Our amigo Illya is back with a video of a trip to the Isle of Harris in Scotland. Here’s what Illya shared about this week’s clip. Fatbikes ride the infamous Postman’s trail on the Isle of Harris. If you live in Scotland or visiting the land of the clans then probably very high on a […]
The Smokestone Henderson fat bike is the brainchild of Graham Foot from Slam69 Cycles in Gloucester in the UK. I was invited to spend the weekend with Graham and find out about the history of the bike and to spend some time in the saddle. Graham’s history in the bike industry goes way back to […]
Winter in the UK, the time were riding seems to be a wet affair. However, with spring showing its face one Saturday late in March I thought I’d hatch a plan. Now I’ve took in this route at the start of the ride a few times before. Starting at 1,200 feet I made my way […]
Tomorrow is the first day of Winter on the earth’s northern hemisphere, so that make’s this Yule’s Eve; or as your favorite cable TV meteorologist might refer to as the winter solstice. I like to say it’s the shortest day of the year (even though each day is 24 hours long, more or less). The […]
This is chapter three of our video series from our amigo Illya Rudkin. We interviewed Illya on Fat-Bike Radio and you can listen to the man behind our series here (Starts a 18:20). I always ask Illya to share a few thoughts about his videos and this is the cliff notes version of […]
We’re all looking forward to the global phenomenon of Global Fat Bike Day on December 3rd this year but how did it start and who came up with the idea? We asked a couple of guys from the UK who got this awesome idea off the ground. Si Matthews and Ritchie Salt answered a […]
Uncle Gomez asked me if I’d like my own portal to fat dash bike dot com and this is my first solo flight. If this were one of Gomez’s posts, he might say – “This weeks video is posted by Bike Black Ribbon Test Pilot Jeff ‘Summittoppler’ Price out there on the coast in […]
Last month we introduced you to Illya Rudkin and his wife, Vida and they’re back with a film about a trip to Sandwood bay near Durness in Scotland. We very pleased to announce that we’ll be featuring Illya and Vida’s adventures in a series of Fat (video) Tuesday posts over the next few months. Here’s Illya’s […]
Fat-Bike.com European Bureau Chief, Jeff Price, shares an August ride in Snowdonia. Snowdonia….it just sounds lovely doesn’t it? Click the play button and take a look for yourself. Then go for a ride and stuff…..because you deserve it! OMG! The Fat-Bike Bubble Burst! We invite you to call in and tell us what you […]
John Moore has been a contributor, all the way back to the beginning of our little internet experiment in fat-bikes. John’s first contributions were beautiful still photographs and today include videography. There are times in this video, when John is riding and flying his drone at the same time. I don’t think I could do that […]
The Outer Hebrides are a formation of islands off the North West coast of Scotland which are joined by causeways and ferries. Since Bruce (Coastkid) put the idea in my head to go there on the fat bikes, I bought the maps which meant I was going! Unfortunately, Bruce couldn’t make it in the […]
It looks like four season fat-biking has taken hold in Wales. Our European Bureau Cheif, Jeff Price, lives and rides his McSalasa MukLuk all up the Welsh countryside, and now we have a clip from another gentleman named Anthony. This is what Ant had to say about this week’s Fat (video) Tuesday Presentation. Welsh […]
It’s always a special moment when I’m awaiting the arrival of a new product to review for our readers and this postal drop was no exception. I’ve taken delivery of Apidura’s half frame bag and two of their new food pouches for a few weeks. The half frame bag is Apidura’s small Road Frame Bag […]
With the usual high pressure descending on the UK for a few days in May, I knew it was time for my annual ride up on the mountain tops local to me. So starting from home, a friend and me rode from sea level and slowly made our way out of the farm land and […]
Fat-Bike.com’s, UK correspondent, Jeff Price, combined two of my favorite things in this week’s look at the gorgeous coastline of Wales. Jeff shared his Monday night ride with us, in what he calls “a quick edit of his local beach and singletrack”. How can you go wrong with a ride that has both fat-bikes and […]
