FatBikes
Quiring Triple B Mid-Term Report
[adrotate banner=”133″] This is only “kind of” a mid-term report on my Quiring Triple B. There really was never an initial report on it but if you follow the Fat Camp Podcast here on […]
Winter Riding
FFF
Foto Gordo – Rapid City
[adrotate banner=”141″] Ed Engler lights the fuse on this weekend’s ride stoke with a shot from the gateway to the Lakota’s Sacred Black Hills of South Dakota! Here’s what Ed shared with us about the […]
Apparel
Bontrager Winter Boots & Apparel Review by Scott Peterson
[adrotate banner=”114″] Fat-bike.com readers and riders…I’m on a mission from Bontrager this month. Gomez has handed me the motherlode of winter gear for testing, and I have been putting it through the ringer to […]
FFF
Foto Gordo ♦ Squirrely Surly
[adrotate banner=”141″] Our stickers for pixels trade has yielded, yet another, weekend ride stoke, booster rocket! This week’s digital super vitamin energy pill is provided by Robert V Rainville Jr, out of upstate New York. Have you […]
Videos
Fat (video) Tuesday – Aurora Fatbikers by Ørjan Bertelsen
[adrotate banner=”114″] Ørjan Bertelsen captured the northern lights on a winter night ride in Norway with a few of his amigos! I’ve never seen the Aurora Borealis in person, but I’ve ridden a Borealis Fat […]
Events
Event Spotlight ♦ I Am Fat ♦ Jan 31st 2016 ♦ Iowa City
[adrotate banner=”114″] (click the race flyer to go to the event web-page) ICORR, World of Bikes, Geoff’s Bike and Ski and Goosetown Cycling Club present I AM FAT!! – January 31, 2016 Send us a race […]
Accessories
Video – Wampack Winter Hydration Bag From Revelate Designs
Dusty from Revelate Designs introduces us to the Wampack winter hydration pack. The Wampack has several innovative design features to make a bladder-type hydration pack more suited to winter riding and any riding where the […]
Bike Culture
St. Pat Gets Fat
Here’s a nice story that all of us – from long beard to newbie – can appreciate. It’s a two part story from a reader named Pat that was born on St. Patrick’s day. It’s a story […]
Events
Yeti-Fest (Two Reports in One)
[adrotate banner=”120″] By Steve Meurett and Evan Larsson The rookie and the race director. Two essential partners to make any race a success. You can’t have one without the other. The race boss dictates keeping […]
Bike Culture
Saturday Video!
Our amigo, Eric Parsons (from Revelate Designs) and some of his amigos took a trip on the ITI route, but the opposite direction that the racers were going. This is a cool little edit from […]
Bike Culture
The ITI from Kathi Merchant, race director Iditarod Trail Invitational in Alaska
Written by Kathi Merchant, Race Director, Iditarod Trail Invitational The Iditarod Trail Invitational race, the qualifiers to get into this by invitation only race and the annual ITI winter training camps in Alaska. When I […]
FFF
Foto Gordo – Fat-Bike Friday
[adrotate block=”7″] Not every fat-bike adventure involves racing or getting fat air off’a boot’r or even singletrack. Next time it snows, just ride down your driveway and go play bikes, like we all did when […]
Accessories
Wanderlust Monida Insulated Bag
[adrotate banner=”114″] I’ve been lucky enough to test some of the best bike bags made, over the last few years, but this is the first time that I’ve laid my grubby paws onto a bag made […]
FFF
Foto Gordo ♦ Talbot Lake
[adrotate block=”7″] Our long-lost amigo, FatBikeMike, took a shot that’s sure to set your stoke-phaser to FUN! Here’s the story behind this incredible image! We’ve had a bizarre winter here in Jasper (Jasper National Park, Alberta), snow was […]
Accessories
Product Spotlight: Bar Mitts Extreme Pogies
[adrotate banner=”38″] By Matt Gersib and Michael McColgan With winter weather descending on much of the country, it’s a great time to discuss options for keeping hands warm. Experienced cold weather cyclists often fall into […]
Videos
FaTuesday Bonus Video ♦ Fat Free
We just received our Rocky Mountain Blizzard for long term testing, so when I saw that Andreas from RM had gotten his freeride amigos, Brett, Wade and Gulley together to make a fat-bike edit, we just had […]
Bike Culture
Singletrack Give Back
[adrotate banner=”114″] Editor’s Note : One of our long time, amigos, Shawne Camp sent us a story that reminds us that the holidays are about giving and that no child should go unremembered by […]
Global Fat-bike Day
Global Fat Bike Day in Chequamaland: the Seeley Pass
Our amigo from way up nortt, Jerry sent us a report on the Global Fat-Bike Day celebration from the gorgeous northwoods of the Chequamegon National Forest. This is what he shared… We celebrated Global Fat Bike […]
Beach Riding
Event Spotlight – Big Fat Bike Festival – Feb 6 – 8, 2015 – Homer AK
[adrotate block=”8″] Any fat-bike festival with a gnome in the flyer gets extra points with me! I say this every year…..I really want to go to this! This festival has captured my imagination for 3 […]
Events
US NATIONAL FAT-BIKE CHAMPIONSHIP – CABLE, WI – March 7th 2015
US NATIONAL FAT-BIKE CHAMPIONSHIP Returns to the Fat Bike Birkie! HAYWARD, Wisconsin – The field limit for the third annual Fat Bike Birkie on March 7, 2015, has been bumped up to 750 riders and is […]
Events
Global Fat-Bike Day ♦ December 6th, 2014
[adrotate block=”8″] Two years, ago a couple of very clever Brits came up with an idea for a grass roots – worldwide – fat-bike holiday, that would bring the fat-bike community together, like nothing we’ve ever […]
