Throwback Thursday – This Week in Fat Bike History from 9-7-12

This column is all about fat-bike history! I really dig checking in on stuff that happened during the early days of the fat-biking! Reliving the “good ol’ days” while writing these columns sure brings back good memories and reminds me that there are many more to come! Of course, Fat-bike.com was there!

This Week in Fatbike History

The following links and commentary are from the Weekly Dose of Fat published on 9-7-12! Yes, they still 

Here are Fat-bike Stories We Found Interesting This Week in 2012

Here are a couple of stories from Troy Szczurkowski about trip to Moreton Island – Moreton Island is a large sand island off the coast of south-east Queensland, Australia. It looks like beach riding paradise!

http://troyszczurkowski.blogspot.com/2012/08/moreton-island-fatbike-trip-day-3.html – Nice story and some super pix!

http://troyszczurkowski.blogspot.com/2012/08/moreton-island-fatbike-trip-day-1.html – Day one

http://troyszczurkowski.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/little-half-fat-mark-i.html – Troy made a fat-tire tagalong!

http://www.hopetech.com/page.aspx?itemID=SPG420 – What’s New From Hope Technology @ EuroBike

http://cyclenut.blogspot.com/2012/09/fatbob-gets-fatbike.html – FatBob gets a FatBike.

http://g-tedproductions.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-discussion-on-suspension-fat-bikes.html – Guitar Ted talks fat-bike suspension. Did you know there were no fat-bike suspension forks available in 2012?

http://drunkcyclist.com/2012/08/31/does-my-fat-bike-give-me-beard/ – Fat-bikes and beards.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bikecentric/7897436454/ – Vertigo Fat Titanium!

http://coastkid.blogspot.com/2012/09/saturday-beach-ride.html – Riding in Scotland

http://freespiritwear.com/blog/?p=142 – Guides for a leg of “Reveal the Path”

Were you riding a fat-bike “Back in the Day?”

We’d love to hear your Fat-bike History stories!

• On your first fat-bike what changes/upgrades did you make?
• Which upgrade to a stock fat-bike do you think give the most bang for the buck?
• What was your favorite fat-bike adventure?

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