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2022 Sea Otter Classic Bike Expo (Part 3)
We’re back with Part 3 of our coverage of the 2022 Life Time Sea Otter Classic presented by Continental. The bike industry came out of hiding and brought out all of the new toys for all of the girls and boys! #alicecooper Surly Bicycles wove themselves into a new taller tent during the pandemic. They […]
2022 UK Fat Bike Championships
BACK FOR 2022 !! – Saturday 14th May, 2022 The 2022 UK Fat Bike Championships will be on Sat 14th May at Minley Manor, Hants GU17 9UF.It will be a 6-hour race starting at 3 pm (you must finish your last lap by 9 pm). Around the course there are numerous areas of woodland, heathland, […]
2022 AusCycling Fat Bike MTB National Championships – Broome
Friday May 13, 2022 Cable Beach is world famous and for good reason. It boasts white sands, massive 10 metre tides, red pindan cliffs, warm waters, killer sunsets, iconic camel rides and even dinosaur prints. Now it hosts Australia’s only beach cycling event – the AusCycling Fat Bike National Championships. If you’re rolling larger than 3.8″ […]
Valdez Fat Bike Bash (AK)
Valdez, Alaska – April 1-3, 2022 Valdez Alaska looks like a fat bike paradise in the photos and videos that I’ve seen! The Fat Bike Bash is right around the corner and they’re rolling out the red carpet with an XC Race on Saturday and a Downhill Race on Sunday! To register visit – https://valdezadventurealliance.com/
28 Below Fat Tire Race (SD)
Celebrate the Last Weekend of Winter with theBlack Hills Premier Fatbike Race/Ride/Tour! Spearfish Canyon /Black Hills, SD March 12th 2022 – 50K Ride/Race/Tour Check out all of the details – https://www.28below.com/ Check Out the Fat-Bike Event Calendar We’ve been loading some of our favorite events onto our Event Schedule. Everything on our event schedule was […]
Sweaty Yeti ’22 Recap
photo by Dustin Marsh JP sent me a text a few weeks back. It said that he had a new bloody mary bar set up that he planned to ride during the Sweaty Yeti at Levis. The Yeti had adopted a semi-virtual format this year and the course was open for ten days for anyone […]
Iron Bull Last Hurrah (WI)
SNOWSHOE OR FAT BIKE Wausau, Wisconsin 6K, 12K, OR 20K ADVENTURE MARCH 6, 2022 https://www.ironbull.org/last-hurrah-details Check Out the Fat-Bike Event Calendar We’ve been loading some of our favorite events onto our Event Schedule. Everything on our event schedule was hugged onto the interwebs and represents, super fun good times! Check out the event schedule for […]
The 2022 Trio Fat Bike World Championships – Talkeetna, Alaska
The Talkeetna Trio Fat Bike World Championships are scheduled for Saturday, March 19th, 2022. Our Fatbassador Travis will be there working his magic. This is a great event with all of the trimmings. I’ve been out to Shangrila and back. I don’t think that I’ll ever forget it. I clearly recall that there were copious […]
Polar Roll Recap by Greg Gentle
The Polar Roll 2022: Year of the Mullet The Polar Roll Fat Bike Race takes place in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula every February. It has taken up space on my race calendar for years due in part to my belief in the 906 Adventure Club’s mission, but also for the challenge. My first crack at The […]
Fat (video) Tuesday – Dueces are WILD!
Stardate: Two, Two, Twenty-Two (2/2/22) – The calendar says that last week was Fat Tuesday. However, today is such a numerological milestone that it feels like we’re celebrating a full week of mardi gras! Since today is all about the number two, let’s share a Fat Bike Worlds double feature, shall we?. Film 1 – […]
Sweaty Yeti Semi-Virtual (WI)
Sign up for the Sweaty Yeti Semi-Virtual (here: https://www.bikereg.com/sweaty-yeti), then click this link to get webscorer and the live timing. The course will be marked and the race is live between Sat Feb 19th, 5:00am-Sunday Feb 27th, 5:00 pm. You never know who you might run into up there this time of year. I heard that […]
US Open Fat Bike Beach Championship Returns to NC March 18-20
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C., Feb. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Following a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the US Open Fat Bike Beach Championship rolls into Wrightsville Beach, March 18-20. The biggest race of its type on the East Coast, all the action will be oceanfront at Blockade Runner Beach Resort. “The US Open Fat Bike Beach […]
Badger State Games Fat Bike Race (WI)
Click the flyer to go to the race guide with maps and a ton of cool information Saturday, February 19th, 2022 The Underdown – Prarie Dells trailhead To all of my race amigos out there that scoffed at the idea of racing their bikes on a golf course, here’s a race held at the Underdown […]
Bike Across The Bay (WI)
Click the Flyer for more information Sunday February 20th, 2022 Washburn, WI Check out a race held on the frozen surface of Lake Superior. You can choose between 10k or 20k distance. The course takes place the morning after the Book Across the Bay course. An on-land alternative is in place in the event of […]
SLiP N RiDE Relay (WI)
Click the demonic snowman for more information Silver Lake County Park is near my old stomping grounds down in Willinois. I remember riding deer paths through an old abandoned campground back in the day and now Silver Lake has a sweet groomed singletrack system. This is one of those races that does a pretty good […]
Fat Bike Worlds – Wisconsin Recap
Colorado came to visit Wisconsin this past weekend. Colorado-based Borealis Fat Bikes and event founder Dave Ochs were front and center at the New Richmond Golf Club. The Coloradan that we haven’t mentioned yet is Josiah Middaugh. He’s a multiple FBW Men’s Champion from Vail and (spoiler alert) he won again! He’s won in three […]
Dose of Fat – Prime Winter Race Season – 2022!
