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Fat-Bike Destination – Free Soil Michigan
[adrotate banner=”133″] Last week, I made good on a long standing plan to continue my exploration of the Lake Michigan Shoreline, just north of where I left off on a trip in 2012. The […]
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Salsa Blackborow 1 Review – A 3-pack of Riders
[adrotate banner=”38″] Salsa was kind enough to send us over one of their Blackborow 1, 5.0″-class fat-bikes for some extended testing. We had it for a couple of months and no less than 4 of our […]
Events
Event Spotlight ♦ Talkeetna Trio WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS!
Last week was the Pugsley Fat-Bike World Championships, so in the year that we enjoyed two US National Fat-Bike Championships, it only makes perfectly logical sense that we should also enjoy two World Championships! This […]
Videos
FAT TUESDAY VIDEO! ♦ Pat Smage – Out West Edit
Pat Smage is a Geneva Lakes Homie and a Fatback Ambassador! Oh and did we mention, seven time AMA Moto Trials National Champion! So for Fat Tuesday we’re going to humbley suggest ~ Laissez les […]
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Otis turns One ♦ Fatback Long Term Review
On or about, one earth year ago, I took possession of a Raw Aluminum 190mm Fatback that I spec’d out with the owner of Fatback (and cool cat) Greg Matyas. I asked Greg to make the […]
Global Fat-bike Day
Fat Video Tuesday ♦ GFBD – Solo Style
[adrotate banner=”114″] Global Fat-Bike Day isn’t all about big group rides. It can be a solo ride if that’s what you can swing. Some folks (like me) love going out for solo rides. The same […]
Videos
Fat (video) Tuesday ♦ Burton Beach
[adrotate banner=”114″] A great video from one of my favorite videographers. This was shot over 4 years ago along Burton Beach in Kodiak Alaska. These are some of the first Fatback bikes that I ever saw, […]
Hubs
In pursuit of never ending roll — Fatback Hadley Hubs, The long-term review.
Last year, when venturing into a custom wheel build for my then new Trek Farley, the strategy was simple – turn this fat bike into a never ending roll machine. Good hubs equal better rolling […]
Site News
Wallpaper Wednesday – Wisconsin Beach Ride
[adrotate banner=”38″] Fat-bike.com’s own, Greg Smith, shot this photo on a recent beach ride along the shore of Lake Michigan. Greg mentioned that it is amazing how the shoreline in this area has changed […]
Gallery
Not a Wallpaper Wednesday – The Greeting Card
[adrotate banner=”38″] Some of you may recognise my Fatback 190 named Otis in this shot that I took up near Two Rivers on the Lake Michigan Shoreline. When I saw this shot it reminded me of the […]
Contests
Fat-Bike Radio Contest! Guess Otis’s Weight
Yesterday I met up with Zito and Puck and a couple of the port crew to ride Klode beach up to Doctors Park, where Sprecher Brewing and the Milwaukee Parks Department had a mobile beer […]
FFF
Not a Wallpaper Wednesday – Otis’ 1st Beach Ride
Back at the end of March, I took Otis for his first beach ride, just across the border, down in Zion Illinois. I took this shot on my way back from the Dead River. Otis […]
Beach Riding
Beach Slacker Rodeo – Part Three– The Core Banks
This is part three of a three part series about beach riding in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. You can check out part one here and part two here. We Pick up the story with two ferry […]
Beach Riding
Beach Slacker Rodeo – Part Two – Ocracoke Island
This is part two of a three part series about beach riding in the outer banks of North Carolina. You can check out part one here – Part One – Beach Slacker Rodeo …We pick […]
Beach Riding
Beach Slacker Rodeo – Part One – The Outer Banks
Somewhere back on the third or fourth oldest hard drive in my computer graveyard, I have a bucket list of destinations that I wanted to visit sometime during my life. The Outer Banks of North Carolina […]
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Foto Gordo ♦ Bikini Beach
[adrotate block=”7″] Last Sunday the Bike Black Ribbon Society hosted a Bikini Beach Ride & Waxing Clinic up in Port Washington that turned into fun, times the power of grey skull! This is mi amigo […]
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 […]
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 […]
Events
Alaska – Episode 1 – The Frosty Bottom
I spent the first full week of 2014 in Alaska with the goal of learning about the fat-bike culture of Anchorage. Anchorage is the home of two well respected fat-bike companies (9:Zero:7 & Fatback) as […]
FatBikes
Fatback Corvus Carbon Spy Shots!
The timing of my trip to Anchorage, could not have come at a more opportune time! I attended the Speedway Cycles Tuesday Night Shop Ride on the very day that Greg received their first sample/test […]
FatBikes
Fatback 190 – Product Test – Episode 1
It seems only appropriate that we publish a story about a boy and his new bike on Christmas Day! Last week we received a shiny new bicycle that has created a feeling of delightful anticipation, […]
Wheels
Fatback – Carbon Uma Rims
Fatback Bikes shared a photo of their new pre-production 77mm wide, bead lock, tubeless ready, carbon fiber rims last week. Greg Matyas, told us that they haven’t determined a final weight or price for […]
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NEW! Fatback Corvus Carbon
FATBACK INTRODUCES CORVUS, A COMPLETE CARBON FIBER FAT-BIKE Anchorage, Alaska – Fatback announces the addition of the CORVUS CARBON FRAME AND FORK to its lineup of back-country all-terrain bikes. The complete bike, frame, and fork […]
Reader's Rides
Reader’s Ride(s) – Robert’s Fatback
Robert recently sent us an email saying he would love to see his ride featured on our site. Thanks, Robert! Here you go! Robert says – “It surely isn’t the sweetest Fat Bike every built […]
Components
Sneak Peek ♦ Fatback Sterling 4.2″ Tire
In a Fat-bike.com exclusive, we bring you the first photo of Fatback’s New Sterling fat bike tire! It measures 4.25″ on a 70mm rim and uses a 120tpi casing with a Kevlar bead that’s tubeless […]
Site News
Fat (video) Tuesday – Rock & Roll in Cochrane Alberta
Richie Wall sent us a clip of the riding around Cochrane Alberta Canada. Richie rides a 2012 Aluminum Fatback and I have to say that I totally love his choice of Music for this video! What’s your […]
Interviews
Interview with Kevin Breitenbach
Photo by Josh Spice We first talked with Kevin Breitenbach back in February after he won the Arrowhead 135. Our paths crossed again at Interbike where I got the chance to get to know this […]
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Fat Video Tuesday ~ Once upon a Crust
This is the third video that we’ve featured from fat bike, video innovator, Philip Tscherish. Pure awesome looking crust riding conditions and incredible camera work. Would you like to see your name up in lights? […]
Interviews
Interview with Greg Matyas – Owner (and racer) of Fatback Bikes
We met Greg Matyas out in LasVegas at the Interbike Outdoor Demo last September and asked him for the opportunity for an interview. I hope you enjoy reading Greg’s answers as much as we liked […]
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Fat (video) Tuesday – Spring Beach Ride
Here’s a brilliant video from from the first day of spring…..two years ago. It was shot by the most talented fat-bike videographer that I’ve ever encountered – tscheezy
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Reader’s Ride(s) – Used 26 LB. Ti Fatback
On our trip up to Minneapolis last month we spied this Ti Fatback with it’s carbon fork and the signature twisted downtube of a Lynsky fab’d frame and we knew that we wanted to talk […]
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NAHBS Fat-Bike Photos
Last weekend, the North American Handbuilt Bicycle Show was held out in California and our industry amigo, Noah Sears snapped some fat-bike-glamour shots from the show floor! First up is a curvy little number from […]