(L-R) Chris Stevens, Corey Stelljes, Will Ross Tio Gomez talks with four-time Fat Bike Birkie Champion, Corey Stelljes about his incredible ‘four-peat’ winning streak. We get into the weeds a bit with subjects that include lumberjacking, bow staff skills, and something really interesting called ‘MAD/BAT’. At some point in the show, I think we trade […]
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Oboz Bridger 10″ Insulated Boots Mid Term Review
A year ago, we published our initial thoughts about the Oboz Bridger Insulated Boots. I’ve got a full winter of riding in on these bad boys. These have been my go-to pair of ride-boots for the last year in temps between 16F to 35F. I thought that it would be interesting to share a mid-term […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – New Richmond
New Richmond….why does that sound familiar? New Richmond is where the 2022 and 2023 Borealis Fat Bike Worlds are held. Nate Riemenschneider sent us a cool shot that he took on the Fat Bike Worlds trail in New Richmond. It must be nice to live close by and be able to ride the course that […]
Fat (video) Tuesday – Extrawheeling
Today we’ve got a feature-length foreign film about a solo winter bikepacking trip in Finland. The film features the Extrawheel Mate trailer and Extrawheel’s excellent waterproof bags. I’ve had the pleasure of doing some Exrtrawheel enhanced overnighters so I put this one up on the big screen at home and loved it. Check out more […]
ZEAL Pro Bag Review By JP Syverud
The fine folks from ZEAL Pro sent the Secret Underground Lair of Fat-Bike.com a beautiful new Zeal Pro fat bike cover kit for some testing. The kit we received contained the bike protector cover, a brake light kit, and a set of Fat-Pawz to cover longer bars and poggies. I have always wanted something like […]
Made U.P. Lake Ehfect
You all should be familiar with the name Todd Poquette. He’s the cat behind the 906 Adventure Team and the race director of the Polar Roll, The Marji Gesick, and the Crusher bike races. He’s kind of a big deal. Well now, Todd is also the man behind something called Made UP. As far as […]
Customized Sunspeed Spark in India
A stock Sunspeed Spark Sunspeed Bicycles are sold in India and they make a fat bike called the Spark. Sarthak Narayan Rastogi sent us some photos of his Spark updated with drop bars. He also shared a few insights into Indian fat bike culture. Fat biking is a global phenomenon. It doesn’t just happen in […]
New Merino Offerings from Showers Pass for 2022 – by Greg Gentle
I’m a lucky guy. No…really. I get to try out all kinds of amazing gear. On or off the bike–I get to sample some amazing products, put them through the test, and write about them here. Last month the fine people at Showers Pass released two impressive new pieces to add to their merino base […]
Dose of Fat – March ’22
The calendar says that it’s Spring but Winter isn’t over until the fat-bike sings. The Dose of Fat is back with a look at what’s going on in the fat-bike.com test bunker and what our colleagues are working on out in the field. Stand by for Spring….wait for it….It’s snowing again….remember that gnomes control the […]
Chasing the Last Snow
For the last dozen, or so, years, my wife, Bethany, and I, have been blessed to live with Bodhi, Cecil & Cowboy. Bodhi and Cecil are both gone now but Cowboy is still around. All three of our boys are what they call Bernese Mountain Dogs. They’re like little bears and they have a thick […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – Under The Bridge South Santa Fe Riverbed.
