Framed Bikes hit the Fat-Bike scene last winter with their Minnesota fat-bike. We featured a bit of first hand riding experience on their bike in an article entitled ‘The Fat and the Curious‘ last winter. For 2015, Framed is establishing themselves as a big-time player in the fat-bike market. They have their Carbon and Alloy Alaskan […]
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First Glimpse! – Twin Six Standard Fat
Last Friday, our amigo Jesse LaLonde pinged me with something pretty hawt. In addition to being the dark knight of fat bike racing, Jesse is a designer at Twin Six. Jesse and Fat-Bike had been talking about a fat-race-bike for the better part of the year now and it turns out that all of Jesse’s R&D coupled […]
BKB Ti Proto ({[SPY PHOTO!]})
Deep in the bowls of the Bare Knuckle Brigade testing bunker and laboratories – {The BKB Speed Factory}, they’ve been developing a new race bike for Jesse. We have a photo of the v1.0 prototype. This was leaked by sources very close to the LaLonde brothers and their (not so very secret) bike riding squad […]
Triple F ♦ Lake Superior Crust Ride
Tjaard Breeuwer sent us some shots from his club’s (COGGS) Monday night fatbike ride. This is what Tjaard had to say about the ride. Last week’s ride was on the beach at Park Point, right at the tip of Lake Superior. The conditions were incredible! We still have large ice floes floating around, with only small […]
HED’s Big Deal Carbon Rim Review
By : Jesse LaLonde I don’t recall a time in my life when the weather was ever an issue. In fact I tend to welcome the extreme with hungry lungs and an open mind. I’ll be the first to admit that this mentality can lead to a sink or swim situation but that’s the type […]
The Fat and The Curious
We’ve all met them. We’ve all answered their questions. The big eyed gawkers that stare at you as you ride by on your fat bike. “WOW, LOOK AT THOSE TIRES!” “Where did you get that?” “Is it hard to pedal?” And inevitably, “How much did it cost?” After I answer that question, there’s usually only […]
Fatbike Frozen Forty recap
By – Michael McColgan This past Valentine’s weekend, 200 fatbikers showed their love for snowy singletrack by converging on Elm Creek Park’s flowy trails for the Fatbike Frozen Forty, the sixth race in the eight race Great Lakes Fatbike Series. The faithful followers of this site have seen the articles on various trail groomers, […]
Fat Foto Friday ♦ The Hitching Post
Mono-syllabically known to cyclists everywhere as Bjorn, my gnomefest cousin (twice removed) Bjorn, took this shot at the Hitching post during the Arrowhead 135 last month. The Hitching Post’s neon and x-mas lights must look like a true northwoods oasis to riders braving sub-zero temps coming out of the inky darkness. What’s in your camera? […]
Borealis/Wolftooth Front Derailleur Do-Dad
Borealis and Wolf Tooth Components have been collaborating on product ideas since the early days of both companies. The new front derailleur direct mount adapter for 190mm rear hub spacing is the first product that is a direct result of that collaboration. The adapter is designed and manufactured in Minneapolis MN just like all the […]
Tom’s Arrowhead 135 Diary – Part 1
Our amigo Tom Lais is a veteran of the Rovaniemi 150 and the Arrowhead 135. He’s agreed to send us reports live from the front lines of his Arrowhead adventure this year. Tom will be riding his custom A-Train fat bike that he calls Oscar. Tom’s also testing out a pair of Revelate Design’s new […]
LaMere Carbon – Chinese Rocket Ship
By : Jesse LaLonde 12.6 lbs ; The weight difference between LaMere’s new carbon fat bike and my current fat rig. A light fat bike; the oxymoron approach to describing the new LaMere fat bike. Minneapolis; the location of LaMere HQ and home to some of the best kept fat bike trails around. Luckily for […]
Arrowhead 135 Champ – Todd McFadden’s Carbon Beargrease Race Bike
Last year in the Arrowhead 135 Todd McFadden took on the best riders that Alaska could throw at him and emerged victorious in a record setting time of 14 hours, 20 minutes. The previous year’s winner Kevin Breitenbach and Multi-Year Champ, Jeff Oatley, tried to outlast Todd, but in the end, just couldn’t put in any […]
Fat Video Tuesday ♦ Blue Boy’s Funky Time Beats
Zach Monack is Captain of Wrenches, at Erik’s Bike Shop in Burnsville Minnesota. He made a little day in the life film noir project for us with some of those funky time beats for our listening pleasure. Here’s what Señior Zack had to say about it all… My video is a ride around Lebanon Hills in […]
Fat Foto Friday – Duluth Ice Shelf
Pat Murphy of Pedal Minnesota sent us this shot that was taken at Park Point outside of Duluth on Lake Superior last week by Hansi Johnson. Pat told us that ‘Hansi was standing on 10-ft ladder in the lake to get some of these shots’. The lone rider in the shot is Casey Krueger riding a […]
