As we all know the fat bike market is exploding. We also all know that the wheel really makes a fat bike what it is. The introduction of new wheel options are essential for fat bikes to grow and change. The Kuroshiro enso 685 is a fat carbon rim option offered by Raceware. Raceware […]
With the usual high pressure descending on the UK for a few days in May, I knew it was time for my annual ride up on the mountain tops local to me. So starting from home, a friend and me rode from sea level and slowly made our way out of the farm land and […]
Last July I hit the road for 3 weeks out to Colorado and Utah with one of the very first Advocate Cycles Watchman Fat Bikes. The bike that I tested is actually, Advocate Cycles’ founder, Tim Krueger’s personal fatty. We introduced the Watchman back in June and you can check that article for all […]
Straight out of the heart of Western North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, Industry Nine, is introducing new rim options for Mountain, Fat Bikes, and Plusbikes. Two new tubeless Fat Bike rim options join the well-received BigRig 825 Carbon, The new BigRig 975 Carbon and the alloy BigRig 845 are built on Industry Nine’s proven Torch FatBike […]
Our amigo Evan sent us a picture of his old dirt jump bud, Conor, tearing it up on a Framed Alaskan that he had borrowed from a friend. When I asked Evan if he landed the jump, he replied, “Yes indeed, this kid can rip. I know Conor from when we both started jumping the big stuff, […]
By : Euan Pennington “It’s the French Line.” Four words, but as Hipsters might say, it could get Cray Cray. Last year I ran support for a rider on the Simpson Desert Bike Challenge, I was undecided if I would indulge again this year, then the email arrived. The French Line. Mad not to. […]
Shawne Camp came up with a pretty great idea last year, to host a Toys for Tots, holiday gift drive and we somehow came up with the idea of suggesting that ride organizers incorporate a toy drive into their Global Fat-Bike Day celebrations. Shawne contacted me recently and here’s what he had to say. Uncle G, Hope you […]
What goes up,…..Just seemed to keep going up. So it’s been awhile since I’ve contributed to Fat-Bike.Com, I had made a conscious decision to take a little break from hardcore cycling and racing this past year, to take care of bigger issues going on in my life. It was a tough decision earlier […]
This week’s Friday foto stoke is a Wednesday, out on Great Salt Lake near Antelope Island State Park in the Bee Hive State. You may notice that this is Wednesday before any decals or badges got tattoo’d on the bike’s smooth robin’s egg blue finish. Fat-bikes take us to wild and desolate places…..sometimes, surprisingly close to […]
Walking into my studio last week I noticed two ginormous boxes. Immediately I thought to myself, “now what did we buy and what is it?” I was relieved to see instead the shipping address coming from Waterloo, Wisconsin and the contents reading Trek Farley 9.8. That’s a good way to start a work day. Over […]
Our amigo from the Atlantic, Deo, is back with a video that starts out nice and slow, but totally kicks into gear, right along with the soundtrack! We like to say, “Fat-Bikes and Lighthouses are like peas and carrots.” Get ready for two helpings of both! Join the Global Fat-Bike Revolution! Send us some rad […]
Those mad-cap rebelz up at Surly have been busy making more cool stuff for us to play with and bolt onto the old sled this winter! The 8-pack and (triple-wide) 24-Pack racks are an answer to your Tio Gomez’s front rack dreams! I’ve literally been trolling pro bike jocks for a front rack that […]
Our Friday Stoke was broke, so we ended up posting this up during Saturday Morning Cartoons. Hopefully you’re enjoying a good cup of coffee and looking to spend some quality time visiting the great outdoors this weekend! Our ‘Man in Moab’, Glover, rested his I-Phone on his pack and then sent his Ice Cream Truck off some […]
(click the flyer to go to the event web-page) The Big Fat Ride is coming this February and the entire fat biking community is invited to participate and celebrate fat biking in The Last Frontier! Whether you are a racer, fat biker or commute on your fat bike. Anchorage Alaska is where people fat bike […]
Yeehaw! Club Ride is a brand I was first introduced to when I rolled into the famed One on One Bike Shop a few years ago. I walked in to order my coffee and while I waited for my drink and snack I decided to peruse their apparel. I immediately fell in love with the […]
