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Paul Component Engineering Klamper Brakes and Canti Levers – Long Term Review by Mark Peterson

December 18, 2017 Greg Smith 6

Paul Component Engineering Klampers and Canti Lever Long Term Review – By Mark Peterson Ed – Hi, Folks! Apologies to Mark for the delay in getting this story posted. He sent this review a few weeks back […]

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Review – 2017 Klampers and the Canti-Lever

May 18, 2017 Greg Smith 3

Howdy fat-bike friends! Our friend from out Ogden way, Mr. Mark Peterson, put together this review of Paul Component Engineering’s 2017 Klamper brake and their Canti-Lever. Form NAHBS to the trails, Mark has the scoop! […]

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iSSi Trail Off-road Clipless Pedals in DL Green

December 27, 2016 Greg Smith 0

Thanks to Dave Lunz for his report on the iSSi Trail Off-road Clipless Pedals you can read all about below! When the fine folks at iSSi pedals sent Sven unt Uncle Gomez a set of […]

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Review – RST Renegade Fat-bike Front Suspension Fork

August 29, 2016 Greg Smith 13

Ed – Greg Green took a “First Look” at the RST Renegade Fat-bike Fork several weeks back and now he comes at us with this long-term review after over 8 weeks of riding and tells […]

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First Look – RST Renegade Fat-bike Fork

July 5, 2016 Greg Smith 8

Today we have a new tester to introduce! Greg Green lives on the Big Island of Hawaii and will be putting the RST Renegade fat-bike fork we got in for testing throughs it’s paces. Here […]

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Tires Our BBR Testers are Digging

June 9, 2016 Greg Smith 0

While getting to test the latest and greatest gear is one of the perks of being a Bike Black Ribbon test rider, all our riders have their own fat-bikes, some more than one, so let’s […]

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First Impressions – Paul Component Engineering Klamper Disc Brake

May 16, 2016 Greg Smith 0

We first got a look at Paul Component Engineering’s Klamper brake as a prototype a couple of years back at Interbike when Paul showed us the first versions of the brake at his booth. At […]

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Oddity Cycles Razorbar Plus – A Custom Fabricated Handlebar

April 28, 2016 Greg Smith 4

Sean “Burnsey” Burns from Oddity Cycles sent us out a set of Oddity Razorbar Plus handlebars to check out. Not your average 5d/8d aluminum or carbon bars but real, steel, custom goodness made from 4130 […]

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First Impressions – Dirt Components Thumper Carbon Fat-bike Wheel Set

March 28, 2016 Greg Smith 1

Product Spotlight: Dirt Components Thumper Carbon Fat Wheel Set By Dave Krueger Carbon wheel set you say? I got an email from Sven just before I headed up to Cable, WI for the Birkie. There […]

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Grip Studs – User Installable Carbide Studs for Fat-bike Tires

March 1, 2016 Greg Smith 5

Fat-bike.com friend, Sam D, was looking for a way to stud the fat-bike tires that he currently owns and likes rather than buying a new set of dedicated, studded fat-bike tires. Grip Studs offered the […]

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First Impressions – Catalyst Pedals from Pedaling Innovations

December 21, 2015 Greg Smith 6

I came across a story about a new pedal design, called the Catalyst, from James Wilson at Pedaling Innovations and thought that the concept and design of the pedal may appeal to some fat-bike riders. Fat-bikers […]

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How to Choose the Correct Fork for Your Fat-bike

December 21, 2015 Greg Smith 3

Our friend from Sarma, Dmitry, made this nice info-graphic that shows the different fork configurations that you need to consider when you are looking to upgrade the fork on your fat-bike! Be sure to check out the […]

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First Look – Brooks Cambium C15 Carved Saddle

November 16, 2015 Greg Smith 0

A couple of years back Gomez had an opportunity to check out the Brooks Cambium C17 and Brooks recently offered us a chance to check out the narrower profile C15 so, being a guy who […]

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First Look – Rever MTN1 Disc Brake

October 19, 2015 Greg Smith 0

Uncle Gomez got his hands on what we believe is the first production version of the new Rever MTN1 mechanical disc brakes in the US! (We expect to see the retail shipment very soon!) Before we […]

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New! 105mm Carbon Rim from Kuroshiro called the ensō6105

August 26, 2015 Greg Smith 3

With Eurobike kicking off today, Kuroshiro is introducing a new carbon fat-bike rim called the ensō6105. The 6 in the name is for 26″ rim and the 105 designates the width in millimeters. You may recall […]

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Product Spotlight – iSSi Trail Clipless Pedals With Multiple Spindle Lengths

June 9, 2015 Greg Smith 2

Last week we introduced you to the iSSi Triple Trail clipless pedal and this week we have another member of the family, the iSSi Trail. Bike Black Ribbon Tester, Steve Meurett has a look at these […]

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First Look – iSSi Triple Trail Clipless Pedal

June 1, 2015 Greg Smith 0

New in the test kitchen is a set of iSSi Triple Trail clipless pedals in a fetching lime green color. The iSSi Triple Trail pedal is a fully serviceable, high-performance Shimano SPD-compatible clipless pedal available in 8 colors […]

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Origin8 Fat-bike Wheelsets

May 19, 2015 Greg Smith 0

With the introduction of the Crawler a couple years back the folks at Origin8 got into the fat-bike game a bit earlier than most. Now, their new wheelsets seek to expand their fat-bike reach with […]

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OneUP Announces Extended Range Shimano XT/XTR Gear Range

April 27, 2015 Greg Smith 0

OneUp keeps on keepin’ on with drive train solutions to make your 1×11 set up more useful with a wider range and gear spacing that makes sense for varied terrain. Today OneUp is introducing an […]

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New From OneUp Components – X-Cog 44t Cassette Sprocket and SDM Chainrings

April 23, 2015 Greg Smith 1

The folks over at OneUp Components have a couple of new drivetrain components that are designed for SRAM XX systems. They’ve identified a couple of issues that owners of these drivetrain systems are encountering and […]

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