Written by: Danielle Musto The Great Lakes Fat Bike Series wrapped up this past Saturday with the Barry-Roubaix, a “killer gravel road race” in Hastings, Michigan. Racers had the option of racing 24, 36 or 62 miles. The fat bike category was in the 36-mile division. I felt very relaxed going into this race. I had […]
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Late Winter Beach Ride Weekend
On the spur of the moment, last week, Bethany & I, got an invitation from some long time, friends to spend the weekend over in Michigan at their beautiful lake house near New Buffalo. Our hosts DJ & Wendy, along with our buenos amigos Tom and Amy, met us on the shores of Lake Michigan on […]
Fat-Tribe Thursday ♦ Whiskey – Colorado – Whiskey – Anchorage – Michigan
First up in the video spotlight is Wisconsin’s own Nathan Long! He shot some of his buds out on a night ride at Northwest Park near Eau Claire. Eric Prinster joins a long list of folks that have shared their first fat-bike rides with us! Eric is from Palisades, Colorado. Our amigo Michael Lemberger was […]
Fat Tribe Thursday ♦ New York – Australia – MPLS – Michigami – Shock-Talk!
First up is a video of Putu and Mr. Bane hitting the beach in Long Beach, NY Ken sent us a shot of his brand new 9:Zero:7 on its maiden voyage on Rosedale Beach, near Batemans Bay, on the east coast Australia about 300km south of Sydney. Mitchell Hoffman sent us this shot of “Trent […]
Reader’s Ride(s) – Moots from Hell! – Michigan
Our amigo, Jason Aric Jones lives in Hell, Michigan, home of the famous Potawatomi Trail. Until last year, he owned one of the earliest Fat Bikes ever made — an early (2003?) one-off – Moots “Snoots Snowbike” that he purchased at InterBike from the former Head Welder at Moots, Brad Bingham.. It had Remolino Sand Rims […]
FAT-Tribe Thursday ♦ Michigan – MPLS – Colorado – WI – Connecticut
First up, on this weeks Fat-Tribe Thursday is a Fat-Tuesday Race video from our amigos at Einsteins in Traverse City – Laissez les bons temps rouler! Chris Zito shot this up in MPLS a few weeks ago, on the way to the falls Joe McManus shot these near his home in the Indian Peaks of Colorado. Joe’s […]
Event Spotlight – St. Fatty’s Day
Sven, Puck and I went to this last year and had an absolute blast! Shorts Brewing makes some delicious craft ale and the cat that runs this race Casey Buckleitner, knows how to throw a race party! We saw bikes from Bob Keller, Scott Quiring and 616 at the race last year. Crazy Good-Times! […]
Builder Profile – Bob Keller Frameworks
With just a few days until the North American Hand-built Bike Show, Bob Keller, from Bob Keller Frameworks answered a few questions about his fillet brazed, steel fat-bikes. He will be attending the show with a super looking fat-bike design that highlights his construction techniques with a cool paint scheme that shows a fine red […]
FAT-Tribe Thursday ♦ Colorado – WI – MI – Utah – WI
Our first 3 shots this week come from Max Cooper by way of his amigo Kevin Ott. Kevin shot them at the fat-bike race in Crested Butte a couple of weeks ago. Max lives in Telluride and is hosting the Stomparillaz event there on February 23rd. Max – Stunt Research! Lucky 13 Custom Machines: Chad […]
Interview with Jorden Wakeley – Michigan’s Rocketeer
Written By : Casey Buckleitner Photos By : Jack Kunnen Editor’s Note: Fat-Bike.com will be featuring a series of interviews of the best racers from fat-bike hot-spots from around the world in the coming months. When I asked who the man to beat was in Michigan, Jorden Wakeley was the name that I heard over […]
Reader’s Ride(s) ~ Fat Mother Trucker
Our amigo Casey Buckleitner, from way up at the fingertip of the MItten texted me some spy shots of this Fat-Tandem and I just had to contact the owner to get the story on this beast! Seth Kleinglass runs Sweet Bikes in Canton Michigan, just outside of Detroit. Seth works with a welder and fabricator […]
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 […]
Grip Studs – Mid Season Report
Back in November we sent avid Detroit commuter and all-season cyclist, Chris Cunnington, a set of Grip Studs to test out and here is what he has to report so far. Thanks to the guys at Fat-bike.com I was sent some Grip Studs traction studs to evaluate. I have previous experience with 26×2.25 mountain bike […]
FAT-TRIBE Thursday
All of you have been so great at sending us photos and videos of your fat-bike fun that we decided to create a spot on our calendar, where we can share them with everyone! Every week or two, on Thursday, we’ll share contributions from the World Wide Fat-Bike Tribe. Please feel free to exercise your […]
Bring the Fat-Bling ~ Custom Quiring Titanium!