It all started when we first got a glimpse of Vee Tire Co’s 2XL Monster Fat 5.05 inch tire last winter. The tire that launched the dream of designing and hand fabricating the biggest…fattest…… “Monster-Fat” bike of the current, modern, cycling world. Yes…..dare I say? The fattest fat-bike in the (blankity-blank) WORLD! We previewed the […]
Joshua Macpherson sent us a shot from the mapping stage of the Big Fat Hurt. Josh was joined by riders, Brad Mertens and Ross Cairns, near Myall Lakes, New South Wales, Austalia. This is our way of suggesting that, “it’s not too late to load your bike and some gear and go explore the great outdoors this weekend!” Friday Fat-Bike Stoke…….Engaged. […]
By Dave Krueger It arrived under a clear night sky and a blood moon. It’s a Framed Wolftrax! The folks at Framed have lent us a brand spanking new Wolftrax to put through it’s paces over the next few weeks. We’ve had the Wolftrax for about a week and have already put over 90 good miles […]
By : Jason Mead The Fatbike category has grown by leaps and bounds over the past two years. Once used solely for winter applications, the Fatbike has expanded its reach to touring, big box stores, and everyday trail riding. New technologies emerge for this category seemingly overnight and trickle into other categories. To see just […]
My long time friend and singlespeed outlaw, RickyD, has a long and bright history within the world of mountain bikes. Ricky took a Summer trip out west and his amigo Tejen Shrestha shot this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday at Buffalo Creek, Pine, Colorado. This is a rare photo of Ricky D , since both of his tires are firmly […]
FatBike in Floripa, Brazil: Sand’n’Fatty by Jonatha Jünge – jonatha@caminhosdosertao.com.br Six months ago, after a meeting on trails maintenance with local bikers, Normando Pereira took the floor to address the group. I am not sure if the high consumption of the local Ales made by the bike shop owner influenced the emotional tone of his […]
Straight from the Quiring Cycles Skunk Works we have the very first photos taken of Scott Quiring’s new Triple B (BIG-BAD-BIKE) fat-bike frame. Quiring specifically developed the new frame around the Vee Tire 2XL – 26 x 5.05 fat bike tire. The new 2XL is both wider and taller than any other fat-bike tire, previously available. […]
After Labor Day and into fall is an ideal time to beach ride along the shore of Lake Michigan. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways: The lake is still warm making early morning starts 10-15 degrees warmer and a heck of a lot nicer There are generally still a lot of warm, […]
Here’s the moment that we’ve all been waiting for….the Hitch Rack Shootout – by the numbers! First we’ll see how our 4 testers rated eack rack for quality of Construction. Looks like the 1 Up wins this category, but the yakima held up pretty well against the more expensive Saris. Next up is Stability with […]
Our video of bikes being loaded on the Küat NV , stars our long time amigo and fellow hoosier, #Juliodotcom. It only makes sense, because the Kuat rack that we all tested, is his personal rack that he has owned for the last 4 years. Julio wrote a review of the Küat NV back in 2011 […]
Sven and I present our 3rd video of the assembly and mounting bikes on the Saris Freedom Superclamp, for the Fat Hitch Rack Shootout. All of our testers have chimed in with their impressions of how each rack performed. As you may have gathered, this is all leading up to Saturday, when we reveal how each of our 4 […]
Sven and I shot this I-Phone video of the assembly and mounting bikes on the second test subject, in our Fat Hitch Rack Shootout, All of our testers have chimed in with their impressions of how each rack performed. Of course, this is all leading up to Saturday, when we reveal how each of our 4 racks stacked up […]
https://youtu.be/xhJN9jgAtFg Ahhh the french! Put on that pretty pink dress and get rad, Monsieur! www.fatbike-france.fr is a discussion forum for French fat-bikers and they’re the cats behind this clip. Fat-Bikes are a world wide, four season, fun factory! Punch in – kick back – get rad! Do you put your time in at the Fat-Bike Fun […]
Sven and I took some time lapse video of the assembly and mounting bikes on the first contestant in our Fat Hitch Rack Shootout and all of our testers have chimed in with their impressions of how each rack performed. Of course, this is all leading up to Saturday, when we reveal how each of our […]
