Eklutna Lake, AK – Trail Report August 2016
Fatbassador Travis, from Anchorage, sent us this trail report about an overnighter he did recently! The Eklutna Lake trail is just a 36 mile drive north of Anchorage. It is a very popular trail for...
View ArticleFat (video) Tuesday – Half a World Away a Bubble Wobbled and Then…
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...
View ArticleKona WoZo Preview – By Dustin Carlson
A trail fat bike? I thought fat bikes were only good for snow and sand! Well, Kona is out to prove the naysayers wrong. The Wozo is a beautiful mix of the trail-shredding Honzo and the Wo fat bike...
View ArticleInterbike Outdoor Demo – Day 1
I set my alarm for 3:25 to catch the Six o’clock flight out to Las Vegas to attend this year’s scaled back, version of Interbike with a pretty clear idea that this year’s show would be smaller and that...
View Article2016 Trek Farley EX 8 by Tupper Becker
Bag Maker and Beer Dranker Señior Tupper Becker went out and bought himself a dual suspension fat-bike up there in Fairbanks Alaska and I asked him to tell us a thing or two about how she rails...
View ArticleFat (video) Tuesday – Sandwood Bay
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...
View ArticleVittoria Cannoli – First Look!
Uncle Gomez and the folks from Vittoria Tire recently helped Christmas come a bit early and sent me a pair of Vittoria Cannoli 26 x 4.8″ tires to test out. This is a tire I am pretty darned stoked...
View ArticleVee Tire Co. Apache Fatty Slick Ridden
From the moment that I got my first glimpse of the Apache Fatty Slick from Vee Tire, it grabbed my attention as something that might work well for beach riding. Some of my Pac/West amigos have been...
View ArticleBlackjack Bikes Fate Review
Back in July, I began testing my Amigo Jack’s new Blackjack Fate. We published a first look about the Fate in August – https://fat-bike.com/2016/08/first-look-fate-from-blackjack-bikes/. I pursued...
View ArticleFat (video) Tuesday – Wozo on Capt. Ahab
This week’s Fat Tuesday Video comes in from Moab and might just be a teaser for our Kona WoZo review by Bike Black Ribbon Test Pilot, Dustin Carlson. Dustin plays various roles in this short film....
View ArticleFat (video) Tuesday – Sunshine on the coast of Wales
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...
View ArticleBeach Ride – Rainbows & Mirrored Pill Boxes
Cédric sent us some photos from a beach ride on the coast of Belgium and Northern France. The route started at Depanne Beach in Belgium and ended in Leffrinckoucke in France. In addition to the...
View ArticleThe History of Global Fat Bike Day – By Jeff Price
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...
View ArticleFat (video) Tuesday – Fat Bike Bomb
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...
View ArticleFoto Gordo – Over Under Sideways Down
Brigi Öcsi shared this dramatic image from Semmering in Hungary. I uploaded this shot and made it the wallpaper image on the fat-computer down in the fat-cave where our digital, three ring circus gets...
View ArticleProduct Spotlight – RSD Ti Mayor
I voted for the RSD Ti Mayor Part of my responsibilities as Payload Specialist on the USS Faterprise is to schedule bike tests with our Bike Black Ribbon Test Pilots. This year, we’ll be testing an...
View ArticleGlobal Fat-Bike Day and The Art of Bicycle Chillification
With all of the growth that we’ve experienced in the world wide fat-bike tribe in the last five years, we have lot’s of new fat-bikers that might be looking down the barrels of their first Global Fat...
View ArticleQuick Review of the Bearclaw Balthazar as a 29+ Bike
Bearclaw Balthazar shown with my seat, seatpost and stem instead of the stock setup. Bearclaw Bike Co. is a name that many people may not be familiar with but I am guessing if you follow the fat bike...
View ArticleFat (video) Tuesday – Big Eau Pleine – Stickers? Contest!
Big Eau Pleine (BEP) is one of my favorite little spots in Central ‘Sconsin. It’s a Marathon County Park that’s situated on a peninsula that juts out into the Big Eau Pleine Reservoir on the...
View ArticleEvent Spotlight – The Freewheel Winter Bike Expo – MPLS MN
If you want to see the latest fat-bike hardware and talk to experts about winter camping or racing, this is where you need to be this weekend. Check out all the details at www.winterbikeexpo.com!...
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