Fat-bike.com’s own, Greg Smith, shot this photo on a recent beach ride along the shore of Lake Michigan. Greg mentioned that it is amazing how the shoreline in this area has changed in the last year. With lake levels up the sandy strip has all but disappeared where there used to be hundreds of […]
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A visit to Backyard Bikes (La Grange, WI)
Anyone that’s been to the mountain bike trails of the Southern Kettle Moraine State Forest in SE Wisconsin has at the very least driven by Backyard Bikes or they might have even stopped, next door, at the LaGrange General Store for one of their delicious homemade sandwiches. The Bettinger family has been slinging snacks and bikes […]
New Product – Schlick Cycles Northpaw-S 47mm Rim
Schlick Cycles today announced their new 47mm Northpaw S rim designed for all-season fat-bike riding. We had a chance to ask the guys at Schlick Cycles a few questions about their new rim and what motivated them to enter a competitive fat-bike market. FB.com – We are familiar with Schlick Cycles fat-bike frames, what motivated […]
Riverwest 24 Hour Bike Race Fat-bike Team Recap
The short story is that Team #1, FattyBOOMbastic, sponsored in part by fat-bike.com and riding a custom Schlick Cycles fatbike, finished 3rd in Team A at the recent Riverwest 24 Hour Bike Race. Tony, Puck, Sven, Beaker, Boner and Schmeeds rode over 280 miles in the 24-hour race, hit 21 out of 22 bonus check […]
Reader’s Ride(s) – Dave’s Belt Drive Schlick Northpaw
Dave Schlabowske, Communications Director for the Bike Federation of Wisconsin sent us this write up on his belt-drive, internally-geared fat bike! Very cool, Dave! I caught Fatbike Fever earlier this year so I went to see Dr. Greg Smith of Schlick Cycles who prescribed a cure in the form of an Orange Schlick Northpaw. There are […]