Weekly Dose of Fat – Show #109 – Interbike Preview and Bubble Talk

The Weekly Dose of Fat – Show Number 109 – Friday, September 16th, 2016

weekly-dose-of-fat-radio-intro — Spy Photo of the New Skookum FLT

Sven, Gomez and JK welcome you to this episode with an Interbike Preview and talk about the Fat-bike Bubble does it exist?

The Weekly Dose of Fat is brought to you by the Surly – I’m Larry, this is my brother Darryl and My Other Brother Darryl Rims. Learn more about bikes, balance and freedom at – http://surlybikes.com

On the show this week:

The event of the Week – Fat Cross at Trek World HQ
Interbike Preview
The Fatty Farm Field Report, brought to you by Ritchey Logic.
We’ll take calls from our listener
And in this evening’s special segment – we discuss the Fat-Bike Bubble with Ken and Andy from Fat Camp.

The Event of the WEEK!

Renee Callaway, Race Director of the Trek CXC Cup calls in to chat.

Trek CXC Cup is calling all Fat Bikers! This year you don’t need a cross bike to take part in the fun!

Race Info

Where: Trek World Headquarters
When: Saturday Sept. 17th 5:40 PM – 30 minutes
https://www.usacycling.org/register/2016-2699

A bit of beverage talk

Beard Pop Quiz

Commercial Break

Interbike Preview

FatBack

14″ and 22″ frames come to the Corvus lineup.
Adding the FLT(Faster, lighter, Technology) to the Rhino and Skookum.
Skookum FLT stiffness across the board increases about 25% and weight is reduced by over 200g. Keeping all features like the internal sleeve for the dropper post routing and the Threaded BB
Rhino FLT, changes to a fixed dropout, drops about 550g. (for the 18″) adds cage mounts to the fork. Adds internal routing for dropper post.
Continued the refinement of hubs taking another 100g off the hub set while upgrading to a stronger stiffer steel axle in the rear hub. Premium Enduro bearings, with a grease that is rated down to -40°.
New Single wall alloy rim, BigSu, with performance that matches many Carbon rims, weighing in at 625g each. Complete wheel sets will be available with many hub configurations. These will be available as an aftermarket offering.
7 build kit options:
- Shimano – XT and SLX
- Sram – NX1, GX1, XO1, Eagle
- Single speed

9:Zero:7

New Rims New Colors on their Whiteout
New kid’s fatty
Something called the tundra

Borealis

Echos and Crestones with New B+ Carbon Rims

Surly

Outdoor Demo Booth – Wednesdays – Ice Cream Truck – New Karate Monkey 27.5+

Salsa

We call Justin Julian from Salsa

Otso

New Bike Brand from Wolftooth

Vee Tire

3 New fat Tires

45North

Redesigned the Husker Du, the Dillinger and they have a new aggressive studded tire.

Lake Sports

has a new Winter Cycling Boot called the MXZ400

New Terres Tire Co

Fat-bike tires

Paul Components

Is rocking Purple Anno Parts like 1991 all over again

Quick Break Here

Our friends at OneUp Components (not the super rad rack makers but the kick ass, range extending, drivetrain component purveyors) have a 30% off sale on select thing-a-ma-bobs. Check it!
http://www.oneupcomponents.com/products/factory-seconds-and-returns

Fat-bike Links

Brother Bjorn – http://www.mjolnirofbjorn.com/journal/2016/9/11/tundra-revolution

Bruce and the Angus Cycling Festival Fatbike ride – http://coastkid.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/angus-cycling-festival-fatbike-ride_12.html

There will be fat-bikes Saturday October 15th, 6 P.M. Pugsley Pit, Decorah, IA
http://bikedecorah.blogspot.com/2016/09/not-night-shift-2016-group-ride.html

Maybe we should steal this!
http://fatbikerepublic.blogspot.com/2016/09/complete-fatbike-tire-guide.html

Tour de Fat, Sandön
https://bikelifeinswedishlapland.com/2016/09/13/tour-de-fat-sandon/

Plus Bike Links

Baja Divide – https://bajadivide.com/2016/09/14/baja-divide-published/

Ventana Wolfram Pinion Gearbox and Gates Belt Drive!
http://cyclemonkeylab.blogspot.com/2016/04/ventana-wolfram-pinion-bike-packages.html

Global Fat-Bike Day Celebrations

Two Rivers Wisconsin – https://www.facebook.com/events/2123714041187101/

Conversation about The Fat-bike Bubble with Ken, Andy and Chewey