route planned so I […]
This bikepacking adventure was born out of looking at the map and seeing what looks remote yet kind of flat for the bikes. It was also to tick off visiting another part of Scotland we had not been to before. A small further motivation to visit Loch Etive was to find the location of the […]
According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, we’re looking at another El Niño influenced winter. They produced a map that should give everyone something to complain about. However, on the map above, southern Nevada and New Mexico have two words that we happen to like very much….Cold & Snowy! I usually ignore long range forecasts and stick […]
This is the second Tuesday in a row that our Fat Tuesday Video carries the #BAMfatbike2018 banner. Last week, the Commissioner of the Bivvy a Month Challenge, Jeff Price posted from the UK and this week…Tom Ice gives us a look at BAM No. 7 from Colorado. I’m gonna go by the sign (with all of the stickers) […]
With the UK still in the midst of a heatwave it made planning this month’s bivvy trip a little easier than normal. Its great to know that you’ve got a good dry spell ahead of you as you don’t need to take much in the way of kit. So for this one as it was […]
Like many of my bikepacking or MTB videos before you may have gathered that we like to ride or explore the Cairngorms highland range in Scotland. This film is no different. It is a beautiful area and Glen Feshie is one of a few areas where the estate owners are actively promoting and restoring the […]
A Quick Getaway June’s bivvy a month is the halfway mark in this year of adventures. The month of the summer solstice is the main night for spending a night under the stars but as I was too busy for that one I had to squeeze a bivvy in at the end of the month. […]
Is it to soon to dip back into the OMFB catalog? Well, it’s the day before ‘Merica’s Birffday’ and there’s nothing more ‘Merican than fat-bike funskies under the directorial supervision of Old Man Fat Bike. I’m beginning to be an OMFB fan. Maybe we should start the OMFB fan club. They have stickers for sale here. Would […]
It’s not often that you can say honestly that someone that you know, deserves their own action figure, but Pat Smage is an expert at turning what looks to be impossible into buttery smooth transitions, where man & bike act as one in perhaps, what one might call an alternate category of dirty dancing…and for […]
Today’s feature on Fat Video Tuesday comes to us from a cat that calls hizself ‘Old Man Fat Bike’. This is from a warm snap from back in January, down in Missouri. More of that #fourseasonfatbikes campaign that we mention (constantly). I wonder if Old Man Fat Bike knows Old Bear? Missouri has some gorgeous freshwater […]
Fat (video) Tuesday returns with the new live double album from ForestyForest recorded on his tour of the Southwestern US. This one sort of grabs you and pulls you in with poignant quotes and beautiful imagery. Check out the Route: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Rzm… Follow ForestyForest on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forestyforest/ Share your Plus or Fat Pixels Give us your tired, your […]
Fat Bike Jura I had a few days spare at the end of May for my 5/12 of #BAMfatbike2018. I must admit I wasn’t feeling like using them up as I wasn’t in the zone for a trip away. However as the weather forecast was looking hot here in the UK it would have been […]
Slate The summer made a brief appearance over the UK with a couple for days of nice warm weather so it was initiate #BAMfatbike2018 making this 4/4/ The area I picked is steeped in history as it was once the largest open slate quarry in the world. Slate put Wales on the map was shipped […]
I found myself mesmerized by this short film about bikepaking and packrafting in Argentina. Poeple are already talking about a Gnomie Nomination for this spellbinding look at life in “Patagón” Terrene Releases Newly Designed Chunk 2.6 Trail Tire Bozeman, MT—April 12, 2018 — Terrene Tires announces a strong new addition, Chunk 2.6, to their proven lineup […]
Fat Bike Snowdonia #BAMfatbike2018 With the first two camps done and dusted these following months should get a bit easier as the temperatures rising. However the UK saw winter bounce back with some chilling temps which made me bag my March camp near the end of the month. Despite all the planned locations I had […]
Our Fat Tuesday Video comes to us all the way from Lappeenranta Finland! We’re the international house of fat-bikes and Marko Lankinen and some of his amigos share what it’s like to ride on snowy snowmobile trails with just the sound of crunching snow under their tires. The lack of a musical soundtrack means that you can […]
It seems like everyone that I know in Alaska knows about Valdez, however, up until a couple’a years ago, I hadn’t heard about one of the most beautiful spots to ride a fat bike in Alaska. Thanks to the Valdez Adventure Alliance and the Chugach Fat Bike Bash we can all get an eyeful! Daredevil […]
Jordan Fox shared a video of some Sunday shenanigans with his amigo, Matt Wild at Nitehawk (year-round) Adventure Park out in Grande Prairie, Alberta. Jordan and the boys at the Hawk wanted us to share a message, so here she goes… Happy Trails from Canada! Share your Plus or Fat Pixels If you reach out […]
This is where I’ll be headed next weekend! The Outer Banks of North Carolina, where the beaches are tailor-made for fat-bike tires! This weekend will mark the fourth year of the US Open Fat Bike Beach Championships and it looks like it’ll be one hella good time! The races are run in a cyclocross format […]
Our old friend Deo has shot a quick wheelie filled tournament of destruction out on the Atlantic East Coast of Canada. It’s the end of February and very soon we’ll be experiencing the dreaded Spring Thaw portion of the calendar, where places like Deo rides in his clip, will be under water. So let’s get […]
