The best reverse nose wheelies, on a fat-bike, that I’ve ever Seen! You know the drill…..Blah, blah if you have a fat blah blah video, send it to info at blah dash blah dot whatever and we’ll blah blah blah. Now go ride your blah-bike and don’t forget the fat-cam ala choy!
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Wallpaper Wednesday – Gypsy by Trade
Mushroom Rock, Carbondale, CO; snow falls on Mt. Sopris in the background. Nicholas Carman sent us in a few pix from his adventures riding his fat-bike all over the west. Nicholas says: I have been riding a secondhand purple Pugsley daily for ten months. First, I rode through a winter in Anchorage, commuting and exploring snowy […]
Fat (video) Tuesday – Fat Bike Building
New bikes, new gear, new goals, new friends… ice is beginning to cover the ponds up here in Interior Alaska and we at Far North Fatbikes are itchin’ to get the fatties on snow. While this video was made last year as we assembled our fleet of rental fatbikes, we think it’s fitting to watch […]
Fat (Video) Tuesday – Wheels of Tire
John Boalick sent us a compilation of various clips from his rides in North Carolina over the last year. The music is from one of his all time favorite skate videos, Wheels of Fire (1988). We’d like to see your fat-bike home movies! If you’ve got a fat-bike related, short film that you feel is […]
Fat (Video) Tuesday – Fat-Mail
Mis amigo djonnymac, made a little film of his mail run, riding his snow-white pugsley, del gatos locos. Eleven Minutes compressed into just shy of uno minuto! I bet some of our readers have been almost run over by a moose on their way to the mailbox! If you’ve got a moose vs. fat-bike video […]
Interbike 2012 – Live from the Show Floor
Sven has been here before, but today was my first time in the maze called Interbike. We popped my interbike cherry today, to bring you all of the fat…all of the time! Just like we promised! Phil Wood fat-bike design exercise! Custom Fork crowns on the Manitou Fork. 185mm Cassette Hub. Also available in lower […]
The Dakota 5-0…No Sleep till Bacon
Decorah, IA bud, Ben Shockey AKA The Shockstar rode the Dakota 50 on his singlespeed Pugsley this year and sent in this report. Enjoy! Thanks to karoldesign.com and PahaSapaTrails.com for permission to use the accompanying photos. BTW, folks, Ben wrote this entire story on his mobile phone! This year’s Dakota 5-0 marked the third time in the […]
Fat Video Tuesday ~ Side by Side Comparison
An interesting clip that compares a standard mtb, a 4″ pugs and a 5″ moonie on semi-crusted wettish snow. I wonder what the tire pressures were set at? Oh!…..and you might want to mute the volume……don’t say I didn’t warn you. Let’s hear from every corner of the Globe? If you’ve got a fat-bike related […]
Fat Video Tuesday ~ Driveway Trials
[{(wiki-wiki-whirr )}]- what do you do in your driveway? Let’s hear from every driveway in America? If you’ve got a fat-bike related image that you feel is “Fat (Video) Tuesday” worthy, slap a link in an email with what, where, why-type info and videographer’s credit to info@fat-bike.com and you may see your creative work here!
Wallpaper Wednesday ~ Pimp my Pug, on the Beach
Our homeboy Craig sent us a shot of his Moonlander along side Sue’s White Wedding Pimp my Pug project on a slice of beach we know very well, here in the big whiskey. Feel free to download it and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click on the image to open the full-sized version which […]
Survival of the Fattest – Chequamegon 100
http://www.chequamegon100.com/ This sounded like a bad idea. Believe it or not, earlier this Spring I was sitting around behind a bike shop drinking beer and talking about bikes. The conversation started getting into Single Speeds vs. Gears, Steel vs. Carbon Frames, and Fat Bikes vs. skinny 29’ers. What best, what’s OK, what sucks, etc. […]
Interview With Chris Zito – Pugsley Pioneer
FBC – Tell us a bit about your life and how bikes fit in. Z- I got into bikes in the early 90’s when looking for a job and a friend suggested that I work for his company, Breakaway Bicycle Couriers. The guys at Rainbow Jersey got me on a cross bike and eventually onto […]
Fat Video Tuesday – Fat-Bike Honeymoon
Mike Taylor Chronicles the first month of riding his new custom painted pugsley around (where else?) – Scotland! Got your own fatbike video? If you’ve got a fat-bike related image that you feel is “Fat (Video) Tuesday” worthy, slap a link in an email with what, where, why-type info and videographer’s credit to info@fat-bike.com and you may see […]
Fat-Bike Surfari ~ Beach Riding Research
Fat-bike beach riding isn’t always peaches and cream. Sometimes you ride the beach…and sometimes the beach wears you like a prison jumpsuit. Last month, Sven, Puck and I went to explore a new section of beach north of Milwaukee. It was windier than a fifty pound bag of politics and Lake Michigan was rock’n real good. […]
Fatbiking in Finland Part III – The Bikes
Finally it’s time to introduce some of the fatbikes found here in Finland. There are probably close to 50 fatbikes in all, and quite many of the owners are active in the Finnish bicycling forum, www.fillarifoorumi.fi. We have our own conversation thread for fatbikes, called ‘The Official™ fatbike-thread’. Here is a selection of some of […]
Pugsley vs. Moonlander ?
