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Dose of Fat April 2020
It’s April and the transition from Winter to Spring shook me to the bone with what I like to call Prescription-Strength weather. My bike rides provided a front-row seat to the epic battles between the...
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Coral Pink Sand Dunes – Utah – by Greg Madison
Editor’s Note: Our amigo Greg Madison took a trip down to Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park in Utah. It’s a beautiful spot with pastel pink sand. Greg shared his local Idaho dunes with us last fall and...
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Wallpaper Wednesday – Snow Fat Happens in AZ
Mark Gullo sent in this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday with the message ‘snow fat happens in AZ’. Mark caught his amigo, Luke Mulligan (aka Irishman in the Desert!) with a big ole fat bike grin out on the...
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Lad and Dad in Scotland
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...
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Foto Gordo – Arbor Day
Bearclaw TŌWMAK at Point Iroquois Lighthouse, Brimley, Michigan Happy Arbor Day amigos! I’m back at the test bunker after a few days in da’UP and I thought that I’d share a sneak peek at some of the...
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Field Testing the SARIS MHS Hitch Rack – by Byrone
I got the word in late January about the new Saris MHS Rack System, and I was intrigued. I’ve been using a SARIS Freedom 2 with fat bike trays for about six years and it was a reliable, trusted...
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Wallpaper Wednesday – Out of the Frying Pan…
Pat Morrison sent in a shot of his Specialized Fatboy from a ride at Kishwaukee Forest Preserve in Rockford, Illinois. Pat happened upon a prescribed burn to clear out the underbrush. Not a big blaze,...
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Spring Bike Safari – Made U.P. Lake Ehfect
I’ve had a plan to get up to the UP to ride for at least a couple of years. Ever since Jason at Bearclaw Bikes announced their drop-bar fatty called the TOWMAK I dreamt about returning to the vast...
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Danger Gnome Podcast – Black Hills Fat Bike Fun
The Danger Gnome Podcast – Black Hills Episode with Perry & Kristi Jewett from the Ridge Riders of the Black Hills Mountain Bike Club and special guest Adam Saban. Adam Contacted us and suggested...
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Gorewear Trail Collection Lupra Jacket
March in Wisconsin is not for the meek. Is seems as though thirty-eight degrees and snaining with fifteen mile an hour winds (gusting to forty) is on the menu most of the time. Spring usually teases...
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Out and about…
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...
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Wallpaper Wednesday – Stormy Skies
Jake Meadley sent us a shot from Western Australia for today’s Wallpaper Wednesday. This week is the Australian Fat Bike National Championships in Broome. Good luck to all of our amigos toeing the...
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UP Field Trip – Bearclaw Bikes TŌWMAK
The second leg of my recent trip to the Upper Penninsula of Michigan took me to the east side and the tiny hamlet of Moran, home of Bearclaw Bikes. Moran is near the gateway to the Eastern UP not too...
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Wallpaper Wednesday – Winter Park
Mike Tey sent in some pictures of his Mukluk in Winter Park, Colorado and we sent him some sweet stickers! It’s what we’ve coined the sticker boondoggle. All part of the fat bike love here at the home...
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UK Fat Bike National Championships Report by Roy McNeill
Well after a 2 year absence due to the pandemic the UK Fat Bike Championships returned again for 2022. Running as a 6 hour race the 30 or so fatties were greeted by pure blue skies, a fast but rough,...
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Wallpaper Wednesday – Vadsø, Finnmark Fylke, Norge
GeirB is a Wallpaper Wednesday Veteran with his beautiful arctic landscape riding shots from 70 degrees north in Norway. The low angle of the sun in early December casts some golden light on the...
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S240 – Fat Bike Freedom
The Sub 24 Hour Overnite or S24O is, yet another, sterling example of bicycle freedom and potentially another excuse to ride your fat bike. I’m quite fond of the S24O. I’ve recently taken a couple of...
View ArticleFat (video) Tuesday – CoastKid Plus Bike Backpack
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...
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Wallpaper Wednesday – NiteRider
Trevor Sowers is the man behind the lens for today’s Wallpaper Wednesday feature photograph. Trevor is based on the North Coast of British Columbia. If you’d like to see more of his photography check...
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Mammoth Empire – Spartacus – The Fatter Fat Bike from the Philippines
If the fat bike in your life is not rotund enough for your flotation needs and you’ve been looking for a bike with the widest profile rims on the planet, you’re in for a treat. Adding to the rich fat...
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