Throwback Thursday – This Week in Fat Bike History from 4-20-12

April 17, 2025 Greg Smith Site News 2

Making the weekly Throwback Thursday all about fat-bike history was a great idea if you ask me! I don’t know about you but I like checking in on stuff that happened at the beginning of the fat-bike craze! Heck, Fat-bike.com was there! Reliving the “good ol’ days” while writing these columns is cathartic!

Check out that photo of Colin and the Pugsly World Champion axe at the Milwaukee Messenger Invitational in 2012! Coincidentally, the 2025 edition of The Milwaukee Messenger Invitational is happening this weekend so you get both current news and a blast from the past!

This Week in Fatbike History

The following links are from the Weekly Dose of Fat published on 4-20-12! (4/20 Dude!) Yes, they all still work. Amazing to see what was happening back then and that posts from 13 years ago are still available on the web!

This week’s links from the original post are a bit thinner. There were quite a few that have been moved or discontinued. Here are a couple that the content has been changed or moved.

colin ford mmi and the pwc axe
PWC, Colin Ford, manning a check point at the Milwaukee Messenger Invitational
fat bike cottage grove

http://deathrideradventure.blogspot.com/2012/04/terrace-oaks.html – Terrace Oaks and Fatbiking with Kids.

http://arcticglass.blogspot.com/2012/04/south-pole-bike-revisted.html – An update on the Hanebrink South Pole Adventure.

Were you around “Back in the Day?”

We’d love to hear your Fat-bike History stories! What was your first fat-bike? How did riding fat-bikes change your life? What was your favorite fat-bike adventure? Send us the goodness to [email protected] and see your story on the #1 Fat Bike site in the world!

Don’t forget about Fat Bike events!

If you’ve checked our Event Calendar recently you may notice the Fatbike specific event fervor of the winter season has subsided some. If you are promoting an event that includes fatbike specific classes for racing or any other fatbike specific event within the context of the larger event, let us know! We’d like to get your info on the calendar. Send a note to [email protected] with details.

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Greg Smith, known to many site visitors as Sven Hammer, founded Fat-bike.com in 2011 and the site quickly became the #1 online community for all things Fat. A lifelong rider and storyteller, Greg has been covering fat-biking since 2011—sharing news, reviews, art, and adventures from the trail, beach, and back alley. Based in Milwaukee, he blends cycling culture with a punk rock edge across podcasts, blog posts, and community events.
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2 Comments

  1. The Best years of my life 2012-2013. I was so full of passion and drive yet unbenounced by others I was intending on ending my existence on 12/31/2013. My Fat Bike saved me! Fat-Bike.com Saved me! This community saved me. Stay tuned for the full story. Cheers – M

    • So fun and rewarding working with you in the heydays of fat-biking! Look back to the videos we did back then. They are still archived on YouTube. Great stuff!

      Greg

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