Bike Culture
Fat (video) Tuesday – Fat-Bike Pioneer Roundtable (Part 2)
This week’s fat video Tuesday presentation was recorded by Dan McDonough from Lifetime Adventures at the 2016 Fat Bike Expo. We want to […]
Articles by Gomez
Components
First (& Second) Look – Surly Edna 26 x 4.3 Tire
Our amigos at Surly recently added a new fat-bike tire to a legendary list of names like Bud & Lou […]
Tires
Product Spotlight – Maxxis 27.5 x 3.8 Minion FBF/FBR Tires
We’re checking out a pair of Maxxis 27.5 x 3.8 Minion FBF & FBR tires. These are the tires that […]
FatBikes
2018 Heller Bloodhound Trail – 27.5 Fat Mountain Bike
Heller made a bold departure from their 2017 Bloodhound, and set their sights on building a fat (mountain) bike. […]
FatBikes
ELEVEN Bike Review by Nick Holzem
The test bike from Eleven, that I’ve been riding is a dirt jump inspired fatty with a (Made in […]
Apparel
Review of Five Ten Freerider EPS High – By Tony Grande
I started winter riding on a 1996 Specialized Rockhopper A1 with stock 2.1 & 1.95 F/R tires and Shimano […]
Components
Origin8 Supercell Tire 26 x 4.0 Review
The one and only, Pistil Pete asked about this tire and after our editorial staff took a look at them […]
FatBikes
Framed Bikes – Marquette 27.5+ Bike Review – By Aristotle Peters
I’ve been very lucky to have spent the summer with this beautiful Framed Marquette Carbon. The bike came well packed […]
FatBikes
Reader’s Ride(s) – Custom BTR Roamer by Olov Stenlund
I don’t know for how long, but getting a custom built frame, has been a dream since long before I […]
Accessories
Spotlight: Surly Petite Porteur House Bag – By Smithhammer
Last year Surly released their full-size “Porteur House” rack bag, designed for their 24-Pack Rack and other platforms of […]
Bike Culture
The Father of the Modern Alaskan Fat-Bike – Greg Matyas
Our long time amigo and bike mechanic to the stars, Jeff Gillmore, contacted me a couple of years back and […]
Site News
RSD Seargant 27.5+ Review – By Andy Amstutz
Never before have I had so much fun on my local, typical midwestern, old school trails. It took me a […]
Components
Product Spotlight – Terrene “McFly” 2.8” 29+ Tires – By Smithhammer
Marty McFly: Hey, Doc, we better back up. We don’t have enough road to get up to 88. Dr. Emmett […]
Site News
Specialized Riprock Expert 24+ Review by Andy Amstutz
So word on the street in my neighborhood is that my kids burn through bikes faster than the Brady […]
Components
First Peek at the 45NRTH Hüsker Dü (two?) 26 x 4.0
So last year the good folks at 45NRTH decided that they wanted to improve one of our favorite fat […]
FatBikes
Saddledrive News – 2018 Salsa Mukluk & 27.5 Fat Beargrease
It’s your uncle Gomez here at Saddledrive at beautiful Northstar Village in Truckee, California. It’s Media Day at Saddledrive and […]
Accessories
Cuero Gloves Review – by Euan Pennington
Cuero Cycling Gloves – retro for the modern world. One could be forgiven for thinking the modern world […]
FatBikes
Fatback Corvus Review
I’ve been riding a Fatback Corvus for the last few months and it’s ‘high time’ for me to put into […]
Accessories
Fat-BoB Trailer v2.0 (aka Crisco Bob)
Back in March I shared my exploits in getting a Bob Trailer to work with a Fat-Bike. That article mainly focused […]
Site News
Jamis 27.5+ Dragonslayer Pro Review – By Smithhammer
For 2017 Jamis has significantly expanded its Dragonslayer line, from a single model last year to six different build levels, […]
Site News
Product Spotlight – Framed Marquette 27.5+/29 – By Aristotle Peters
I am lucky enough to be a test rider for the Framed Marquette Carbon 27.5+/29. