When we first saw the AluBooyah fatbike prototype at Interbike last fall we were intrigued. Initial test rides on the one and only prototype available at the time were encouraging and we put in our […]
Dave Wiseman hand crafts fillet-brazed bike frames out of a small shop just outside Chicago and his fat-bikes caught our eye so we prepared this story to tell you all about Dave! (Click on any […]
No doubt you all saw the Eriksen titanium fatbike, dubbed the Husky, in the story about the Snozocchi fat-bike fork in yesterday’s story. You had to know we were working on more details about the […]
This is my newist fat-bike love! A custom Schlick Tatanka with a 14-speed Rohloff Speedhub. I knew from the start that I would not use a belt on this bike or ever run a rim […]
I first caught a glimpse of the new Hooey fat-bike from the Durango Bike Company when I was looking through photos that Mark Peterson had taken at the Global Fatbike Summit last week and I […]
I stopped by Marty Gauss’s Total Cyclery in Kenosha, WI a couple of days ago, Christmas Eve to be exact, for a bit of personal business. Fortunately, it coincided with the fact that Marty had, […]
I was at the Wisconsin Endurance Mountain Bike Series race at Kewaunee recently where they added race classes for fat-bikes to contest the WEMS Fat-bike State Championship with classes for 6-Hour Solo Male and Female […]
Frankly, we’ve been wondering when Felt would have a go at a fat-bike. And, while we’ve heard rumors and seen outright introductions from several of the players that could significantly influence the fat-bike market, this […]
Folks, we are pre-empting our normal Wallpaper Wednesday to bring you this special report. Wallpaper Wednesday will resume next week at it’s regular time. On with the story! Colorado Springs is the home of Borealis […]
Now arriving at bike shops around the country is Origin-8 Crawler fat-bike. The Crawler uses a hydroformed aluminum frame coupled to a NuVinci N360 continuously variable rear hub to give you a shift free 360% […]
Thierry from Bike-A-Lot in France has been working with Yann from Salamandre (We’ve done a couple of other stories on Salalmandre here and here) to build a really sweet fat-bike! Thierry translated his report that […]
Greg from Schlick Cycles sent us these photos of a custom-built Northpaw fat-bike with a Gates Belt Drive, a Rohloff Speedhub and a SRAM Dyno front hub that they built for a rider in Eastern […]
This is Andrew Watson’s latest Great Divide fat-bike and that yellow is absolutely stunning! We’ve featured Andrew Watson’s work in the past and even had a great interview with him so give those a look […]
We recently shot off a note to Conrad at Sandman Bikes in Belgium to learn about their plans for the 2013 model year. Sandman, as you many know, is a maker of fat-bikes that are […]
Watson Cycles makes the Great Divide Fat Tire fat-bike and we recently had the opportunity to ask Andrew Watson about his inspiration and experiences with fat-bikes. Read on, gentle readers! When did you first discover […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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