Foto Gordo – FYF-GFBD-EVE!
We get to share some really cool stuff here, but Global Fat-Bike Day really seems to bring out the very best of fun on bikes, from all around the world. This shot was sent to us from Greenland from...
View ArticleThe Surly Big Fat Dummy
Back in September, I visited the QBP corporate campus in sunny Bloomington MN, for an opportunity to meet and talk with Surly’s product development team about a project that’s been in the pipeline...
View ArticleBluto Vs. Wren – Suspension Fork Shootout – by Dustin Carlson
Fat bikes are still, somewhat of a niche right now. A byproduct of this is a lack of choices for fat bike specific components. Case in point, air suspension forks. It seems like there are a lot of...
View ArticleFat (video) Tuesday – Snow Fun in Scotland by Illya Rudkin
This month I have chosen the first video I made of my fat-bike. It was the first big ride on my new bike apart from the ride around the block just to be sure nothing fell off. I had just finished...
View ArticleFirst Look – Vee Tire Snow Avalanche 4″ Studded Tire
Vee Tire released several new tires at Eurobike/Interbike this year. One of which is the Snow Avalanche which comes in 26 x 4″ and 26 x 4.8″. They come in several different variations with both the 4″...
View ArticleRace Report – California Fat Bike Championships – by Bev Brown
The California State Fat Bike Championships were held on December 10th, 2016 at the Rim Nordic Bike Park in Running Springs, Calif., just west of Big Bear Lake. It is the home of Rim Nordic Ski Area...
View ArticleFat (video) Tuesday – Frensham
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...
View ArticleReader’s Ride(s) – Everybody wants to Get a Lil’ Rad
A couple of years ago, we predicted that kids fat-bikes might reach Stingray or PK Ripper status for the current generation of grommets. I don’t keep my finger on the pulse of what’s cool for grade...
View ArticleVee Tire Apache Fatty Slick – The KBS Take
I think these tires are Rad. Not in a “I am going to ride these on every ride!” kind of Rad. Rather “these things are really good at a few things and are really fun to play around on but I don’t want...
View ArticleFirst Look – 2017 Borealis Flume – by Dustin Carlson
Borealis is known for making top notch fat bikes. Their design and attention to detail is best in the business. We all know that the high end, carbon “Crestone” models are great, but Borealis also...
View ArticleProduct Spotlight 2017 Fatback Rhino FLT – by Travis Hubbard
In late October Gomez reached out to me with the proposition of testing the Fatback Rhino FLT, my immediate answer was a resounding “Hell Yeah”! Having the opportunity to test a Fatback in...
View ArticleEvent Spotlight – 2017 Badger State Games – Hammer in the Hills Fat Bike Race
Check out the 2nd Annual Badger State Games – Hammer in the Hills Fat Bike Race. I think thats the freak’n longest race name that we’ve ever spotlighted! If you’re a cliff notes, sort of person,...
View ArticleFat (video) Tuesday – Fat Bike Super Cut
Bike Black Ribbon Test Pilot, Dustin Carlson put together what he’s calling the “Fat-Bike Supercut”…..some people call it a kaiser blade……I call it a slingblade. Three out of four dentists recommend...
View ArticleEvent Spotlight – Fatter By the Lake 5 – Fat-Bike Radio – This Weekend!
Have you been meaning to see what all the fuss is about beach riding? Here’s your chance to go and ride some great beach and meet some cool peeps. Come early and watch the new WDoF cast carve fat-bike...
View ArticleFirst Look – Otso Voytek
It is kind of funny, last year/season we saw a flood of similar “me-to” fat bikes from manufacturers trying to jump on the fat bike bandwagon. Everyone seemed to want to pile on the fat bike craze....
View ArticleLeadville Winter Mountain Bike Series
This is the longest running and highest (elevation) Fat-Bike Race series in this great land! Just click on the flyer (above) and you’ll be transferred to the Cloud City Wheelers web page, where you...
View ArticleFat (video) Tuesday ♦ Tyninghame Beach Ride – by Coastkid
It’s been too long since we shared one of Bruce’s awesome beach videos, so today, we take a step in the right direction and present a clip that stars both the beach and the wind on the Scottish coast...
View ArticleWallpaper Wednesday – Door County, WI
This is a photo of my Schlick Tatanka taken during a trip I took to Door County, The Thumb of Wisconsin, in 2013 when the water level of Lake Michigan was substantially lower than it is now. All the...
View ArticleBontrager Gnarwhal TLR – 27.5 x 4.5 Studded Tire
It’s not very often, that we need to borrow a fat-bike to test a fat-bike tire, but it’s happened before with super fat sized tires and the litany of new wheel/hub and tire choices has created a...
View ArticleHappy Fat 2017 from the Beaches of North Carolina by Amy “Beach Belle” Mossman
Ed – This is the first chapter in a series of articles about life at the beach, written by an old friend. What would you do with the freedom to roam? Amy moved to the beach along with her fat-bike....
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