By Jeff Price My local favourite loop this one. There’s nothing better than leaving the house in the early evening, riding some of the hills and dropping down onto the beach for the last few miles home. This ride takes me along the causeway to the medieval town of Conwy and up into the hills […]
My First Beach Ride By Jeff Price It’s nearly two years since I first got my fat bike, the 2014 Salsa Mukluk from Keep Pedalling, Manchester, UK. I knew the type of riding I could do was going to be different, but wow, it’s been a totally new riding experience. After 2 weeks the Surly […]
by Jeff Price Firstly, a huge thank you to Gomez and Maxx Bikes for a fun packed couple of months since I took control of the MAXX Huraxdax full suspension fat bike As more bike manufacturers are getting on the full suspension fat-bike-wagon I knew it was going to be interesting to see what this […]
Our UK Amigo, Fraser Kennedy, sent us this great action shot of him racing his custom titanium fatty that we featured in a ‘Reader’s Ride(s)” report last winter. The shot show’s Fraser shredding his fat-bike at a local 6 hour race this past weekend. Your stickers are on their way amigo and we’re well, on our way […]
By Jeff Price During the brief 19 months of owning my Mukluk, most of my rides have been solo with just the odd one being with fellow large-girth-tyre-lovers. So when details of the 2015 Forth Fat was announced a few months back I made a note in the diary. After loading the gear in […]
Our amigo Jeff Price is back with a beach cruise that’s practically in his back yard! We’ll let Jeff tell you all about it! Since it’s been nearly 3 months since my last video I thought I’d take full advantage of the spring low tide and head for the beach 3 miles from home. With a […]
Bike-packing is growing in popularity and the bike bag market is exploding. There are loads of brands to choose from and many of them are custom-fit so they can work on all kinds of bikes. The last few months, I’ve had the pleasure to test a few bags from UK bike/packing suppliers Apidura. I received […]
Our amigo Jason from the UK took this hypnotic shot of his fatty out on the sand. I wonder where his footprints are? You can see more of Jason’s photos at www.flickr.com/jason-l Share Your Local Stoke! Send us your photos or hosted video so we can send that stoke to riders that haven’t discovered the pure unbridled […]
Fraser Kennedy lives in Hampshire, England about 30 miles southwest of London. The rolling hills of southern England might not be very big, but with a network of ancient paths and trails often through ancient woodland there’s no shortage of great riding right on his doorstep and Fraser can ride the 50 miles to the […]
Our man in Wales, Jeff Price sent in his latest bivy-quest with a distinct winter flair. This is what Jeff had to share with us about the clip. As snowfall in Wales can usually be confined to the mountain summits, when it gets down low I had to make the most of it. So […]
Our main man, Jeff Price, got together with a friend from work and few riders that he met through the UK Fat Bike Forums to conduct his Monthly Bivy in Wales. One of those other riders is our amigo John Moore. John’s photos have been featured on the site multiple times. You can check out […]
Our man Jeff Price is back to show us another slice of why the UK is such a hot-bed of fat-bike fun! You may remember that Jeff made a promise to himself to get out once a month for an overnight bivvy. This is what Jeff shared about this trip. Yes it was getting to […]
Last week we introduced you to Jeff ‘summittoppler’ Price and his once a month bivvy-quest. Well this week we’re sharing the August version of his year of monthly bivvys! Here’s what Jeff had to say about his fatventure! The weekends were filling up fast with things going on so it was time for me to […]
Jeff Price started out the year by promising himself a bivvy every month for this year of the gnome (2014). Jeff emailed me and asked, “why not check out my fat-bike videos?” So I did just that and found fat gold in the hilly countryside of Wales! I asked Jeff to tell us a bit about […]
Mark Weldon took his new Carver O’Beast for its first proper ride on the hills and coast of North Wales! He captured a rather angry looking sky and his beautiful Titanium Carver in this week’s Not a Wallpaer Wednesday feature photo. This is what Mark had to say. Been riding the fat bike on the […]