Here we are in Prime-Time Winter Race Season 2022 (the year of the Double Duece. It’s the final weekend of January and Fat Bike Worlds starts today in New Richmond Wisconsin. I’ll be headed out there to see what it’s all about! February is chocked full of interesting and exciting events. You can check out […]
Winter’s Fat Classic (SD)
Dirty Chain Co. hosts The Winter’s Fat Classic bringing night racing to Deadwood South Dakota! Registration – https://dirtychain.co/registration/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/events/581820259427945/Host – http://dirtychain.co/ Check Out the Fat-Bike Event Calendar We’ve been loading some of our favorite events onto our Event Schedule. Everything on our event schedule was hugged onto the interwebs and represents, super fun good […]
US Fat Bike Open (WI)
The Snow Crown Fat Bike Race Series updated the name and the venue for stop number two of their Nord East Sconnie Tour de Fat. The US Fat Bike Open is next weekend at the Green Bay Country Club. Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/events/1063014021210306/ Series Website – https://snowcrownseries.com/ Check Out the Fat-Bike Event Calendar We’ve been loading some […]
2022 Leadville Winter Mountain Bike Series (CO)
The Cloud City Wheelers from Leadville Colorado hosts a fat-bike race series that starts in January and goes all the way into April! http://www.cloudcitywheelers.com/race For more information visit – – http://www.cloudcitywheelers.com/race Check Out the Fat-Bike Event Calendar We’ve been loading some of our favorite events onto our Event Schedule. Everything on our event schedule was […]
4th Annual Fatathlon Fat Bike/Cornhole Biathlon (WI)
Saturday, January 15, 2022 This truly is a one-of-a-kind event, the 4th annual Fat Bike and Cornhole Biathlon. Ride 2 laps of the new and improved, well-groomed Shannon Lake Trail as fast as you can. Then, see if you can improve that record time through the cornhole toss! Every hit improves your time. What a […]
Triple D (IA)
Join the circus! January 15th, 2022 You have to love an event that calls itself a three-ring circus! Triple D has a long history and a unique culture. Some years back, the race was sold to a new group and I lost touch with how that worked out. The new race promoters contacted us with […]
2022 Powder Keg Snowshoe & Bike & Ski Race (WI)
Have you always dreamed of being a fat-bike triathlete? This is your chance to make that happen. Snowshoes, Fat-Bikes, and Nordic Skiis raced separately or all together in a virtual and in-person format make the Powder Keg an event that’s truly special. My idea of a Triathalon would include fat-bikes, photography, and coffee outside. I […]
Short’s Brewing Fat Bike Series (MI)
http://www.sbfbs.com/ The Shorts Brewing Fat Bike Series has been around since day one up in the Northern Mitten of Michigan. How can you go wrong with races that rock names like ‘Fat & Fluroius’, ‘Dogman’, or my favorite, ‘Huma Loopa Licious’? Way back in the day, Dave Lunz and I took second place (also DFL) […]
Atwood Fat Bike Race Series (Northern Illinois)
Click the owl in the beak for more information When I lived in the Suburbs of Chicago, back in the last century, I used to love to load up the van and head out to the frontier town they named Rockford after Jim Rockford of The Rockford Files. (Or was it the place that pilgrims […]
The Fenton Race Report by Angry Andy
Better Late than Never Earlier in April 2021 I got the call up from Uncle Gomez about a ride/race called the Fat Fish Forty, billed as a Fat Tire multi-terrain course I read some of the features of this ride and it sounded challenging as well as scenic, so immediately signed up as I was […]
The Snow Crown Race Series (WI)
Our friends from Broken Spoke Bike Studio up in Green Bay, Wisconsin run the Snow Crown Race Series and this winter’s lineup features four races across the Northeast corner of Wisconsin. The Shelltrack race will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year. I was at the firstShelltrack. I brought two of my huge dogs with me. […]
Hugh Jass Fat Bike Race Series #giddyup
The Hugh Jass Fat Bike Race Series is Back with Six Races across SE Wisconsin
