Site News
Sewer Tour
Josh (Death Rider), the winner of our November Newsletter Sign Up contest and the fyxation Mesa pedals, sent us a brief note and a couple of SWEET shots of his Sewer Tour in the Twin […]
Year: 2011
Components
Get Fatter, Save Weight
I did the switch over to my winter fat-bike setup on my Northpaw and saved weight in the process! My warm-weather set up has been double-wall Large Marges, Larrys and a 450mm Northpaw fork with […]
Components
Time Tested Thursday – fyxation Mesa Pedal
For my fat-biking pedal needs I am a platform guy all the way. I ride my Northpaw fat-bike year round and have found that the freedom from clips makes me happy. Lots of other folks […]
Business Profiles
Interview With Conrad from Sandman Bikes
Sandman Bikes is a Belgian fat-bike company that makes all-terrain bikes people have been doing incredible things on since 2007. Not just for sand and snow, these Sandman bikes! The current Sandman design is a […]
Site News
B-Lamb! Our 100th Article
I like milestones and the publishing of our 100th article yesterday makes me happy as as well as the fact that we have A LOT more to come! I think that is is apropos that […]
Site News
Product Preview – Planet Bike Borealis Winter Glove
Thanks to the folks at Planet Bike we got a hold of a pair of their Borealis Winter Gloves to test. On first examination they seem well constructed and offer the options of using the […]
Components
Fat-Bike Wheel Information for Weight Weenies
Fat-bikes are, obviously, not the sveltest of rides but that doesn’t mean there aren’t folks out there who wouldn’t like to shave a gram off here or there even if it is just for bragging […]
FatBikes
Weekend Bonus – Northpaw in the Northwoods
This fat-bike/hunting article about a trip to Wisconsin’s Northwoods over Thanksgiving Weekend is a guest post reprinted with permission from Dave Schlabowske, Communications Director for the Bike Federation of Wisconsin. Thanks, Dave! I am back […]
Tops
Time Tested – SmartWool Microweight Base Layer
With the exception of a bit of time spent in California I’ve been riding in cold weather for as long as I’ve been riding bikes. You want to ride year ’round here in the Midwest […]
Business Profiles
Far North Fatbikes
I corresponded with Josh at Far North Fatbikes in Fairbanks, Alaska about their Fat-bike rental business and asked him to fill us in with some info about their business. Here is some of what we […]
FatBikes
Lightfoot Cycles Bigfoot Ranger Recumbent Fat-Bike
I shot a note off to Rod Miner of Lightfoot Cycles when I came across the Bigfoot version of their recumbent bike called the Ranger. He responded quickly and offered up this info on the […]
FatBikes
Watson Cycles Great Divide FAT Tire
Watson Cycles Great Divide FAT Tire From the Watson Cycles Website: The Fat Tire tames otherwise un-rideable terrain. Designed to conquer the most menacing of landscapes, this expedition bike is your go-to for everything from […]
Beach Riding
On the Many Different Types of Sand
Fat-biking a shoreline of sand is one of the quintessential fat-bike experiences and one that any fat-bike rider will want to experience over and over. One of the keys to the enjoyment of riding a […]
Accessories
Surly Marge Lite
The new Surly Marge Lite is 65 millimeters wide just like the Large Marge but the Marge Lite shaves a lot of weight over regular Marges while reportedly retaining torsional stiffness. This rim, like Surly’s […]
Accessories
Colorful Rolling Darryl Fat-bike Rims
Colorful Rolling Darryl Fat-bike Rims URGENT! After a quick heads up from one of our peeps in Iowa we gotta get to ya’ll on the quick! From Surly there are some new, limited-edition, powder-coated Rolling […]
Accessories
45Nrth Husker Du Fat-Bike Tire
If you were around the punk/hardcore music scene in the early ’80s I hope you got to check out Hüsker Dü, the Minneapolis band that was the inspiration for the name of 45North’s new 26×3.8″ fat-bike […]
FatBikes
Moots FrosTi Fat-Bike
After seeing Moots’ race fat-bikes, built for ultra endurance racers like Eric Hindes and Mark Curicak, at Interbike the past couple of years we always wondered if they were going to make them available to […]
Beach Riding
Port Washington Beach Ride
Had a super October ride on the beach north of Port Washington, WI a couple of days ago. It was a great, October afternoon with temps in the ’70’s! Rare this time of year. The […]
Accessories
Surly Rolling Darryl
The Surly Rolling Darryl is an 82mm wide fat-bike rim that has proven very versatile for either symmetrical fat-bikes or more traditional offset rigs. The 64 hole spoke pattern lets the rider/wheelbuilder select either a […]
FatBikes
Surly Pugsley
While other Fatbikes were around before the Surly Pugsley the Pug is likely the fatbike most people have seen first. Inspired by pioneering fatbike builders out of Alaska, the Pug Frameset has been on the […]