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2018 Heller Bloodhound Trail – 27.5 Fat Mountain Bike
Heller made a bold departure from their 2017 Bloodhound, and set their sights on building a fat (mountain) bike. The result is the 2018 Heller Bloodhound Trail, that made it’s debut at Saddledrive...
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Wallpaper Wednesday –“Le Coquibus”
Ahh….the French Countryside in Autumn. Today, we set the wayback machine to the year 2012 and take a sample from our voluminous archives. Our destination is the Fontainebleau Forest, in France, for...
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The Hugh Jass Fat Bike Series – Starts October 7th!
I know the frost is barely on the pumpkin, but that isn’t putting a dent is the enthusiasm for fat-bike racing here in America’s Dairyland. Our friends over at Wheel and Sprocket just announced their...
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Fat (video) Tuesday – Fat-Bike Pioneer Roundtable (Part 1)
This week’s fat video Tuesday presentation was recorded by Dan McDonough from Lifetime Adventures at the 2016 Fat Bike Expo. We want to express our gratitude to Kathi Merchant the Director of the...
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Wallpaper (video) Wednesday – Nulato Hills
Eric Parsons and I trade emails, now and then and a few weeks ago he included a photo of some Musk Ox hair stuck on a bush, with a vague reference to his latest trip to Western Alaska. An area called...
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First (& Second) Look – Surly Edna 26 x 4.3 Tire
Our amigos at Surly recently added a new fat-bike tire to a legendary list of names like Bud & Lou – Nate – Larry and now……Edna! I’m a fan of the name, because of my bat-shit crazy, Great Aunt...
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Fat (video) Tuesday – Fat-Bike Pioneer Roundtable (Part 2)
This week’s fat video Tuesday presentation was recorded by Dan McDonough from Lifetime Adventures at the 2016 Fat Bike Expo. We want to express our gratitude to Kathi Merchant the Director of the...
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Foto Gordo – Tasmania
This week’s wallpaper comes from our long time amigo and photo contributor, Ross Cairns! The photo was taken near Latta on the North Coast of Tasmania on a bikepacking trip that Ross wrote about at...
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Wallpaper Wednesday – Train Trestles, Tunnels and Fat Tires
Our old friend Cpl. Jeffrey McFarland of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police emailed us some beautiful shots from a bike trip, that he took to British Columbia. If Jeff’s orange Foes Mutz looks...
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Bikes, a Boat & maybe a Goat – A Traveling Fat-Bike Side Show
A couple decades back, my friend Cale and I started a bike gang called the Bike Black Ribbon Society and over the years BBR established chapters all over the US. When we started to need help with...
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The Dose of Fat Podcast – Show #129
Show #129! The new crew, Leia,Gomez & Spinner, are back in the posh Midwest Family Marketing Studios in beautiful Madison Wisconsin, for about an hour of conversation that revolves around plus and...
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Fat Video Tuesday – Heartbreak Ridge – by Illya Rudkin
Heartbreak Ridge Ballater – Sublime ice age granite ridge You know when you think you know a place? A place which is a few hours away from home but you have ridden there enough times to do most of the...
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Wallpaper Wednesday – Chill Out – (in a Fat-Bike Daydream)
Felipe Civita sent us a couple of shots from a 3-day hut trip to Elk Lakes Cabin in British Columbia. The picture above was taken by K.Orriely (with Felipe riding), and the shot below of the cabin...
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Event Spotlight – California Fat-Bike Championships – 12/3/17
Bev and the Crew at Rim Nordic out in Big Bear, California are gearing up for the California State Fat Bike Championships. There’ll be both XC and DH races so there’s a high probability for fun. Visit...
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Fat (video) Tuesday – West Bragg Creek
Bryce Webster sent us a video of his shake down cruise near Calgary. The Canadian winter starts earlier than down in the US and the trails look pretty sweet. We experienced our first snow flakes just...
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Event Spotlight – Pie Burner – November 25th 2017 – Iron Range MN
Get your holidays started out on the right foot at the Pie Burner Fat Bike Ride and Toys for Tots (toy drive) up in the Iron Range in Minnesota. Just go ahead and click on the flyer to visit the event...
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Halloween Bivvy – by Jeff Price
A last minute change of plans saw a window of opportunity open up for me to get out in the hills of Snowdonia (Wales, UK) for an overnighter. I had a place in mind as I’d ridden there many times...
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Wallpaper Wednesday – Strawberry Pass
Steve Olson sent us a shot of photo of his Moonlander at sunset on the trails at Strawberry Pass near Rossland B.C. Canada. Download the image and use it as your own wallpaper. Just click on the photo...
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Fat Video Tuesday – Round Square Adventures in Western Mongolia
Our friend, Kirsten Scully, from Round Square Adventures is back with her second Fat Tuesday feature. This week’s clip is a stunning video from the Altai Mountains in Western Mongolia, where Kirsten...
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Wallpaper Wednesday – Crust Ride
I shot this back in 2014 at one of the best beach crust rides that I’ve ever experienced. The rider is David Mulder and the location is Port Washington, Wisconsin. Download the image and use it as...
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