I started riding fat-bikes on a Pugsley, gifted to me for my 50th birthday and then last December I got a Moonlander complete. I haven’t ridden the Pugsley since getting my Moonlander, so I’m contemplating selling it. But first, I’d like to hear from our readers on the subject of Pugs vs Moonie. I […]
Fat-Bike Dreams
For the last few weeks, the last thing I think about, before I go to sleep, is called Big Eau Pleine. It’s a park up in Marathon County, Wisconsin that I’ve frequented over the years. While I’ve ridden my bike there, it isn’t what I would call a mountain bike destination. Big Eau Pleine (BEP) […]
Baja Beach Adventure – Part 3
Alright this is it folks, the last chapter in our saga Part 1 and Part 2 are probably important to read before this part. We woke up pretty early after our night in the RV and packed our bags thinking that we would head on down the beach to a resturant we had heard was […]
Spinner’s Interview with Sov from SURLY
Spinner hooked us up with this PRIMO interview as he sat down with Sov, well, actually he sat down with a High Life in front of a computer, and pulled questions outta his bike seat rester regarding what he thinks is one of the coolest and most popular fat bikes around – The Pugsley. […]
Fat (Video) Tuesday – What is Fat Biking?
A while back I did a video titled “What is fat Biking?” and since then I’ve wanted to do another, so here it is, Pugsley on Patrol 98 – What is Fat Biking?
Baja Beach Adventure – Part 2
When we last left we were bedding down for the evening in a crazy windstorm. Well, the next morning wasn’t any different, we awoke to a solid 30mph wind out of the south. Upon packing up camp I noticed I had a rear flat so before we could head out I had to patch the tube. This […]
Fating the Smokies
A little fat-bike southern cooking for you from our Asheville, Norte del Carolina correspondant ~ Katy Snaks! While it’s fantastic that some cyclists enjoy hacking through the wilderness or tackling long races on their fat-bikes, that’s not quite my natural inclination. When charged with writing an article for fat-bike.com, it took a few minutes to […]
HOW TO ~ Fill your flask without spilling a drop!
Sven was out pounding the pavement yesterday and one of our local bicycle dealers slash fat hyphen dot com readers suggested that we do more ({[HOW TO]}) stories right here in on the interwebs, so here we go…. Fat-Bikers seem to have made the stainless steel flask standard equipment on their mounts across the world, […]
Pugsley on Patrol 95 – Talla Water
Latest video in the Pugsley on Patrol series. Filmed in the Tweedsmuir Hills of the Scottish Borders with music by Mindthings. Filming took over 5 hours and produced over 10 Gb of HD footage which was edited down to the 4.38 minutes you see here. Two cameras were used, a GoPro HD for the “camera-on-a-stick”, […]
My First Fat Bike
Hey All! Gary from Pugsley on Patrol has joined the fat-bike.com crew and will be regaling us with stories and experiences from that fatbike paradise, Scotland! – Sven There was a time when I had never even heard of the term “fat bike”, let alone actually seen one in the flesh or lifted my leg […]
Reader’s Ride(s) – Dave’s Record Setting Pug
This is Dave Pramann’s Pug. An original 2005 Surly Pugsley that was built by famous FatBike designer John Evingson. As you can see below it has quite a pedigree! FatBike Record Holder bike for Arrowhead…15hrs:47min FatBike Record Holder bike for Ragnarok…7:02 w/aero bars Fatbike Record Holder bike for Chequamegon 40…2:37 Fatbike Record Holder bike for […]
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 […]
Gearing Up For A Change
I had an epiphany and learned something pivotal this past weekend… It’s not about what you can’t do, it’s about what you CAN. How can a 36 mile winter fatbike ride be more difficult than a 100 mile winter fatbike ride? Soft snow and one gear. When I had my 29er with Snow Cats, I […]
Occupy Sweaty Yeti – Race Report and Birthday Party!