If you ever want to spark a lively conversation among cyclists, just ask them what lube they prefer and then be sure to add “for you bike chain”. It must be hard to be a bike lube salesman, because folks tend to be pretty damn loyal, when it comes to what they slather on their chain. […]
Apidura is a new UK Brand that makes ultra-light cycling bags for bike-packing and we just received three bags from them, to test and share with our readers. The first thing I noticed about these new bags were the unique fasteners and cool bee hive zipper pulls. We received a Seat Bag along with a handlebar bag and […]
Our Amigo, John Moore got together with ten of his fat-bike friends and enjoyed a windy ride on the Merseyside Coast in the UK. You can see his whole set of photos from the ride here and you can enjoy more photos from Mr. Moore on his Flickr page, right here! Happy Friday Amigos! Why not share your […]
Battle on the Beach/UK Fat Bike Championships by Patrick Joscelyne Congratulations to George Budd and Fiona Wilson for winning the inaugural Surly UK Fat Bike Championships at the Battle on the Beach. George Budd (#28) leading the pack across the sand. Surly and their UK Distributor, Ison sponsored the UK Fat Bike Championships and reported to […]
I don’t know anyone that can choreograph a rolling beach echelon, like John Moore. John’s photos have graced our pages quite a few times over the past two years. Here’s what John had to tell us about this week’s Fat Friday Foto! Nine fat bikes got together in Merseyside, England yesterday. All together, we […]
click to enlarge Today’s photo stoke is from Steve Makin. Here’s what Steve had to say about this stark and beautiful portrait of the English coastline. The photo was taken at Cockerham Sands which is on the north west coast of England, looking out at Morecambe Bay which is a notorious place for fast […]
This is one of the many reasons that I love this job! We get notes, like this, from all over the world. Snippy is our first contributor from the Isle of Skye! We’re elated that you’re loving your new fatty Señior Snips! Thanks for sharing your beautiful coastline with us! Balance We try to […]
Mike Travers is the man behind Travers Bikes and he shared some information about his new hand-built Rudy Fat Titanium 29+. Take a look and let us know what you think! Travers Bikes Titanium 29er+ frame the “Rudy Fat” is now available. The new 29er+ standard gives you all the benefits of the Fat 3″ […]
John Moore shot his On One Fatty out on the Marin Trail in North Wales. We have a few stumps on my home trail, with messages carved into them, but nothing as cool as this. What’s cool where you ride? Next time you ride by that big rock that looks like a gnome or a jackalope…..stop […]
Our new amigo, Kale Hawkins, shared what he calls a ‘rough edit’ of island fat-biking out in the middle of the Irish Sea between England and Ireland. We hope you like it as much as we do! Kale is the photographer that we featured in last week’s Triple F Caption Contest. There’s still time to […]
(click either photo to enlarge) Kale Hawkins captured his riding mate, David Rielly, about to make a snow angel, on the UK’s, Isle of Man. Kale thought it would make “a cracker of a caption contest”, so that’s just what we’re gonna do! Best caption on this shot wins a Bike Bag Dude […]
Product managers are really starting to embrace the clever video product launch. This week’s video comes from Charge Bikes and it features the 2014 Cooker Maxi. The Cooker Maxi complete bike retails for $1599 in the US and £1200 in the UK and will be available in October of 2014. Click the photo (below) to […]
(click to enlarge) Gil Montague shot his wife, Pam, at Whitby Beach in North Yorkshire, England with his – blackberry z10 cell phone! What’s your plan for this summer’s beach assault? Send a post card to your uncle gomez at gomez@fat-bike.com and then let’s go ride bikes.
(click to enlarge) Judy McNeill (aka @beer_babe) hails from Dorking in Surrey (UK). She and her hubby, Roy, were lucky enough to get two of the 1st batch of On-One Bikes Fatty’s when they launched in December last year. She shared with us “I love it so much I would happily sell the rest of my […]
