Videos
Fat Tuesday Video ♦ Old Mexico
Matt Whitehead sent us few of his video clips from his trips to baja. He used a custom fat-cargo bike to tote all of his gear and his surf board up and down the Baja […]
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Fat Foto Friday ♦ ‘Holiday Ham’
[adrotate block=”7″] Our amigo, Ian, from Kona Bicycles sent us this gorgeous shot, that he took of Dale Plant and Kevin Noble, on the Pacific coast, near Bellingham, Washington. Dale is a Kona sales rep […]
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Fat Foto Friday – Duluth Ice Shelf
[adrotate block=”7″] Pat Murphy of Pedal Minnesota sent us this shot that was taken at Park Point outside of Duluth on Lake Superior last week by Hansi Johnson. Pat told us that ‘Hansi was standing on […]
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Triple F – Beach Echelon
[adrotate block=”7″] I don’t know anyone that can choreograph a rolling beach echelon, like John Moore. John’s photos have graced our pages quite a few times over the past two years. Here’s what John […]
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Triple F ♦ Cockerham Sands
[adrotate block=”7″] click to enlarge Today’s photo stoke is from Steve Makin. Here’s what Steve had to say about this stark and beautiful portrait of the English coastline. The photo was taken at Cockerham […]
Events
The Future…
…Looks Fat & Fun! In one month the world wide, fat-bike community is going for a ride. A little something called Global Fat-Bike Day! Find your Celebration or Plan Your Own! Check out tomorrow’s Weekly […]
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¡Foto Gordo! – The Isle of Skye
[adrotate block=”7″] This is one of the many reasons that I love this job! We get notes, like this, from all over the world. Snippy is our first contributor from the Isle of Skye! […]
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3rd annual Big Fat Bike Festival – Logo Contest
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Second Anniversary
[adrotate block=”7″] Two years ago my first story published on fat-bike.com. Since then, many of our amigos and hundreds of our readers have contributed content and carnival to the pages of fat-bike. Sven and […]
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Fat Video Tuesday – Swedish Lapland
Olov Stenlund shared his first fat-bike video with us last week. This is what Olov had to say about it! “I’ve had the fat bike for a week now. I just gotta say. It´s the […]
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FBC’s Night at the Movies – Fat Bike (2009)
Fat-Bike.com is proud to present the 2009 documentary ‘Fat Bike’ by Carl Battreall! Carl’s film can always be found on our Fat-Bike History page accessed under the “Resources” Tab at the top of the home page.
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Kona WO – Out of the Box & Ready for Testing
We’ve been talking with Kona’s, Ian Schmitt, for the better part of a year, about their entrance into the fat-bike ring. Ian is from Milwaukee and is tight with some of our crew from brew […]
Beach Riding
Beach Ride & Unicorn Hunt
Disclaimer: No actual unicorns were harmed in the filming of the the Bike Black Ribbon Society’s Beach Ride & Unicorn Hunt. This post is rated NC-17 and should be viewed by mature audiences only. Eleven […]
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Fat Video Tuesday ♦ West Coast Meet-Up
Our long time amigo,Ward Whitmire, sent me this vid from the 3rd annual meet at Ocean Shores, Washington. Fourteen riders gathered out in the Pacific Northwest for a Saturday group ride and then enjoyed beers and some […]
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Triple F ♦ dark side of the beach
[adrotate block=”7″] (click to enlarge) “There is no dark side of the beach really. Matter of fact it’s all dark.” Fat-Bikes and Fun are like peas and carrots… Send us a shot of […]
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Fat Foto Friday ♦ Ride off Into the Sunset
[adrotate block=”7″] (click to enlarge) Gil Montague shot his wife, Pam, at Whitby Beach in North Yorkshire, England with his – blackberry z10 cell phone! What’s your plan for this summer’s beach assault? Send a […]
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The Landing
Some of our readers across the net asked to see the splash down of our amigo, Eric, busting out a dead sailor off of the ramp that we built, at last weekend’s beach party. […]
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Triple F ♦ The Coho Grater
[adrotate block=”7″] I took this shot on a stormy beach ride that I took up near Belgium in the early part of June. It was the first ride back on the Moonlander, since we […]
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Bike Black Ribbon – Bastille Day – Beach Ride
Sometimes the best rides aren’t planned and seem to come out of nowhere. Last weekend, Sven texted me about a beach ride that he was putting together for Sunday morning. The only thing standing in […]
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Fat (video) Tuesday ♦ Sandwood Bay
Our old amigo Bruce – aka coastkid, is world famous for his video artistry and fat-sporations along the coast of Scotland, but somehow, we haven’t featured one of his works here, for quite some time. […]
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Fatbiking the Alaska Beach
Written By Josh Spice ‘Camp at clam gulch rec area on the 8th of june. Ride beach through the 11th. Super duper casual. A rolling beach party.’ ~ Jason Boucher’s invitation to ride the beach […]
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Fat Foto Friday ♦ Pink Sky
[adrotate block=”7″] Jason Liddell took this shot of his 9:Zero:7 with the magic light of the East Lothian coastline bathing the beach in colour. You can see more of Jason’s photographs at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jason-l/. Triple F is […]
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Chilly Blues Race Report & More – from Michigan
The Race When our amigo, Nate, of Central District Cyclery and the Winter Rush Race Series whispered in my ear that he was working on getting permission to run a beach race out of Grand […]
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¡ Angry Andy Gets Down (Under) !