Fat Bike Galloway #BAMfatbike2018 After committing myself to the Bivvy a Month Challenge its got me thinking about where to have these mini adventures. With February usually a bit on the chilly side (by UK standards) I had my thoughts on staying in a bothy. A bothy? Let me explain, a bothy is an unlocked […]
This week’s video comes to us from the talented specialists at Superior Social Mgmt. The clip really captures a truly great day of racing. The video combines scenes and interviews from the USA Cycling Fat-Bike National Championships at the Cannonsburg Ski Area just outside of Grand Rapids Michigan. Management and Distribution: Austen Reno www.superiorsocialmgmt.com contact@superiorsocialmgmt.com Video […]
The trend of bicycle tire manufacturers choosing to stamp their tires with enormous logos has reached pretty ridiculous (Hi-Viz Yellow) levels. But fear not fellow unsponsored riders…we’re here to show you how to cover up sidewall hot stamps permanently. When it comes to this particular category of dirty tricks, we generally turn to Bike Black Ribbon […]
Our amigos at Borealis Fat Bikes sponsor the Fat Bike Worlds in Crested Butte Colorado and they held the event last weekend for the third time. I was lucky enough to be there the first year that they hosted Fat Bike Worlds and while I watched this video, it brought back some really fun memories from two […]
A longtime reader, Robert Krügel, dropped us a line with some hot, low-rise, mesh, european pixels from a recent trip to the Ore Mountains. Here’s what he shared about this week’s video clip. Hey Fat-Bike.com Team, My Name is Robert and I’m from East-Germany, I read your Website for many years now, it’s great! Thank you for […]
My new amigo Magne Kvam sent us this week’s video all the way from Iceland. You’ve probably seen Heli-Ski adventure in a Warren Miller film, so it’s only natural that Heli-Fat-Biking would be next, right? Magne’s a man of few words. This is all he shared regarding this week’s clip. “Fly out, ride back.” You can […]
Eckart Altenkamp is the winner of this year’s edition of the 2017 Simpson Desert Bike Challenge and he sent us an update on this year’s event. Echart shared “We only had 12 participants in 2017… and I think that’s is a shame. It is such an amazing event… and the volunteers running it deserve […]
We had a week at Ballater in the highlands of Scotland. It was an opportunity to complete a route intended for the bikepacking weekend trip up Glen Tilt earlier in the year. We were to go north from White Bridge up to Corrour Bothy and loop back round back to Glen Tilt and home. […]
As some of you more ardent fat-bike fans might have heard, last weekend was Global Fat-Bike Day. So today’s normal Fat Video Tuesday post has expanded six-fold into the 1st Global Fat-Bike Day Film Festival! Our first video comes from Long Island New York. Long Island Global Fat Bike Day 2017: Caumsett Park Next, we […]
Our amigo Jeff Gillmore shared a clip, shot by his buddy Clint on his first snow ride up in Fairbanks. Fairbanks is home to a who’s who of Fat-Bike celebrities, like Tupper Becker and Jeff Oatley. Clint gives us a nice tour of a couple of Fairbanks trails and it looks like he had a […]
I feel pretty connected to this story, even though I’m not a passionate angler. I’ve known Mike and Hansi for years and we’ve even worked with Mimi Matsuda, the artist that painted the bags, that are featured on the Salsa Blackborow mid-tail fat-bikes ridden in the piece. I’ve even done some bikepacking on a Salsa […]
Our friend, Kirsten Scully, from Round Square Adventures is back with her second Fat Tuesday feature. This week’s clip is a stunning video from the Altai Mountains in Western Mongolia, where Kirsten guides adventure tours utilizing fat-bikes, and camels! and pack rafts, surrounded by the natural splendor of the wild Mongolian landscape and culture. After you […]
Bryce Webster sent us a video of his shake down cruise near Calgary. The Canadian winter starts earlier than down in the US and the trails look pretty sweet. We experienced our first snow flakes just the other day, in the Big Whiskey! Hell, I even went and watched a fat-bike race, down in Lake […]
Heartbreak Ridge Ballater – Sublime ice age granite ridge You know when you think you know a place? A place which is a few hours away from home but you have ridden there enough times to do most of the trails on the map you think worthy of your valuable time. But as you stop […]
This week’s fat video Tuesday presentation was recorded by Dan McDonough from Lifetime Adventures at the 2016 Fat Bike Expo. We want to express our gratitude to Kathi Merchant the Director of the Iditarod Trail Invitational for putting us in touch with Dan. This week’s video is Part 2 of a round table discussion about the history of fat-bikes from […]
Eric Parsons and I trade emails, now and then and a few weeks ago he included a photo of some Musk Ox hair stuck on a bush, with a vague reference to his latest trip to Western Alaska. An area called the Nulato Hills. Eric is the man behind Revelate Designs and if you ever […]
This week’s fat video Tuesday presentation was recorded by Dan McDonough from Lifetime Adventures at the 2016 Fat Bike Expo. We want to express our gratitude to Kathi Merchant the Director of the Iditarod Trail Invitational for putting us in touch with Dan. This week’s video is a round table discussion about the history of fat-bikes from […]
Today we’re proud to play a role as the international house of fat-bikes aka: fat-bike dot com and this week’s fat-Tuesday clip , comes to us from the Błędowska Desert in Poland. Makes me think that there has to be someplace nearby, where we could hold some sort of hill climb competition! Take a look […]
FATBIKE ADVENTURE THROUGH TAVAN BOGD NATIONAL PARK, ALTAI MOUNTAINS, WESTERN MONGOLIA The first time I went to Mongolia was 4 years ago. As a photographer, I had long wanted to visit the far western part of Mongolia, which shares a boarder with China to the south and Russia to the north. I spent 3 weeks […]
