Site News
Fat-bike TransAlP
Daniel Schneider, a Fat-bike rider from Germany, sent me an email earlier in July about a fat-bike adventure that sounded awesome! He and his riding bud, Matthias, were planning to a fat-bike assault on one […]
Articles by Greg Smith
Site News
Queen Fattie – Ruling Over Her Skinny Subjects
We’ve had quite a few articles from riders in Australia over the years and site contributor, Mark Peterson, put out his tentacles to uncover this on from his Bro, Troy, in New South Wales. Written and […]
Radio
Weekly Dose of Fat – 8-15-14 – with Flavor Cycle – Show #17
Weekly Dose of Fat Friday, August 17th, 2014 – Show #17 Intros all around. Gomez, Sven, Carlos, J.K. and the rest of the nutty gang. This show is sponsored by the Surly Tug Nut – […]
Radio
Weekly Dose of Fat – 8-8-14 – with Neil from Cycle Monkey – Show #16
Weekly Dose of Fat 8-8-14 Show #16 Intro This show is sponsored by Surly Bikes. Check them out at http://surlybikes.com Beer Colin decided that it was more important to get a head start on the […]
Components
First Look – TRP Spyke Mechanical Disc Brakes
Mark Peterson and I were at Saddle Drive a couple of weeks ago and met up with David from TRP who showed us an intriguing new mechanical brake called the Spyke. David set up Mark […]
Radio
Weekly Dose of Fat – 8-1-14 – with Greg Matyas – Show #15
Weekly Dose of Fat – Friday August First, 2014 – Show #15 Intro This week’s show is sponsored by Surly and Wednesday’s older brother – Pugsley http://surlybikes.com Beer Segment This week’s beer is New Glarus […]
Business Profiles
A Visit to the Shop of Moonmen Bikes
Moonmen Bikes hasn’t been around all that long but the cred of the founders goes back a long ways in the Fort Collins Bike scene. Both Todd Heath and Paul Knowles had stints at James […]
Radio
Weekly Dose of Fat – 7-25-14 – Show #14
Weekly Dose of Fat for Friday, July 25th, 2014 – Show #14 Intro The sponsor of this episode of the Weekly Dose of Fat – is Surly Bikes http://surlybikes.com Beer Segment Colin and Gomez get […]
Site News
Saddle Drive Fat-bike Rides at Snowbasin Day 1
You may know Snowbasin in Ogden, UT as the site of the 2002 Olympic alpine skiing races during the 2002 games or, if you have kids, the place where the movie Frozen was filmed in […]
FatBikes
2015 Salsa Bucksaw
You probably knew this was coming but just in case you didn’t, here are pix and specs on the new full suspension fat-bike from Salsa called the Bucksaw. We will be up on the mountain […]
FatBikes
New 2015 Salsa Blackborow from SaddleDrive
We will be checking this new Expidetion Fat-bike from Salsa, called the Blackborow, later today at Saddle Drive in Utah. Meanwhile, here is a peek at what this new fat-bike is all about. 2015 Salsa […]
Radio
Weekly Dose of Fat – 7-19-14 – SSWC & Skirts in the Dirt – Show #13
Weekly Dose of Fat for Saturday – July 19th, 2014 – Show #13 Intro This weeks show is sponsored by Surly Bike’s all steel, built like a brick (bleep) house line of bicicletas at http://surlybikes.com. […]
Radio
Weekly Dose of Fat – 7-11-14 – with David Gabrys – Show #12
Weekly Dose of Fat Friday – July 11th, 2014 – Show #12 Intro This weeks show is sponsored by The Surly Krampus, Full Time – All Steel – Back-beat at http://surlybikes.com Beer Talk – This […]
Radio
Weekly Dose of Fat – 7-5-14 – with 9:Zero:7’s Bill Fleming – Show #11
Weekly Dose of Fat – Saturday – July 5th, 2014 – Show #11 This weeks show is sponsored by The Surly Pugsly OPs – Check it out! – http://surlybikes.com This show is a special Birthday tribute […]
Radio
Weekly Dose of Fat – 6-28-14 – with Wyatt Hrudka – Show #10
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
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
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
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
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!
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 […]