Danger Gnome Podcast – Fat Bike Worlds 2022 Race Director Chris Stevens
The Fat Bike World Championships moves to Wisconsin next January so we invited the race director, Chris Stevens, to come on the show and talk a little bit about the event. You can bet your last gnome that we’ll be there with our whole crew and we hope that all of the fun fat-bike folks […]
Event Spotlight – The Fenton
Straight outta Webster Wisconsin comes a one hundred and six-mile fat bike race. Our amigos Lilah and Alan from the Fat Fish 40 have cooked up an event that should be on every fat-bike rider’s radar. The race takes place on October 30th up in the Northwest of the big Whiskey through the Namekagon River […]
The Day Across Minnesota: The D.A.M.N. – by Greg Gentle
We left St. Paul, Minnesota in the blistering heat of Friday rush hour. Rows of cars stacked on top of each other crawled across ribbons of concrete. My phone pinged with texts from my friends offering advice and well-wishes–reminding me that in seven hours I will be chasing the stars, blinking tail lights, and the […]
More Poor Choices: The Chequamegon 100 MTB Race – by Greg Gentle (G$)
More Poor Choices: The Chequamegon 100 MTB Race – by Greg Gentle My documented life of risk-taking and foolery on the bike knows few boundaries. To keep my streak of poor choices and bad decision-making running strong I decided to race the Cheq 100 mountain bike race in Cable, Wisconsin last weekend. Technically the Cheq […]
2021 AusCycling Fat Bike National Championships
Broome Western Australia will once again host the Mountain Bike Australia (MTBA) Fat Bike National Championships.
Klunkedelic – May Day Mayhem – May 1st – Iowa
Click the flyer for more Information! Our Gnomefest Cousin Joe and his amigo Derek are building some Full Metal Klunk in the form of an event entitled May Day Mayhem to North Central Iowa on May 1st. Trust me when I say that Iowa knows how to throw a bike party! I bet this will […]
Event Spotlight Fat-Fish 40 – May 1st – Webster Wisconsin
Grassroots racing is still alive and kicking in Wisconsin
Rip-Zip & Sip – Feb 20th 2021 – Wisconsin
Race Classes 7K Award Classes: Under 17 | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-59 | 60+ 21K Award Classes: Under 17 | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-59 | 60+ Schedule 8:00 AM – Check-In/Register10:00 AM – Race Starts – Staggered Start1:00 PM – Zip Line Opens3:00 PM – Drawing for Fat Bike […]
Sweaty Yeti Alt – Feb 26th,27th,28th – A virtual race (WI)
I think like many of us, my inner twelve year old is bursting at the seams to get out and ride at a huge fat-bike party with beer and FUN! The Sweaty Yeti at Levis has always been an event that brings me back to the early days of fat-bike racing. With the Covid 19 […]
2021 CORBA Powderkeg – February 5-14 – WI
Events and Options Fat Bike The course will include groomed trails at Lowes Creek County Park. You can choose to enter into the categories of 1 or 2 laps. Tires must be 3.5” or larger. Course information will be available as we get closer to the event dates. Snowshoe Choose 5K and 10K courses similar […]
Event Spotlight – Fatty in the Falls – Jan 30, 2021 – WI
Click the Flyer For More INFO! Wisconsin’s Northwoods in January! What Could Be Better? About the Event Race Plate Pick up and waiver signing will begin at 7:30am and will end 15 minutes before each race. Beginner Race will be a 1 lap race-approximately 5 miles Intermediate Race will be a 2 lap race-approximately 9 […]
2021 Leadville Winter Race Series is a go, with a twist
The highest fat-bike race series in America
FAT VIKING 2021 is going (Virtual) GLOBAL!
«GLOBAL EDITION» of FAT VIKING 2021!
Event Spotlight – Virtual Fat-Bike Racing in Jasper, Alberta
Sean Fitzgerald has come up with a new take on this virtual race thing in Jasper Alberta, Canada. Sean shared with us “People are trying to find motivation and activity so we are hosting the Jasper Winter Race series which has a fat bike category included. It adheres to all the COVID restrictions but still […]
Event Spotlight – Big M – 3/14/20 (MI)
The Big M Fire Tower Fat Bike Open Pure Michigan Fat-Bike Racing!