Orlando Padilla sent in this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday portrait. I get a real peacock feathers woven blanket vibe from the graffiti that harmonizes beautifully with Orlando’s fat bike. Orlando shot this Under The Bridge South Santa Fe Riverbed. Feel free to download this image and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click on the image […]
Spring Thaw and Mud Season
The transition from winter to spring is underway and our trails will be experiencing freeze-thaw cycles until the frost is out of the ground. This means checking trail conditions will be more important during the transition between frozen and completely thawed. In the big whiskey, we call it mud season and it usually starts in […]
The Danger Gnome Podcast with Special Guest Leia Schneeberger
Tio Gomez sits down with Leia Schneeberger to talk about her race season and this weekend’s Fat Bike Birkie race up in Cable, Wisconsin. The show is the result of a request from one of our listeners that sent in an email to suggest that we talk with Leia about her race season this winter. […]
Chris Klass – Beach Plastic Cape Town
I came across some photos of Chris’s fat bike all loaded up with litter from the beaches of Cape Town. Chris uses his fat bike to remove beach plastic along the West coast beaches of Cape Town, South Africa. I contacted Chris and asked if he would answer a few questions about his endeavors and […]
Fat (video) Tuesday – Uncle Rico
The Win/Man Trails by Uncle Rico with a guest cameo from that rascal Scott Peterson. The WinMan trails are known for their winter grooming. It’s like Rico, says in the video “fun and swoopy!” #enjoytheride Sharing is Caring We triple-gnome dare you to email us a photo or video of your majestic (Klunker, Plus, Gravel, […]
45NRTH Wrathlorde 26×4.2 Studded Tire (long term) Review
I’ve ridden my share of studded fat bike tires over the years. Back before fat bikes, we used to run Nokian Extreme studded tires on our 26″ mountain bikes to extend the riding season, and since the invention of the fat bike, I’ve ridden a broad variety of studded tire brands, tread patterns, and sizes. […]
Neos Navigator Overboots Field Test
Just before the pandemic, I was up in Alaska and I got the opportunity to ride out to the Knick Glacier with Christina Grande from Alaska Bike Adventures. During the ride, Christina wore a pair of Neos overboots with some running shoes inside. It was a cold ride. Cold enough for expedition weight pogies. We […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – Rich Loftin & Valdez, Alaska
Rich Loftin lives and rides in Valdez, Alaska. We’ve featured his stunning photography on Wallpaper Wednesday before. We’re featuring a mini-series of Rich’s photos over the next few weeks on Wallpaper Wednesday. We’ll also be putting our Instagram feed in the hands of our Fatbassador to Alaska, Travis Hubbard later this month as the ITI […]
Fat (video) Tuesday – Crust Research
Here’s a great film short from Backwoods Bikepacking about a quest for spring crust in the mountains of Norway. There’s even a ‘Wild Kingdom’ moment with a lemming. Crustifarians will love this one, but a word of caution, this video contains a fair amount of hike-a-bike and bike pushing. Would you share your Plus or […]
Disc Brake Flip Flop
In the early days of fat bike development, complete bikes came spec’d with mechanical disc brakes. It was my understanding that the story behind that was hydraulic disc brakes were unreliable at arctic temperatures. I rarely get the opportunity to ride in true arctic temperatures, so when I built my Corvus, I chose a pair […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – Forest Service Fatty
I thought that we might all benefit from a little glimpse of Spring Flowers since we’re currently locked into the best part of Winter. Late January bluebird skies and below zero temps turn Wisconsin into a frozen planet. So here’s a breath of fresh spring air from Vermonter, Matt Boulanger. Matt shared a few features […]
Winter Riding in Alta Norway
Kenneth Johansen sent us a few shots from a ride along the Alta River near Alta, Norway. The river is famous for being one of the best rivers for salmon fishing in the world. Alta is in the far north of Norway. It’s situated well north of the Arctic Circle and during the polar night, […]
The Punksutawley Peddler (IA)
The Mitchell County Mountain Goats and Limestone Brewers are hosting the Punksutawney Peddler a few days after the official burrowing rodent winter weather forecast that you might know as “groundhog day”. It’s rumored that Punksutawney Phil impersonators all over the country go on huge binges after Groundhog Day. There are a million groundhog stories in […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – Section 16
Jason Memmer took this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday. Here’s a bit about the photo from Jason, his own bad self. You can check out more of Jason’s photography at https://www.facebook.com/jasonmemmerphotography/ This was just before sunset New Years Day 2022 after climbing 1100 feet to this point. From here, it’s about 1.5 miles down one of the […]
Fat (video) Tuesday – Ed’s Trail Radio Remix
Illya Rudkin is a grizzled veteran of our Fat Video Tuesday presentations. I wonder if he thinks fat bikes are dead like many of our fatbassadors from the UK have stated? We don’t worry if the mule is blind. We just load the wagon. In other words, we don’t let popularity get in the way […]
Winter’s Fat Classic (SD)
Dirty Chain Co. hosts The Winter’s Fat Classic bringing night racing to Deadwood South Dakota! Registration – https://dirtychain.co/registration/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/events/581820259427945/Host – http://dirtychain.co/ Check Out the Fat-Bike Event Calendar We’ve been loading some of our favorite events onto our Event Schedule. Everything on our event schedule was hugged onto the interwebs and represents, super fun good […]
