The largest fat bike race in Norway is the Arctic Alta (also a ski race). Check out the video for the split-screen bike/ski action and I think that you’ll get fired up for this one! Check out their website for more information or follow them @articalta on the gram. Artic Alta – February 26th, 2023 […]
Congratulations to William Martin for completing his 48-state fat bike tour! Today’s video is from Northern California, but you should check out all his videos. William was a guest on the Danger Gnome Podcast from last August. William’s Instagram – @therealadventureseeker The Adventure Seeker YouTube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/c/AdventureSeeker Would you share your Plus or Fat Pixels? Give […]
Louis Reichert sent in this week’s F(v)T. In the grand scheme of things, Namibia pretty much takes the cake when it comes to getting planetary for Global fat Bike Day. I normally try to say something marginally funny like the International House of Fat Bikes in these situations. The Namibian Desert bumps right up next […]
Some of you may have seen a few of my previous trips to this little cottage in the heart of Snowdonia in Wales before. I had intended on using it again for last weekend’s Global Fat Bike Day but unfortunately, it was already booked so I got to have it for the following weekend. Luckily […]
The king of fat bike beach riding (Bruce Mathieson) shared a link to this clip on the GFBD Card that I put up on facebook and that got me thinking about beach riding in Scotland. I started to dream about how we could all go over to Scotland and ride with Bruce. In my dream, […]
It was cyber Monday so I made a silly video. The clip takes a well-hydrated look at what one might bring to a GLFB Celebration behind the cheese curtain. It’s an attempt to share what you might find in the pack of the well-equipped Global Fat Bike Day Celebrant here in America’s Dairyland and perhaps […]
I’ve been lucky enough to get to meet some of the most incredibly talented people in the fat bike world. Two of the most talented are Bjørn Olson and Kim McNett. I met them at the Homer Big Fat Bike Fest in Alaska before big corporate fat bikes started sponsoring their expeditions. I’ve followed them […]
We’ve been fans of Old Man Fat Bike (Jens) for a few years now and we’ve featured some of his videos on FvT. After watching his newest release I’m a little worried that we’ve been a “bad influence” Old Man Fat Bike is our official Fatbassador to the Ozarks! So you can look forward to […]
One of our favorite videographers that we’ve featured on F(v)T is back with a short clip simply entitled Fat Bike! It’s not the length of the clip that should really matter, but rather the amount of fun that Deo’s videos exude. That’s probably a fairly universal statement about everything to do with fat bikes. In […]
Are we all searching for the Cold Vein on fat bikes? That’s the story behind this week’s F(v)T. It’s a pro film from the cats at Montanus….and it’s sofa king GOOD! It snowed a little bit yesterday and I think I’ve got snow fever! It’s time to take the seatpost out of your bike and […]
Our amigos at Fat Bike Brasil documented a bikepacking trip that looks incredible! The beach riding and sheer raw wildness of their journey really shine through. I’ve really got to get to Brasil someday. It looks like a beach-riding paradise! Would you share your Plus or Fat Pixels? Give us your tired, your poor, Your huddled pixels, […]
Our long-time amigo and fat-biker, Eric Hunter captured some sweet fat bike breakfast vibes out in the High Sierras! The crisp fall air has me thinking about riding in the snow and this video brought me right back to the thing that we all universally love! The crunch of snow under our tires, zooming along […]
You get a front-row seat to Summer Squatch at Levis Mound through the lens of our amigo rrrrRico (roll them r’s) aka MTB trail Sherpa! There are cameos by (yours truly) and pretty much all of my gnome cousins from Iowa and mi hermano de otras mamacitas, Adam Blake. You’ll see dignitaries from the greater […]
Here’s a video produced by the City of Wausau, Wisconsin about their Sylvan Park pump track and trail cluster. People ask me what the hell progressive geometry means and this clip made me think about the symmetry between advanced trails and the aptly named, ‘progressive geometry. It all sort of revolves around the fact that […]
