The first day of spring makes every fat biker wish for one last snow ride. This is a shot from our amigo Jeff Davis of his Salsa Blackborrow along Grimes Creek in Idaho. Jeff’s caption for his photo is ‘One Last Ride’. I hope there’ll be a few more fun snow rides this year! Feel […]
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Wallpaper Wednesday – Global Fat Bike Day in your own private Idaho
Our amigo Jeff Davis celebrated Global Fat Bike Day out in Idaho last weekend and one of his shots is today’s Wallpaper Wednesday! I love the B-52’s! Feel free to download this image and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click on the image to open the full-sized version which you can right-click to save. […]
JayP’s Backyard Fat Pursuit 2023 (ID)
January 6-8, 2023 – 60K or 200K | Bike, Ski, Run – Island Park, Idaho The world record holder for the Iditarod Trail Invitational and the 2012 Tour Divide champ – would like to invite you to come and do a race in his backyard. Of course, we’re talking about the one and only- Jay Petervary […]
Bruneau Sand Dunes State Park – (you’re livin in your own private) IDAHO
Back in September, Greg Madison contacted us with some photos that he’d taken at Bruneau Sand Dunes State Park in Idaho. Greg’s a retired teacher and lives in Boise. Bruneau Sand Dunes State Park is a little over an hour away from Boise, so Greg takes his fatty out there when conditions are favorable. Greg […]
FBJ Creations Custom Frame Bag
Today’s product spotlight takes us on a journey to Island Park Idaho to talk about a relatively new bag company called FBJ Creations. Some of you may be familiar with them because FBJ Creations is run by none other than Bryon Vordermann, Fat Bike Jesus his own bad self (as mi amigo Russel T. Jobs […]
Crust a ride (and you’ll be sitting on the top of the world)
(editor’s note:) I’m a card-carrying crustifarian so it should come as no surprise that today’s fat-bike fairytale is entitled Crust Cruising. We suggest that you take your favorite surf-punk classic and trade the word Surf with the word Crust in the lyrics for an ideal soundtrack for today’s reformed crustifarian proclivities. Crust Cruising – By William Amaya Every […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – Le Grand Teton
Over the years, we’ve been incredibly fortunate to meet folks from all over the world that share our passion for plus and fat-bikes. More recently (about a year ago) I was introduced to Becky & Byron Vordemann and their Wee Lass April through Black Ribbon (Plus-Bike) Test Pilot, Bruce (best name ever) Smithhammer. Last winter […]
Foto Gordo – Fat on Skinny
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 […]
Fat (video) Tuesday ♦ Winterfest Fat-Bike Race
Scott and Aileen Frey are old friends of the site and Aileen has shared quite a few of her video’s, with us, from the great state of Idaho! This clip was submitted by Aileen’s husband, Scott, a few weeks back and when I saw that it was from one of my favorite places on earth, I saved it […]
Idaho’s First State Park Opens Groomed Trail to Fat-Bikers!
Michelle Jorgensen is a Park Ranger at Harriman State Park of Idaho. She sent us an email and wanted to share a brief article about Fat Bikes at Harriman State Park of Idaho, which is the first Idaho State Park to welcome Fat Bikes. Here’s a little good news from the great State Of Idaho! Fat Bikes […]
Event Spotlight ♦ The Snowball Special
(click the race flyer to go to the event web-page) The first annual Snowball Fat Bike Race on the Sun Valley Nordic Trails! The “Snowball Special” was the name of the Union Pacific Railroad’s ski train which carried skiers from stops in Southern California to beautiful Sun Valley, Idaho, from 1958 to 1972. Many LA […]
Fat (video) Tuesday – Private Idaho
Ryan Sandy sent us this week’s fat-clip straight outta Nampa Idaho! Ryan and Adam Haynes run the local bike shop, in town, called Rolling H Cycles. Ryan told us ” Fat bikes are really hitting the scene out here in Idaho and our small community of Nampa.’ These two central Idaho bike slingers, put together a […]
Event Spotlight – JayP’s Backyard Fat Pursuit – 60K-200K (ID)
The world record holder for the Iditirod Trail Invitaional and the 1100 mile Iditirod to Nome race and the 2012 Tour Divide champ – would like to invite you to come and do a race in his backyard. Of course we’re talking about the one and only- Jay Petervary – aka JayP! He’d like to […]