Down Under Holiday! Written by: Andy Oleson Ok, This story can’t progress another word without giving a HUGE shout out to Kath n Kedan Griffin, fellow BBR test pilot, Chris Zito, and MURU Cycles head […]
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Fat Foto Friday ♦ Pipeline
[adrotate block=”7″] John Moore from England took this shot on his morning commute! UK Fat-Bikers are planning one of their now famous gatherings later this month. The Fourth UK FatBike Gathering is on the East Lothian […]
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Ride Report – Quad City Enchanted Fat Bike Stomp
QUAD CITY ENCHANTED FAT BIKE STOMP – (QCEFBS) Written By: Jake Ralfs & Aaron Mielke Photos By: Drew Hanson / Hanson | Photo · Design It all started out as an idea over a few craft beers at […]
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Chilly Blues Challenge ♦ Beach Race ♦ 4/20/13
FAT SAND RACING comes to South West Michigan! The start time is 1:00 P.M. You have two hours to finish an 18 mile route directly along the shore of Lake Michigan. (South from Grand Haven […]
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Fat Foto Friday ♦ Water Spout
[adrotate block=”7″] Aussie amigo, R Cairns captured this image of a water spout, while out beach riding with a friend, down under. Check out more from R Cairnes at www.theunknownrider.com. We love getting out on the […]
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Fat Video Tuesday – Fat-Pack Baja
Bike Black Ribbon Test Pilot and International Playboy, Cale Wenthur, shot this vid last month on a fat-packing trip that he took down in Baja de California. You can read a full account of a […]
Beach Riding
Late Winter Beach Ride Weekend
On the spur of the moment, last week, Bethany & I, got an invitation from some long time, friends to spend the weekend over in Michigan at their beautiful lake house near New Buffalo. Our […]
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Event Report – Big Fat Bike Fest – Homer AK
Big Fat Bike Festival 2013: Bigger, Fatter, Homer-er Written BY : Kim McNett So it has come to pass! The Homer Cycling Club [homercyclingclub.com] has hosted a second annual Big Fat Bike Festival in […]
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A Tale of Two Beach Rides
Here’s the tale of two consecutive rides on an ice glazed beach comparing my 1 year old Big Fat Larrys and a brand new set of 45NRTH Dillinger Studded tires. The rides were conducted on the same […]
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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 = […]
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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 […]
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Fat Foto Friday ♦ Rock House
You may remember Randy Armstrong from our Summer photo contest (he won!). He and two of his friends took a ride on the shores of the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska and captured this enchanted landscape, while enjoying […]
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BIG FAT BIKE FESTIVAL (Homer AK)
Every now and then an event comes along and really grabs my imagination and the Big Fat Bike Fest is that event! The photo’s that I’ve seen and the satellite views of the Homer spit […]
Beach Riding
Fat-Bikes, Beach Tours & Coffee in The Hague
That’s the photo that led me to come in contact with our new amigo from the Netherlands, Tommy. I learned that Tommy is a guide at Lola Bikes and Coffee and that the shop runs Fat-Bike […]
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Fat Foto Friday ♦ Anglesey Beach Ride
Steven J Makin took this shot back in September on the rocky beaches of Anglesey in the UK. You can click the photo to see it larger. Fat Foto Friday is a weekly feature where we […]
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Fat Foto Friday ♦ Pugsley on Patrol
Our long time amigo Gary Buckham aka Pugsley on Patrol took a shot that makes still life seem like it’s ready to roll. Fat Foto Friday is a new weekly feature for us. We’d like to help […]
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Fat Foto Friday ♦ Global Fat-Bike Day Flashback
Tom Kellett took this shot back in December, on Global Fat Bike day. He celebrated GFD at Druridge Bay in Northumberland on the North East England coastline. Fat Foto Friday is a new weekly […]
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Wallpaper Wednesday ~ Photo Contest Coutdown #1
[adrotate banner=”38″] For the last few weeks we featured the top photos from our 45NRTH Summer Photo Contest and today we get to share the #1 photo! Randy Armstrong, of Anchorage Alaska sent us this great […]
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Fat (video) Tuesday – Moon Safari
Moon Safari – written by Cody Sovis As an exceedingly average bike racer, cycling is often about hitting intervals, obsessively checking my heart rate and stressing out about each and every minute detail of every […]
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Wallpaper Wednesday – Beaker Takes Flight
[adrotate banner=”38″] Local Fat-Bike.com test pilot, Colin “Beaker” Ford, takes flight on a recent Lake Michigan Beach ride. Feel free to download it and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click on the image […]
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Event Spotlight – Frozen Fat (Central PA)
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