A bunch of us made the trip up to Levis for the inaugural Sweaty Yeti Fat-Bike Race last Saturday. We all were coming together to combine race director, Steve Meurett’s, amigo, Adam Blake’s & my lovely wife, Bethany’s Birthday Party…drink some good beer…ride/race? some sweet snowy trail…..and (with Steve’s OK) occupy the Levis Trail Center […]
2012 Pugsley World Championships
2012 Pugsley World Championships February 25, 2012 The Ax is Back Registration will be Day of the race at Cooper’s Pub in Decorah, IA 1101 Highway 9 W Decorah, IA 52101-2409 8:00 to 10:00 Registration Race starts at 10:30 There is no Pre-Registration, however please select the Attending option in the Facebook event The course […]
Reader’s Ride(s) ~ Mr. Pugglesworth
This is my brother Ernesto’s, bike mechanic’s fat-bike. We call him the whiskey mechanic (long story), or Mr. Scott. and now for something completely different Mr. Pugglesworth… Standard snow blind white frame Simple down tube panel with brushed silver logo, matching cigar band striping, and my fave, the SP seat mast monogram. now as for Mr. […]
Green Go and Green Stop – Jagwire Ripcord Cables
When I found out that Jagwire made green shifter housing I just had to have some, when I was informed that they also have the matching brake cable housing, and that Jagwire was kind enough to cough up a set of Ripcords for testing, I just had to have some of that too. The decision […]
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 […]
NYD Ride – Decorah, IA
The Decorah NYD ride is a 13 miles gravel route to the Blue Collar Friendly Randy’s Bluffton Store. Temps in the 20 Degree range. 55 to 60 MPH head wind on the way out. 25 to 30 riders. 3 Moonlanders. 2 Pugsleys. ? Barley pops and a jug of Home-made Apple Pie Moonshine. This was […]
Getting Fat in Ohio ~ Field Report by DJ
Fatbikes: 2 Mukluks 1 ti’ Fatback 1 9:Zero:7 2 Pugsleys: the Fugsley, and Don’s DUC32 Pugs Stats: December 11, 2011 19.34 miles 2:23 ride time (8.1 mph average pace) 2270ft vertical You’d think it would be a singletrack traffic jam on a day like this: sunny, cold—but not too cold, with the saturated ground nicely […]
Moonlander – Mission 3, 4 & 5
Ride #3 ~ A cold snap froze everything solid over night so my previous plans to get the new Moonlander out to Kettle looked promising for Friday. I waited to get the ‘all clear’ from the DNR trail hot-line and by mid-day, I was on my way out to see how this thing will handle a real […]
Surly “Neck Romancer” Pugsley First Impression
It’s a brisk early-winter day here in Nebraska, and while most cyclists are making a hasty retreat indoors for another boring trainer session, others are layering up to hit the great outdoors. Steve Barr is about to be one of those cyclists making the jump out into the frozen countryside. Why? Because today, he is […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – Red Pugsley in the Snow
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday photo is courtesy of our own Gomez and was, in his words “shot the day after epiphany in 2010 in a rager of a snow storm – this was pre-Larry – note the double endomorph set-up. Feel free to download it and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click on the […]
Fat-Bikers X-Mas Wish List
Want to know what the fat-biker in your life covets? We’ve put together a list and checked it twice! Surly Moonlander (Duh!) it’s so fat that St. Nick has one on order for (his-jolly-ole-self)! surlybikes.com/bikes/moonlander Ahearne Cycles Custom Engraved Flask and Cage Send in your art and create a gift that will last a […]
Ride Report – are we a gang or a club? the hunter or the hunted?
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 […]
Race #3 – BLBBRBK
Why it is cancelled. – http://www.northcentralcyclery.com/?p=3021 RACE CANCELLED RACE CANCELLED
The Empire Strikes Back
Gnome Fest was a great time once again this year. There are many great times planned and some that just seem to happen. I’ve been known for a great many things, and some…. kind of questionable things, but it seems one of my super powers is breaking things. I broke my very first serious mountain […]
New Rims – World of Bikes – Massive Qty’s – First Ride Impressions
I made my first visit to Iowa City last week to have my good friend Adam swap out the rims on my g-fiddy pugs for some of Surly’s fancy new powder-coated Rolling Darryl, drilled 82mm units. My rear wheel on the pugs had developed quite a wiggle and when I washed up the bike in […]
Matt’s Gnome-Fest Raffle Winner – “Babe the Blue Ox”
There’s a wild mountain bike festival every September called Gnome-Fest in the north-woods of Wisconsin and last year Surly Bicycles donated a Pugsley frame and fork to be raffled off to support the local trail group at Levis-Trow Mounds. As luck would have it……. one of our amigos (Matt Sylvester) won the raffle and has […]