We present today’s version of F(v)T as a reminder that man cannot live by fat bikes alone. I’ve never been to Burning Man, but it’s been a source of wonder and inspiration for as long as I can remember. When I look at the event’s culture of art and creativity coupled with lots of groovy […]
Bruce shares some thoughts on fat bikes, Surly, and the current state of fat bikes in the UK. It’s an interesting glimpse into the mind of one of fat bike’s early adopters and the beach riding is pretty nice as well. I’m with Bruce, when he says, I’m just going to keep riding fat bikes […]
Today’s clip is from Gary Mikulski, aka – Coffee Powered Cyclist! Gary and Leah go to Bald Eagle State Forest for a mountain bike ride on the McCall Mountain, Black Gap, and White Deer Creek Trails. Their ride started from McCall Dam State Park. Route below: The ride in the video https://www.strava.com/activities/744… A Bigger Ride, Same […]
Graham Foot is back with the second video from the UK where fat bikers are gathering for fun with fat bikes! We love that sort of thing, so we made this our FvT to celebrate fat bike fun! That’s two videos from the UK back to back. Maybe this is UK week here at the […]
My bivvy a month campaign is going well this year with some pretty fine camps. This one was up there with the best! The only way is up! Again on familiar territory within the Snowdonia National Park in north Wales, I headed up the second highest mountain in Wales & England. At 3490 feet Carnedd […]
My gnome cousin, Joe (from Iowa) shared some pixels of #bikefun con bicis gordas en Mitchell County with us in a sterling display of #fourseasonfatbikes and #fatbikefunskis. It’s Fat Tuesday here in America’s Dairyland and I hear the singletrack sizzling in the summer heat, so till, well probably tomorrow…¡buenos gnomos amigos! – Oh and here’s […]
Last weekend I met up with some of the fat bike guys from the south of England for FatFOD. FatFOD is an annual met up run by Graham Foot of Smokestone bikes. A couple of social days riding the natural tracks close to Gloucester followed by beers in the evening. Big views Saturdays route was […]
Summer solstice, the fattest day of the year! As part of my bivvy a month challenge, the month of June was slowly nearing its end. With other plans covering the weekend (FatFOD), my only chance of getting a bivvy done in June was going to have to be a midweek getaway after work and try […]
When this song came out, In 1972, I was a pugnacious 8th grader that lived to rock! In the Lake household, Mr. Alice Cooper was not very popular with my parental units. My mother’s given name was Alice and back in 1972, a man with a women’s name (that wore eye make-up) was scandalous. So a fat-bike […]
Our amigo and Fatbassador to the Ozarks, Old Man Fat Bike rides everything except dirt in this clip. It looks like he’s upgraded his wheels and bars to Enve carbon fiber since I’ve seen him last. Nothing but the best for Jens! Would you share your Plus or Fat Pixels? Give us your tired, your poor, Your […]
We go back to back weeks to celebrate our long-time hero and friend, Brice Mathieson for this week’s Fat Plus Bike Video feature. Bruce is the God Father of fat bike beach riding. Check out our interview with Bruce from 2014 on the Weekly Dose of Fat Podcast No. 27. Bruce was also part of […]
We haven’t featured a film from our long-time amigo, Bruce the Coastkid Mathieson, for a few months, so here’s his latest bike film. Bruce switches to a 29+ set-up in the summer, which made me continue to think about the subject of….What modifications do you make to your fat-bike for Summer? I’m in the middle […]
Maybe it’s because I just spent a couple of days camping and riding with my bud Adam that I have bikepacking and cooking delicious food in my mind but this film grabbed my attention and we present it as this week’s Fat (video) Tuesday feature film! The video covers a bikepacking trip in Dovre, Norway […]
After being out and about on the bike last weekend I spotted a track about 3 miles away on a hillside and thought “I’ve gotta give that a try”. There’s a track in the distance going between them two hills So 7 days later I headed out to southern Snowdonia in Wales for a bit […]
Sunshine and klunky Tuesdays amigos! Does anybody else have Spring Fever? Today’s clip really got my blood going with the story of how the Crested Butte Pearl Pass tour all got started. Do you have an old mountain bike or klunker in the shed? Here’s an event in Osage Iowa that just popped up on […]