Vibe Cycles ~ Snow Angel ~ Custom Fat Blingage
Our amiga, Aileen, from Boisie, told me that she spied a custom Vibe Cycles fat-bike at a local Idaho trail advocacy shin-dig, so we both started to pester Dave and Christi over at Vibe to get us the low-down. I think the results were worth the wait! This gorgeous steel frame and Ti fork were built […]
Fat-Bike Boise, Idaho
Cat Calls Written by Aileen Frey “Fat bike, come back here!” the stranger called out as we cruised by. “Fat?” I repeated as I turned to see my daughter’s frown. Her first fat bike ride now ruined by a stranger publically humiliating her. She was in tough shape before our ride began, nursing a knee […]
Fat (video) Tuesday ♦ Bikepacking the Owyhee Uplands
Aileen Frey sent us a great video, but I have to warn you ahead of time, that there’s skinny bikes mixed in with fat-bikes, wild horses and a beautiful snake. The Frey’s and some friends toured their loaded bikes over 100 miles of gravel roads in the Owyhee Uplands of southwestern Idaho this spring. I love the […]
Fat-Video-Tuesday ♦ Owyhee Springtime
Gauchos en gordas bicicletas en Idaho con su perro llamado Marley. Mud season has ended here in southern Idaho. Snow is melted. The winds are drying out the clay and sandy trails are in their prime right now. Well, Gomez, this video does not have as much metal flying by as most Fat-bike videos. This is how […]
Event Spotlight ♦ the Snowy 45
Click the Flyer to open the event web-page. For more races, demos and festivals, visit our Event Calendar sponsored by 45NRTH for more Fat-Bike Fun!
Fat (video) Tuesday ♦ Panini Pua Kea
Scott and Aileen Frey sent us this short clip from a ride earlier this month near their home in Idaho. Leenie had this to say about the ride. “Scott had this past Friday afternoon off and we wanted to get out of the Treasure Valley fog. Pearl Road is just at the top of Horseshoe Bend […]
2nd Annual Fat Bike Summit a Huge Success
Nearly 40 people attended the 2nd annual Fat Bike Summit on Friday, Jan. 25th at the Sawtelle Mountain Resort in Island Park, ID. The Summit, co-hosted by Quality Bicycle Products and Fitzgerald’s Bicycles, brought land managers, tourism professionals, folks from Chambers of Commerce, non-profit trail organizations, fat bike riders, and members of the bicycle industry […]
FAT-TRIBE Thursday – Idaho, Alaska, Michigan, Quebec & Australia!
It’s our second installment of Fat-Tribe Thursday and you guys continue to amaze us with your contributions! Keep up the clicking and the sending, with the riding and the smiling! This week’s video came in from Scott & Ailene Frey and they had this to say. “We have a friend in West Virginia who has taunted […]
FAT-TRIBE Thursday – Idaho, Alaska, Michigan, Quebec & Australia!
It’s our second installment of Fat-Tribe Thursday and you guys continue to amaze us with your contributions! Keep up the clicking and the sending, with the riding and the smiling! This week’s video came in from Scott & Ailene Frey and they had this to say. “We have a friend in West Virginia who has taunted […]
Fat Foto Friday ♦ Idaho Dunes
Here’s an awesome shot of Mark Metzger and his pooch, Pauhana, on the dunes of Bruneau State Park in Southwest Idaho. Mark says, “This place is Fat-Bike heaven with acres and acres of sand dunes to ride up, down and all around.” It makes me want to travel, out west and ride some of the […]
VIBE Cycles New Fat-Bike – the “Frigid Bitch”
Vibe Cycles out in Boise Idaho first popped up on our fat-bike radar with a bamboo fatty that was spied at the North American Hand Built Bicycle Show last March. Dave and Christi, from Vibe, have been keeping in touch, with us, and contacted me a few weeks ago, about their new custom hydro-formed aluminum fat-bike, called….the […]
Event Spotlight – The 2nd Annual Fat Bike Winter Summit and Festival
These guys are working to get vast tracks of trail opened up to fat-bikers out west! Trails like the ones in this video from their race at Grand Targhee in 2012 The 2nd Annual Fat Bike Winter Summit and Festival, January 25-27, 2013 – at Sawtelle Mountain Resort – Island Park, Idaho , will be one […]
Interview With Lou Binik of Foxwear
I’ve been buying cycling clothes custom made by Lou Binik for a couple of years now and I like his gear so much that I approached him for an interview to get a bit of insight into the man behind every piece of Foxwear clothing; all hand-made in Idaho, right here in the US of […]