Way back in February of this year, Sven and I attended Frostbike up at the QBP Mother-ship in MPLS and it was there that we came up with the idea for a hitch rack shootout. We saw some new racks at Frostbike from very familiar brand names. Saris and Yakima entered the fat-rack market and […]
It’s Day 3 – Part Two of the Interbike rodeo championships at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. We walked six miles yesterday and we’re looking to set a new strava, personal best, today at the ole trade show. (Can you strava a trade show floor?) Much of what we saw in the fat and plus bike […]
The Outdoor Demo was noticeably smaller in 2015 than previous years, but we managed to scrape together another report of what escaped our effort on day one . Turner had their King Khan on display. Scott’s Big Ed went color blind for 2016 Big Ed is loaded with Syncros components and Schwalbe tires. Even Syncros […]
A first time contributor, Erik Ross, sent us this gorgeous shot from Iceland, by way of Ontario, Canada. Erik rolled these pixels our way in the great summer of fifteen sticker boondoggle, so you know….the gnomes down in the mail room got busy sending a set of stickers, to Erik, to show our gratitude and […]
Sven and I are at the Interbike Outdoor Demo in Boulder City, Nevada to share what’s new for 2016! Much of our coverage will be in the form of video interviews, but to keep you all in the loop with daily coverage , we’ll be updating the site with posts directly from both the show floor and the […]
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NEWS – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Tim Krueger Announces Red Bear Products, A Wheelgoods Distributor for Kuroshiro and Bouwmeester Composites to North America September 13th, 2015 Tim Krueger announces his second new company this year, Red Bear Products. Red Bear Products will be a distributor of bicycle wheelgoods, concentrating on industry-leading technology, hard-to-find brands, high-quality […]
Jeff MacFarlane sent us some great shots of him racing his fat-bike from this Summer and we thought that since the summer of fifteen is winding down, that we’d share one, to provide the daily recommended, dose of stoke, to get everyone’s weekend started out right. This is what Jeff shared about today’s Foto Gordo! Here’s […]
We haven’t published a Fat-Tribe Thursday post in a long time. It’s probably due to our posting many of the great shots that we get from all over the world on Instagram and Spacebook. This week we received some excellent photos from some really interesting places, so we’ve compiled them into a little trip around […]
By – Dave Krueger (aka Barba Glacialis) I took my Farley 8 home in October of 2014. Since then, the bike has seen more than 1700 miles go by. It’s seen all four seasons and temps from -13F to 95F. I’ve ridden trails. I’ve cruised the beach. I’ve commuted on it. I’ve raced it […]
Weekend Checklist ◘ fat-bike ◘ singletrack ◘ hawaian shirt ◘ log ride ◘ ice cold beverage(s) It’s been awhile since we threw some gasoline on your Friday afternoon ride stoke, but since this is a big (US) holiday weekend, we decided to share another shot sent to us from the great summer of fifteen, sticker […]
By : Steve Meurett It’s said first impressions are often correct, but not always correct. Mounting a new pair of tires on a fatbike and making a snap judgement on one or two rides isn’t fair – it requires rolling out on different soil conditions and with pressure adjustments to offer a well rounded opinion. The […]
Fist time contributor, Frédéric Paulet, took some of his amigos for some fat-bike spelunking in France. Frédéric runs a bikeshop in south Ardèche called Cévènavélo. Check them out at www.cevenavelo.fr and on facebook : cevenavelo. I think these Frenchmen are taking the omni-terrain capabilities of fat-bikes to a whole new level. (no pun intended) These shots are best experienced by […]
I nabbed a sneak preview of these new ELITE carbon, double wall, rims, when I visited Borealis at the end of July. The spy shots don’t show the final graphics, but these are the new wheels that have been developed through a strategic partnership between Borealis and Reynolds Cycling. The official press release is below. We should have more information […]
Fat-Bike.com’s, UK correspondent, Jeff Price, combined two of my favorite things in this week’s look at the gorgeous coastline of Wales. Jeff shared his Monday night ride with us, in what he calls “a quick edit of his local beach and singletrack”. How can you go wrong with a ride that has both fat-bikes and […]
