Beach Ride – Derby – Live Music – Beer – FUN! Our paramount mission is Fun. Fun with bikes. So in pursuit of that mission we’ve teamed up with several glorious compatriots to bring you the Rock’n Beach Funduro. You may be thinking….that sounds interesting, but what does it all mean? How far? How Fast? […]
2018 Global Fat-Bike Day Celebrations! Tag your photos with #gfbd2018 Northern Italy – Altopiano di Asiago, near the city of Vicenza – https://www.facebook.com/events/961865113969088/ Northern Illinois – Lakewood Forest Preserve – https://www.facebook.com/events/1153558161459627/ West Central Wisconsin – Levis Trow Mounds – https://www.facebook.com/events/633051900450361/ Wisconsin’s Middle Coast – Point Beach State Park – https://www.facebook.com/events/652355225146395/ Pocono Mountain Pennsylvania – https://www.meetup.com/Fc-Cycling-Club/events/255417869/ Sarthe (Le Mans) France – https://www.facebook.com/events/451855421990597/ Connecticut – https://www.facebook.com/events/179989432917221/ […]
On this episode of the Dose of Fat, Leia Spinner, and Gomez attempt to balance Racing, Beer, and Fun. The show was recorded at the Midwest Family Marketing Radio Studio in Madison Wisconsin. Here’s what’s on the show! We Start the show with the seventh reincarnation of the Surly Llama Mr. Dan Rasmussen – He’s […]
Will the sophmore Black Ribbon show live up to the hype? Join Chris, Dave, Evan & Uncle Gomez in the Electronic Chicklet Studios and see where their quest for fresh bike funk takes them. The Local Scene – Boulder Colorado Rock Musician and Pro Bike Jock “Uncle” Al Menduno joins us to talk about his […]
Probably the most misunderstood aspect of this mountain bike festival, with the curious name, is its charitable nature. Behind all of the fun, this event and their counter-culture group of cyclists have helped support trail systems, all over Wisconsin. Over the past dozen years GnomeFest has channeled all of the proceeds from the event, directly to the various […]
Three 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 seen before or since! December 5th, is the date of this year’s – GLOBAL FAT-BIKE DAY! Some of you are probably wondering… why […]
Matt Haiduk sent us a clip of some late summer suburban fat-bike funski’s on the Fox River. The fat-bike dot com research bunker and testing grounds are nestled in the terminal moraines about 70 miles (as the crow flies) up river from where Matt plies his trade as a fat-bike evangelist to the brothers and […]
We’ve been teasing this for a couple of weeks on the Weekly Dose of Fat Radio Show so it should be no surprise that we at Fat-bike.com love contests and we love beards! With the cold upon us in most of the country it is time for an IceBeard Contest! The good and kind folks […]
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 we were kids. Take along the dog, or teach your kids how to play bikes…..or bikes and sleds! This week’s foto stoke comes […]
Share your Cool Local Fat-Bike Event! You can list your event on our calendar by clicking right here! If you’d like to see your race or festival featured in an Event Spotlight, list the event on our calendar and then send a race flyer and links to the event page to uncle gomez@fat-bike.com. May the fat be with you!….(always)
We welcome you, once again, to the International House of Fat-Bikes! This week we have an event spotlight for the Miss Grape – Funny Fat Festival in and around Livigno in the Italian Alps. The fun includes night rides, an overnight bivvy and the incredible sights, sounds and smells of the Alps! Click the […]
What can we say about GnomeFest that hasn’t been said before? We could say that it ROCKS! We could give you a link to the fat-bike radio interview of the founder of GF moderating an interview of a past Mayor of GF along with the current Mayor. We could share what Dirt Rag said about GnomeFest […]
Something strange happens when I grab the handle bar and saddle to load up my fat bike. It’s this overwhelming laughter and smirk that appears, on my face, while the “Hellz yes” comes out uncontrollably. It all starts at that moment. This ride will be a great ride… any ride, no matter where, you will […]