It was just during the recent holidays that we promised to share some Titanium Quiring Cycles Fatness with y’all and today is your lucky day! Especially if you like a gorgeously lean, stiff and clean – custom Ti Fat-Bike as much as we do. Scott just finished the first of two custom Ti Fatties that […]
Quiring Eye Candy!
We received some Holiday Greetings from our amigo, Scott Quiring along with some pictures of a couple of fat-bikes that he’s been working on in December. We featured a Builder Profile on Quiring Cycles last April. Here’s some great news for you Ti fans out there, Scott tells us that he’s currently working on creating […]
Fat (video) Tuesday – Moon Safari
Moon Safari – written by Cody Sovis As an exceedingly average bike racer, cycling is often about hitting intervals, obsessively checking my heart rate and stressing out about each and every minute detail of every single ride. (and yet) Somehow, it’s an awful lot of fun. But after months of racing and training, and more […]
NEW! Michigan FatBike Series
Visit http://www.funpromotions.com/ for more information For more races, demos and festivals, visit our Event Calendar sponsored by 45NRTH for more Fat-Bike Fun! Do you know about a fat-bike event in your area? Send us your event info and we’ll add it to our Event Calendar. Email the event information to info@fat-bike.com.
Event Spotlight – Farmer’s Fat Bike Race (MI)
For more races, demos and festivals, visit our Event Calendar sponsored by 45NRTH for more Fat-Bike Fun! Do you know about a fat-bike event in your area? Send us your event info and we’ll add it to our Event Calendar. Email the event information to info@fat-bike.com
True Confessions of Two Fat-Bike-Beach-Rats
Ecrito y fotografiado por Julio y Gomez Julio caught ‘beach-fever’ sometime last year and he’s been planning a fat-pack ever since. Somewhere along the line this summer, we agreed to take a little fat-bike adventure together and this is our beach-rat, ride report. We figured the weather could get dicey in late October, so we kept […]
The GREAT LAKES FAT BIKE SERIES (MI+MN)
Visit our Event Calendar sponsored by 45NRTH for more Fat-Bike Festivals, Races and Demos! Race Promoters – Send us your event info and we’ll add your race to our Event Calendar. Email your event information to info@fat-bike.com
Lake Superior Fat-Pack ~ Part Two
…continued from part one DAY TWO We awoke to a sunrise that looked remarkably similar to the hazey Mars sunset from the previous evening. After some oatmeal for breakfast, we loaded our packs and headed out under beautiful azure skies. We also had a nice tail wind blowing at about ten miles per hour that […]
Lake Superior Fat-Pack ~ Part One
About a year ago, I started to dream about a multi-day beach riding trip in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Someone from my past life had told me tales of how Lake Michigan ended as a shallow whisper against the southern edge of the deliciously underpopulated U.P. I hatched a plan, where four or five riders would tag […]
Shop Profile – Central District Cyclery – Grand Rapids, Michigan
My first visit to Central District Cyclery was last winter on rainy February afternoon. I was on a whirlwind tour that took me to 616, CDC and Quiring Cycles. CDC is right in the center of downtown Grand Rapids – right next to GR Police Headquarters. The shop is in a sleek 3100 square foot […]
Fat-Bikes on a Ferry
Four of us rode the High Speed Ferry from Milwaukee to Muskegon last week to meet up with some Michigan amigos to enjoy 3 days of beach riding. We left our cars behind and spent the weekend in Grand Haven (about 20 miles south of Muskegon). Between our friends in Grand Haven and Liisa – […]
six-1-six – fat tandem preview
We just returned from another Michigan beach riding excursion, where we were treated to a sneak peak of 616’s new fat tandem. Talk about an attention getter! Aaron Joppe, from 616, was kind enough to bring out this work of art, so we could get a few impromptu photos before we all headed out for a […]