Terrene Tire 27.5 x 4.3 Yipee Ki Yay mid-term review
Terrene Tire collaborated with Corvus Cycles to develop a new 27.5 tire specifically targeted on the sweet spot between 4.0 and 4.5. The Yipee Ki Yay’s 4.3″ width differentiates it from every other 27.5″ fat bike tire available today. The size of this tire follows the ‘Goldilocks Principle’ where a rider that rides a 4.0 […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – Mosquito Creek Freshies
Today’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes to us from Derek McClain. Derek’s a veteran of the WW photo feature bag. The picture, taken by a gnome, shows Derek shredding some powder and packing the line at Mosquito Creek Trails in Muskegon, Michigan after a fresh dump of snow early January 2022. #giddyup Feel free to download this image and use […]
Fat (video) Tuesday – Atwood Park
Our amigo Rrrrrico Suave or you might know him as MTB Trail Sherpa is back with the next episode of a featured mini-series about life down in the fat-bike paradise known to our friendly Illinois brothers and sisters as merely Rockford. This is Rico’s race report from an early December event that’s part of the […]
2022 Leadville Winter Mountain Bike Series (CO)
The Cloud City Wheelers from Leadville Colorado hosts a fat-bike race series that starts in January and goes all the way into April! http://www.cloudcitywheelers.com/race For more information visit – – http://www.cloudcitywheelers.com/race Check Out the Fat-Bike Event Calendar We’ve been loading some of our favorite events onto our Event Schedule. Everything on our event schedule was […]
Fat (video) Tuesday – Levis Mound Fat Tire Fest
I can’t remember Rico, aka MTB Trail Sherpa from way back in the day, when riding with some of the locals at Rock Cut State Park but I bet he was there. We’ve got a bunch of friends in common and he attended the Levis Mound Fat Tire Festival last September. He recently told me […]
4th Annual Fatathlon Fat Bike/Cornhole Biathlon (WI)
Saturday, January 15, 2022 This truly is a one-of-a-kind event, the 4th annual Fat Bike and Cornhole Biathlon. Ride 2 laps of the new and improved, well-groomed Shannon Lake Trail as fast as you can. Then, see if you can improve that record time through the cornhole toss! Every hit improves your time. What a […]
Fat (video) Tuesday – Looking back at 2021
Our long-time amigo, Jeff Price stitched together a 2021 compilation, shot through the eyes of his menagerie of lenses with the Welsh landscape and his bikes playing leading roles in the series of films that document his missions. Jeff has had his own byline here on the site for many years and he recently related […]
Triple D (IA)
Join the circus! January 15th, 2022 You have to love an event that calls itself a three-ring circus! Triple D has a long history and a unique culture. Some years back, the race was sold to a new group and I lost touch with how that worked out. The new race promoters contacted us with […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – Lake Michigan Sunset
Our final Wallpaper Wednesday of 2021 comes to us from Derek McClain. Derek hails from Muskegon on the shores of Lake Michigan. He shot this December Sunset at the Old Sand Docks on the beach and added…”Shredding Fat Down by da beach Mon!” #yesyes Got your own Wallpaper Worthy Photo? We love to feature your fat-bike photos […]
Fatties by Candlelight (WI)
Click the Flyer for more information December 29th, 2021 This looks like a great event up in the Northwoods. There are far too few events like this for folks that don’t enjoy racing. Group rides are all about fun and riding with your friends. This one looks like a real good time. What could be […]
How To: Winterize your Bike Helmet
We’re right in the transition period between late autumn and early winter, so I found myself seeking the best way to keep my head warm and still continue to wear a helmet. It seems a pretty simple thing to do, however, I’ve found it difficult to find a helmet/hat combination that can perform as well […]
New Pivot Les Fat
It’s been about a year since I visited the Bicycle Doctor to check out the 2021 Pivot Les Fat. (Now I work there part-time) When I showed up to work last week, there was a size medium 2022 Pivot Les Fat, resplendent in Forest Sage Green hanging in the work stand. Dan was building it […]
New Salsa Flavors
The New Salsa’s are in at your Local Bike Shoppe
Third Coast Beach Safari
One of our Grand Rapids amigos, Thom Goodyke gave me the thumbs up, when I asked him about beach riding conditions on the Michigan side of the Great Lake with the same name. That set my imagination on fire with fat-bike-beach images from the past. I cut my teeth riding mountain bikes in the Wolverine […]
Wallpaper Wednesday ♦ Sentiers du Moulin
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday is from Philippe Deshaies. He sent us this beautiful portrait of his whip surrounded by the arboreal splendor of Sentiers du Moulin in Quebec. This is what Philippe shared about his Wallpaper Wednesday contribution. This is my Norco Ithaqua today at the Sentiers du Moulin, a mountain bike destination 20 minutes North of […]
Bikepacking Glencoe to Loch Etive Scotland By Illya Rudkin
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 […]
Framed LTD Bruh! by DosRenshos
I had just hooked my daughter up with a brand new 29er, and was feeling some serious bike envy, when I received a timely phone call from a certain Mr. Gomez. My pleading instruction for my next bike to test was “gimme somethin baller” so I could stop feeling so left out of the cool […]
Fat Video Tuesday – Fatbike Touring Southwestern USA
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 […]