Fattie Approved
New Zealand – Godley Valley – Fatpack
We’re pleased to welcome back Kevin Higgins. Kevin is our correspondent from Alexandra, NZ which is an hour from Queenstown and Wanaka, and surrounded by epic riding! Kevin was born and raised in San Jose, California but now lives […]
Events
Rovaniemi 150 Report – Part 2
Continued from Part 1 by : John Lackey Race Day Part 2: At the next vantage point about 10 km on, the race had actually started to come back together, the top 9 were still […]
Events
Rovaniemi 150 Report – Part 1
by : John Lackey About three weeks before my fiancé, Kara, and I were going to set out to Finland to tackle the Rovaniemi 150 race I was having bad back pain, but we started […]
Winter Riding
Chasing Winter – Part 2
….Continued from Part 1 A Fatbike Tale By : Eyk Deutschmann The night was long and cold in soaking wet blankets while the temperature dropped furthermore to 18°C below zero inside the tent. The following morning […]
Winter Riding
Ride Spotlight – Gene Goes to Mackinaw Island
Gene from Michigan took one of the Ice Bridges to Mackinaw Island recently on a 5-person fat-bike expedition. If any of you has been to Mackinaw Island during the summer I’m sure you will recognize […]
FatBikes
Chasing Winter – Part 1
[adrotate banner=”98″] A Fatbike Tale By : Eyk Deutschmann Once upon a time two splendid looking young fellows spent their lazy summer eves, hatching the utmost, astonishing plan. And this is their story: Both of the […]
FFF
Triple F ♦ Knik River
[adrotate block=”7″] Doug Schutte sent us in this gorgeous photograph that he took on a ride up the Knik River near Palmer, AK. The week that I spent in Alaska this past January was incredibly […]
FatBikes
NEW! – Fat Mongoose – Spy Shot
One can run across all sorts of small woodland creatures while out roaming the forests in the winter time. Squirrels, rabbits, an occasional gnome, but this past weekend was the first time I’ve seen a […]
Races
2014 ITI Leader Photos by Adam Miller
There are currently three riders that have broken away and are on a record breaking pace at the Iditirod Trail Invitational. Tim Berntson, Kevin Breitenbach and Alec Petro are in the lead pack with Pete […]
Videos
Fat (video) Tuesday ♦ Terra Nova
This is another of those moments, when I realize soy un hombre muy afortunado! Mui…..Afortunado. I get to share fat-bike fun from all over the planet and this week we get to share a little slice […]
Business Profiles
Alaska – Episode 3 – Fatback & the Speedway Shop Ride
Greg Matyas is the captain of the USS Fatback. A fat-bike maker, true to its Alaskan heritage. I chose to introduce Greg, in such a manner, because Greg posseses the charisma of Jame T. Kirk […]
Races
Tom’s Arrowhead Diary – Part 2
This is a continuation of our Amigo’s sitreps from the Arrowhead 135. You can read part 1 here – https://fat-bike.com/2014/01/toms-arrowhead-135-diary-part-1/ Still Day 2 (the day before the race) – Went for our final equipment check. I […]
Races
Tom’s Arrowhead 135 Diary – Part 1
Our amigo Tom Lais is a veteran of the Rovaniemi 150 and the Arrowhead 135. He’s agreed to send us reports live from the front lines of his Arrowhead adventure this year. Tom will be […]
Ride Report
New Year’s Day Ride Report – MI
By – Cody Sovis The 3rd Annual New Year’s Day Ride took on a bigger, better, more deadly adventure than ever before to kick off 2014 in seriously audacious style. That might be slightly […]
Trail Grooming
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 […]
Accessories
Oveja Negra MM2-SSB Frame Bag – Long Term Review
Last January we introduced you to the Oveja Negra – Moonlander Mission 2 – Space Suit Bag (MM2-SSB/ON) that was custom crafted to fit my moonlander, Thparkle, in Leadville, Colorado. After 10 months of ‘life […]
Events
Global Fat-Bike Day ♦ December 7th, 2013
About a year, ago a couple of very clever Brits came up with an idea for a grass roots – worldwide – fat-bike holiday, that would bring the fat-bike community together, like nothing we’ve ever […]
FatBikes
Aussie Winter Micro-Adventure
Written & Photographed By – Euan Pennington Recently home renovation has been the story of our lives, until at last, this week cabin fever set in. Our 1970s shabby brick veneer now looks like a […]
FFF
Fat Foto Friday ♦ Catfish Cup
[adrotate block=”7″] Michael Boehnlein captured this striking image at The Carver Lake Cold Catfish Cup winter race up near the Twin Cities this January. Mike and I are gnome-fest cousins. He rides with […]
Events
Event Spotlight ~ ToHellURide FatBike Challenge
This sounds like so much fun! Click the Flyer to open the event web-page. For more races, demos and festivals, visit our Event Calendar sponsored by 45NRTH for more Fat-Bike Fun!
Events
Snowbound in the Underdown – Race Report
Written By : Chris. Schotz Photos By : Jordan Schotz The rugged and challenging, underdown mountain bike trail system in Lincoln County was the chosen venue for the Snowbound in the Underdown – Race #6 in the 9:Zero:7 Wisconsin […]
Beach Riding
ShellTrack Race Report
Story by Josh Gabriel Photos by George Kaptz & Craig Smith Manitowoc’s second annual Fat-bike race on the now notorious Shelltrack is in the books and as the saying goes, ‘What a difference a year […]
Events
The 5+ Hours of Light – Yukon Race Report
Written By : Sierra van der Meer Photos By: Tony Gonda It’s easy to forget that the land of the Midnight Sun is also the land of the Midday Sunset. All summer, Yukoners celebrate long days […]