[MI]tten made of Sand – Episode Três – Silver Lake Dunes
The next stop on our tour of Michigan’s western shore takes place at another beautiful State Park. Silver Lake State Park was repeatedly mentioned in my research materials as a visual gem and ‘not to be missed’. Silver Lake is quite unique. It has a commercial outfitter that takes tourists out into the park on […]
[MI]tten Made of Sand ~ Episode Dos ~ Big Sable Point
The next stop on my Michigan trip is Ludington. Ludington State Park features 12 miles of beach just north of the town of the same name along the shores of Lake Michigan. I chose Ludington as the furthest north that I would explore on this trip. Cecil and I rolled in and found the park […]
[MI]tten Made of Sand ~ Episode Uno
The Michigami Way Twenty-six years ago I received my first mountain bike. I rode the hell out of that Porsche Red, Rockhopper. My brother in law, Al, and I rode along the power lines and by the orchards surrounding Scott Lake in SW Michigan. That’s about the time we explored Fort Custer Recreation Area for the first […]
Michigan Beachsearch Teaser
Back from a week of beach riding in Michigan – Much more to come! Have a great weekend!
Business Profile – Barking Bear Bagworks
While Gomez and I were in Northern Michigan’s Mitten for the St Fattys Day event we had the opportunity to chat with Jason Snell from Barking Bear Bagworks located not far from the event location in Conway, MI. He had several bags built specifically for fat-bikes including the Pugsley and the Moonlander. I followed up […]
Builder Profile ~ Quiring Cycles
I met up with Scott Quiring at his Free Soil, shop late on a Friday afternoon, on a recent whirlwind tour of the Michigan’s mitten. Scott and I had been trading emails over the winter, where he sent me a few snaps of his personal stainless steel, singlespeed belt drive fat-bike. Scott’s shop is on […]
St Fattys Day Post-event Report
The St Fattys Day event was held March 31, 2012 at Marsh Ridge Resort in Gaylord MI. Gomez and I attacked the Michigan event from different directions with G heading around the southern end of Lake Michigan and heading up through Grand Rapids where he met up with 616 Fabrications and Quiring Cycles as well as […]
Builder Profile – 616 Bicycle Fabrication
Great minds from two iconic Michigami MTB Brands joined forces to form 616 Bicycle Fabrication last July. John Muezenmeyer , founder of Nuke Proof, and Aaron Joppe of Slingshot bicycles wanted to create a hand-built-in-the-mitten bicycle company that leverages the manufacturing might of western Michigan. 616 makes fat-bike frames, forks, hubs, and soon they’ll have their […]
Red Jacket Cyclotron Recap
Recap of the 2012 Red Jacket Cyclotron From: Chris Schmidt / cts@xmatic.com Snow bikers from across the region congregated on 5th Street in Calumet, Michigan for the inaugural running of the Red Jacket Cyclotron on Saturday. The Calumet Snowdrome, prepared to perfection for the Friday night start of the Copper Dog 150 dogsled race, featured […]
St. Fatty’s Day Fatbike Expo and Race – Michigan
Casey Buckleitner and the Marsh Ridge Resort in Gaylord, MI are holding a Fatbike Expo and Race at the resort March 31st, 2012. The Fat-Bike expo vendors include Einstein Cycles, Gore Bike Wear, Gore Ride – on Cable Systems, Surly, 616 Fabrication, Quiring, Bandits International and many others. The race on the 31st will be on the […]
Fat-bike Demo Days in Michigan (and a race!)
Rob, the Michigan-area Salsa/Surly rep is hitting the road with a fleet of demo bikes and will be hitting several events/demos over the next week. Here is what he sent as a schedule. Farm Team Fat Bike Race – Grand Rapids, MI Jan 14 Kinetic Systems Mukluk Demo – Waterford, MI Jan 15 Island Lake […]