We all love making plans of future bikepacking trips, don’t we? Back in October 2019, I set off with a plan of heading up to the Assynt which is in the far north of Scotland for a few days bikepacking. However, after 5 hours of driving, an engine warning light decided to throw those plans […]
Today we’ve got a feature-length foreign film about a solo winter bikepacking trip in Finland. The film features the Extrawheel Mate trailer and Extrawheel’s excellent waterproof bags. I’ve had the pleasure of doing some Exrtrawheel enhanced overnighters so I put this one up on the big screen at home and loved it. Check out more […]
Todd Poquette Facebook messengered me a link to this week’s Fat (Tuesday) Video. It’s a trailer for the movie, Unforgettable. The movie is about a bicycle tour around the outer perimeter of the Upper Penninsula of Michigan. They claim that the UP has been left off of a bunch of maps. I say that they’ve […]
Our F(v)T clip this week is from the folks at the Trek Store of Anchorage and it’s a ripper! Hilltop Ski Area built some nice booters for some sweet side-by-side Dual Slalom race’n! Race Director, Bill Fleming shared this about the clip. The 2nd annual Shifty Drift race at Hilltop in Anchorage is a unique event. […]
The Win/Man Trails by Uncle Rico with a guest cameo from that rascal Scott Peterson. The WinMan trails are known for their winter grooming. It’s like Rico, says in the video “fun and swoopy!” #enjoytheride Sharing is Caring We triple-gnome dare you to email us a photo or video of your majestic (Klunker, Plus, Gravel, […]
Shawn Querry sent us a video that he and a friend put together. Shawn works at a bike shop and juggles college along with shredding the gnar. Shawn is smooth like gnome-butter on a freeride track with big booters. Enjoy dem fat tuesday freeride funskis! SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMONDS We triple-gnome dare you to […]
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 – […]
Here’s a great film short from Backwoods Bikepacking about a quest for spring crust in the mountains of Norway. There’s even a ‘Wild Kingdom’ moment with a lemming. Crustifarians will love this one, but a word of caution, this video contains a fair amount of hike-a-bike and bike pushing. Would you share your Plus or […]
Illya Rudkin is a grizzled veteran of our Fat Video Tuesday presentations. I wonder if he thinks fat bikes are dead like many of our fatbassadors from the UK have stated? We don’t worry if the mule is blind. We just load the wagon. In other words, we don’t let popularity get in the way […]
Our amigo Rrrrrico Suave or you might know him as MTB Trail Sherpa is back with the next episode of a featured mini-series about life down in the fat-bike paradise known to our friendly Illinois brothers and sisters as merely Rockford. This is Rico’s race report from an early December event that’s part of the […]
I can’t remember Rico, aka MTB Trail Sherpa from way back in the day, when riding with some of the locals at Rock Cut State Park but I bet he was there. We’ve got a bunch of friends in common and he attended the Levis Mound Fat Tire Festival last September. He recently told me […]
Our long-time amigo, Jeff Price stitched together a 2021 compilation, shot through the eyes of his menagerie of lenses with the Welsh landscape and his bikes playing leading roles in the series of films that document his missions. Jeff has had his own byline here on the site for many years and he recently related […]
Our Fatbassador to the Ozarks, Jens, aka – Old Man Fat Bike is back with a visit to the largest pump track in the world? Jens picked some cool music for this episode! Click play and have a nice day! Check out the Danger Gnome Fat Bike Worlds Contest. WIN ONE of TWO FREE ENTRYS […]
Welcome to the 2021 Global Fat-Bike Day Film Festival. It’s an honor to host this year’s GFBDFF and we have an excellent post prepared with a flotilla of fat-bike celebrations from around the globe! Let me introduce our first video from Brian Riddle. Donkeys go to Cougar Buttes #globalfatbikeday #gfbd2021 The No Coast Gravel Syndicate celebrated […]
The elements play a pivotal role in every ride. In today’s video from the original gangster of beach riding, Bruce Mathieson, the wind and the sand combine to take the starring role on a windy Scottish beach ride. We need new stickers… What should we come up with next for a sticker? We’ve got a […]
