June 2014 - Full Spectrum Cycling

Radio

Weekly Dose of Fat – 6-28-14 – with Wyatt Hrudka – Show #10

June 28, 2014 Greg Smith Comments Off

Weekly Dose of Fat – June 28th, 2014 – Show #10 Surly Bikes is sponsoring this show and our amigos from Surly want you to know that bikes are still fun! http://surlybikes.com Fat-bike Radio has […]

Components

Whisky Tubeless-Ready 70mm Carbon Fat-bike Trail Rim

June 26, 2014 Greg Smith Comments Off

Part of the New 45NRTH Vanhelga tire’s ability to run tubeless is the pairing of it with the just introduced Whisky 70w No.9 Carbon Fat Trail Rim. Here is a bit more about No. 9 […]

Components

45NRTH Introduces Tubeless-Ready Vanhelga Fat-bike Tire

June 26, 2014 Greg Smith Comments Off

David Gabrys sent us this release about a new, 4″, tubeless-ready tire from 45NRTH. Keep your eyes peeled, we will be testing these just as soon as we can! Widespread availability is set for September. […]

Site News

Troy’s Fatpacking Adventure to North Stradbroke Island Off the Coast of Brisbane, AU

June 25, 2014 Greg Smith Comments Off

Troy from Brisbane, Australia sent me a note to check out a story that he wrote about a fatpacking adventure that he took recently on North Stradbroke Island off the coast of Brisbane, AU. He […]

Radio

Weekly Dose of Fat – 6-21-14 – with Kevin Breitenbach – Radio Show #9

June 21, 2014 Greg Smith Comments Off

Weekly Dose of Fat for SATURDAY – June 21st, 2014 – Show # 9 Why is Surly Bikes our show sponsor? – because we said so! – http://surlybikes.com Give it up for the fat-bike radio […]

Components

Stan’s Introduces Tubless Hugo 52 Rims and Complete Wheelsets For Fat-bikes, 27.5″ and 29-plus!

June 20, 2014 Greg Smith 1

You may remember that we got a sneak peak at the prototype of a new Stan’s tubeless rim aimed at the fat-bike market last fall at Interbike. In fact, the rim was so important to […]

Radio

Weekly Dose of Fat – 6-14-14 – with Eric Sovern – Show #8

June 14, 2014 Greg Smith Comments Off

Weekly Dose of Fat for SATURDAY – June 14th, 2014 – Show #8 Intro The sponsor of today’s radio show is the ubiquitous Surly Bikes. http://surlybikes.com Positive vibrations to long time amigo Ricky DeLayos. He’s […]

Interview with Wyatt Hrudka of Wyatt Bikes

June 13, 2014 Greg Smith Comments Off

We met Wyatt Hrudka, President of Wyatt Bikes located in La Crosse, WI, a few months back at a fat-bike race in eastern Wisconsin where he gave us a sneak peek at his upcoming fat-bike […]

FatBikes

SE Bikes F@E Fat-bike

June 9, 2014 Greg Smith 3

Our friends up at ZuZu Pedals in Port Washington, WI got in a couple of the new, $899 MSRP, SE Bikes F@E and they lent me one for a first look. This is not meant […]

Radio

Weekly Dose of Fat – 6-7-14 – with Paul Ellis from HED – Show #7

June 7, 2014 Greg Smith Comments Off

Weekly Dose of Fat for SATURDAY – June 7th, 2014 – Show #7 Intro Sponsor of this show is Surly Bikes. http://surlybikes.com We want to send out some healing vibes out to our amigo, Scott […]

Components

Coming Soon! Rohloff 170mm Fat-bike Speedhub XL

June 6, 2014 Greg Smith 2

Now it is official! We got the info below directly from Rohloff and after receiving it I also contacted Neil and Phil from Cycle Monkey, the US Authorized Service Center for Rohloff for their thoughts […]

Components

Borealis 150mm Thru Axle Front Hub

June 3, 2014 Greg Smith 1

Aris has a RockShox Bluto on the way but the SRAM mothership was all out of compatible front hubs so all it took was a call to Adam at Borealis Bikes, problem solved! Adam […]