A Visit to Hed HQ
As soon as I scheduled my trip to Minneapolis to attend the Freewheel Winter Bike Expo, I contacted Andy from Hed to see if I could visit their production facility and possibly, demo a set of their new carbon fat bike rims. As the date of my visit grew closer, Andy and I worked out all […]
Fat Video Tuesday – Turkey Ride
On Thanksgiving morning in Southern MN a group of fat bikers got together for a pre-fattening ride along the Minnesota river. Dan Oachs was the only one not on a fat bike so he did his best to pretend that he had one and filmed the event with a helmet cam. It started off a […]
Event Spotlight – Cuyuna Lakes Whiteout (MN)
The 2014 Cuyuna Lakes Whiteout returns with a mixed bag of social rides and races that have made this event incredibly popular. Great trails and huge snow potential make Cuyuna Lakes a perfect venue for a winter fat-bike race and festival. The Whiteout is a part of the Great Lakes Fat Bike Series so you can […]
Great Lakes Fat Bike Series – Sponsors Announced
45NRTH, a leader in winter cycling gear, has become the title sponsor of the 2014 Great Lakes Fatbike Series. The company, based in Minneapolis, has created award-winning products that provide enhanced comfort and control for the fast-growing sport of winter fatbiking. “The number of people riding fatbikes in the winter is rising at an unbelieveable […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – Krampus Overlook
This pic is of Death Rider’s Krampus. It was taken on top of Pincushion Mountain near Grand Marais, Minnesota in mid August. He and his family were out riding the new MTB trails nearby and took the spur trail out to the overlook where the picture was taken.Download the appropriate size and use it as […]
An Interview with Paul Bunyan
Ladies and Gentlemen of the fat-bike community, we are proud to present an interview with northwoods legend – Mr. Paul Bunyan. How is life treating you Paul? Life is good: birds are chirping, trees are falling, axes are swinging. I can’t complain- its hard to remember the last morning I didn’t fill my belly with flapjacks. I […]
Fat-Tribe Thursday is BACK!
Aileen Frey caught her husband, Scott, admiring a Vibe Cycles, Copper masterpiece, at the (South Western Idaho Mountain Bike Association) SWIMBA rendezvous this weekend. Vibe had three custom fat bikes available to demo on the trails at Eagle Bike Park. Aileen tried out a Vibe Frozen Bitch fatty and was impressed. She added “We learned […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – 9:Zero:7 in Minnesota
John took this photo on his iPhone while out on a ride on the Lebanon Hills MTB trail in Eagan, MN and then did some creative editing to achieve the effect you see here. Good work, John! Definitely a cool feel to the image. Download the appropriate size and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click […]
Fat Foto Friday ♦ River Bend
Ben Witt from Milltown Cycles shot this while doing some singletrack crawling out at River Bend in Minnesota. We showed you ours – Now show us yours! Triple F is how we share the fat-bike fun every friday afternoon, with the help of submissions from our readers! Send your photos to gomez@fat-bike.com and help inspire fat-bike fun!
Fat Foto Friday ♦ Catfish Cup
Michael Boehnlein captured this striking image at The Carver Lake Cold Catfish Cup winter race up near the Twin Cities this January. Mike and I are gnome-fest cousins. He rides with los gauchos del (MORBID) a la choy… Fat Foto Friday is a weekly feature where we try to help kick off […]
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 […]
Fat (video) Tuesday – Chasing Fat-Bikes
Our amigo Joe Grinnel put together this video with footage from a few events from Hillside Park (the Cold Bear Challenge) and at Murphy Hanrehan (The Frozen Frolic) up in the Twin Cities. Joe’s an extremely talented videographer and we hope you enjoy his work, as much as we do! Do you have some […]
Fat Foto Friday ♦ Frozen Ride Formation
click the photo to view it larger Hansi Johnson is tall drink of water from up dare in Da’Loot (Duluth, Minnesota). He’s also our skilled and accomplished Mid-West IMBA Rep and (on top of all of that) is one hell of a talented photographer! You can check out more of his talents at http://universalklister.blogspot.com/. Fat […]
Frost BIKE 2013 – Fresh Carbon Beargrease – New Fat Bike Cranks
Salsa’s Carbon Beargrease The bike we all came to look at was not out on the show floor. Salsa’s, Mike Reimer, led me back behind some of the display booths and down a narrow passage to a locked windowless office, where only a few lucky folks got to see something that is going to blow […]
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 […]
FAT-TRIBE Thursday – Yorkshire, Iowa, Minnesota & London England!
