This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes to us from a caballero called Rocky Hallows. This is what he shared about his WW Portrait – “I’ve attached a photo that I took on a ride from this past Saturday, April 1, 2023, at Deer Hollow Winter Recreation Area on Cedar Mountain in Dixie National Forest in Southern […]
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Coral Pink Sand Dunes – Utah – by Greg Madison
Dunes State Park is a great place for fat bikes!
Wallpaper Wednesday – Snowbasin
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday is from Dave Pearce out in Utah. The Wasatch Mountains are famous in the ski world for the ‘champagne powder’ light fluffy snow. Here’s what Dave shared about the shot of his Why Cycles, Big Iron. This was shot on a solo ride up above Snowbasin Ski resort in Northern Utah! […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – Beehive Hairdoo State
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes to us from the land of milk and honey! Joshua Earl sent us this shot of his 2019 Kona WoZo perched high above Ogden, Utah to enter our Foto Gordo contest and his striking image ended up as this week’s WW! Got your own Wallpaper Worthy Photo? We love to feature […]
Event Spotlight – Snow Bully (WI) – Frosty’s Fat-Bike Race Series (UT)
5th Annual Iola Snow Bully Fat Bike Race Our Amigo Scott Cole runs this night-race up in Iola, Wisconsin. Online Registration: https://www.bikereg.com/2019-iola-snow-bully-fat-bike-race Be part of this fun event that kicks off the Iola Winter Carnival weekend! Event proceeds go towards helping the Iola Winter Sports Club maintain/ purchase grooming equipment for the trails. 6:00pm Race Start […]
Fat (video) Tuesday – Close to the Edge
Bike Black Ribbon Test Pilot, Dustin Carlson, is behind this week’s FvT feature presentation. It’s great to see the next generation of mountain bikers enjoying the the trails with cycling’s new wider tire/wheel choices! The Specialized RipRock sports 24×3 inch rim/tire and can open up a world of possibilities for family outings. Here’s what Dustin […]
Event Spotlight – 2016 USA Cycling Fat Bike National Championships – Ogden, Utah
There are a few changes this year. The race organizers have added an indoor expo for registration/packet pick up that also includes a consumer show. It will be held at the Courtyard Marriott on Friday, February 26th from 12-6pm. There will also be a community ride at the Ogden Amphitheater beginning at 5:00pm that night. The […]
Foto Gordo – Johnny Cash and Kazee
Chris Dauel sent us a great shot from Utah. I think that frame bag would look good with a Bike Black Ribbon Society patch sewn on there, so we’re sending Chris a little care package along with some scooby-snacks for Kazee. Here’s what Chris had to say about his amigos, Kazee and …one of Otis’s Fatback […]
Foto Gordo – Wednesday Looks Stumped
This week’s Friday foto stoke is a Wednesday, out on Great Salt Lake near Antelope Island State Park in the Bee Hive State. You may notice that this is Wednesday before any decals or badges got tattoo’d on the bike’s smooth robin’s egg blue finish. Fat-bikes take us to wild and desolate places…..sometimes, surprisingly close to […]
Foto Gordo – Dave’s Trail
Our Friday Stoke was broke, so we ended up posting this up during Saturday Morning Cartoons. Hopefully you’re enjoying a good cup of coffee and looking to spend some quality time visiting the great outdoors this weekend! Our ‘Man in Moab’, Glover, rested his I-Phone on his pack and then sent his Ice Cream Truck off some […]
News Release – Borealis and Reynolds – NEW! – ELITE Carbon Wheels
I nabbed a sneak preview of these new ELITE carbon, double wall, rims, when I visited Borealis at the end of July. The spy shots don’t show the final graphics, but these are the new wheels that have been developed through a strategic partnership between Borealis and Reynolds Cycling. The official press release is below. We should have more information […]
Saddle Drive 2015 – Part Deux
It was another picture perfect day here in the ‘tah of Ute’ for Saddledrive 2015! You can parlay a gander at the pixels that I herded onto the site, yesterday, in a post called ‘Saddle Drive 2015 – Part One‘. All you have to do is click here. So here we are in Part Deux of our […]
Photo Gordo – Portal Trail, Moab, Utah
It doesn’t get any fatter than an Ice Cream Truck! Bike Black Ribbon Test Pilot, David Glover, looks like he’s hucking off a cliff in this week’s version of Foto Gordo! The Portal Trail in Moab is the rather infamous location for this weeks fat photo stoke. Long live long rides! Send us a Post […]
Foto Gordo ♦ Ice Cream in the Desert
I think this is the official debut of the good work that our amigo David Glover has been sharing with us over the last couple of months! Glover works out at Moab Cyclery and sometimes at Keweenaw Adventure Company up in Copper Harbor, so he’s always surrounded by big slabs of fat-bike heaven! Happy Friday Amigos! […]
USA Cycling Fat Bike National Championships – Race Report
When USA Cycling announced the first sanctioned Fat Bike National Championship, Sven and I decided that we would send someone there to cover the event, because it’s a significant milestone for fat-bike racing. We try to bring the coolest and most interesting fat-bike news, reviews, culture and events to our readers and both […]
Bonneville Shoreline Trail – North Ogden – Utah
Our man in Ogden, Utah, Mark Peterson, is working on stories for us about the rides in and around his beautiful part of the world and his first installment is about a section of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. I wasn’t familiar with the exact location and what the whole trail was about so I did […]
Foto Gordo!
Lance Darley shot the one and only, Mark Peterson, above Ogden, Utah for this week’s Fat Friday Photo Stoke – aka Foto Gordo, Triple F or Fat Foto Friday. In January, the Fat-Bike Advocacy Summit will be held in Ogden and we’re lucky to have our amigo Mark right there to cover the Summit for Fat-Bike.com. […]
Wallpaper Wednesday – Thunder Mountain Trail, Utah
Jordan shot this photo on the Thunder Mountain Trail in Utah just a couple of weeks ago! Stunning scenery! Download the appropriate size and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click on the link below to open the full-sized version which you can right-click to save. 1920 x 1440 (4:3) 1920 x 1200 1920 […]
Utah’s Ben Lonond Peak
Ben Lonond Peak – (Skyline trail from North Ogden Divide) Written By : Mark Peterson Sometimes we need adventure, and not just standard adventure, but High adventure. After a crazy party, I committed to climb Ben Lomond Peak with my friend Dustin. The name “Ben Lomond” comes from early Scottish settlers. Someone said it […]
Fat Foto Friday ♦ Jacob’s Ladder
Daniel Kovach is a photojournalist for the local CBS News station in Salt Lake City in Utah. He took this shot on the top of Jacob’s Ladder in Corner Canyon, near Draper, Utah. He had this to say about his photo – “We thought it was going to be a typical Friday after work ride, but we […]
Fat (video) Tuesday ~ Trans Utah Lake
Shots from a group of adventurers that rode 7 miles across Utah Lake, near Provo. NOTE: Biking across Utah Lake is hazardous. Do not attempt this without knowing the ice conditions and have emergency equipment in case you break through the ice. There are hot springs in Utah Lake that can create thin ice! Use […]
Reader’s Rides – Marvin the Moonlander
Fat-bike.com reader, Mark Peterson, hails from Salt Lake City, UT and sent in this story about his Moonlander, “Marvin the Martian”, along with a bunch of pix of the upgrades he’s done. For all you “green” fans out there, Mark has scoured the globe to find anodized green goodness! I have always loved my bikes. […]