This week Ed Oxley shares his second video with us shot between Hebden Bridge and Ribblehead in Yorkshire, England. Todd Shenker sent us a pic of his bike on the shores of Saylorville Lake in Johnston, Iowa. He added “It was 50 degrees that day. I was riding on top of the ice on the shore. […]
Fat Video Tuesday – Fat Ice Ride
Sam Elder shot some fat-bike fun out on a local frozen lake up in Minnesota. Lake riding is the bomb! We’d love to see what fat-biking is like in your part of the world! If you’ve got a fat-bike related, short film that you feel is “Fat (Video) Tuesday” material, slap a link in an […]
Event Spotlight – Cuyuna Lakes Whiteout
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Fat (video) Tuesday ~ Cuyuna Lakes
Aaron W Hautala is the president of the Cuyuna Lakes Mountain Bike Crew. He sent us this video of the trails up in there where Paul Bunyan used to play frisbee with buzz saws. Share your video with the rest of World Wide Fat-Bike Tribe! If you’ve got a fat-bike related, short film that you […]
Fat (video) Tuesday ♦ River Bottoms (MPLS)
Peaches and the Big Swede get slushy for the camera during a nice wet snow squall up in MN. We’d love to see what fat-biking is like in your part of the world! If you’ve got a fat-bike related, short film that you feel is “Fat (Video) Tuesday” material, slap a link in an email […]
Event Spotlight – Arctic Fat Fever
Click the Flyer to be whisked to the event web-page. For more races, demos and festivals, visit our Event Calendar sponsored by 45NRTH for more Fat-Bike Fun!
Event Spotlight – Carver Lake Cold Catfish Cup
The 2nd Annual Carver Lake Cold Catfish Cup will take place on Sunday, January 27 in Woodbury, MN. Featured sponsors at this year’s event include Angry Catfish Bike Shop + Coffee, 45NRTH, Lucid Brewing Company, Potter’s Pasties and Intelligentsia. The Cold Catfish Cup is a winter bike race that offers winter cyclists a little […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – Minnesota River Valley
Pete sent in this shot of bever work and fat-bikes in the Minnesota River Valley. Feel free to download it 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. Got your own Wallpaper Worthy Photo? If you’ve got a fat-bike related […]
Fat (video) Tuesday – New Years Day 2013!
John Lundell shared a video that he shot in his native Minnesota after a fresh snow fall. We want to thank all of our readers for sharing your 2012 fat-bike adventures with us and wish each and every one of you the very best and happiest, Fat-Bike New Year! Is 2013 your year to share […]
MPLS Bike Co Introduces the Full Carbon – Murphy
Hot News from the Winter Bike Expo in Minneapolis! Kevin Ishang., owner of Freewheel Bike, announced the founding of a new fat-bike company called appropriately, the Minneapolis Bike Company. We were then treated to the unveiling of their new, fresh from the skunk works ‘Murphy’ full carbon Fat-Bike prototype. The Murphy features raised chainstays […]
Winter Bike Expo – Sneak Peek!
WINTER BIKE EXPO – MPLS The Wall of Wolvhammers The Wool The Wheel Shop Shockspital Lefty(s) With Mendon Cycle Smith Brackets All the new tires stacked like cord wood. Laser’s New Dissent Helmet comes in Fat-Bike White or Fat-Bike Black …and it snowed a bit last night to put a nice layer of frosting on […]
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
Fat Video Teusday – Arrowhead 135 ~ the movie
The 9 th Annual Arrowhead 135 bike/ski/run winter race is set for January 28th, 2013. http://www.arrowheadultra.com/ We’d like kind’a love to see what fat-biking is like jump’n off, in your part of the world, for realz! If you’ve got a fat-bike related, short film that you feel is “Fat (Video) Tuesday” material, slap […]
Builder Profile – A-Train Cycles
To give you an idea of how compact the world of fat bikes is, I met the owner of A-Train Cycles, Alex Cook, a few years ago, when I became his very first customer by purchasing a custom porteur front rack for my pugsley. Back then, Alex was working for a bike shop and welded […]
Shop Profile – Freewheel Bike – Minneapolis, MN
Freewheel Bike has 3 locations in MPLS and last month I sat down at the West Bank store with Freewheel Bike, General Manager, Jake Helmbrecht, to talk fat-bikes and share a guess at what might be new and exciting at Frostbike. Jake talked to us about Freewheel’s Winter Bike Expo that was held, last December, at […]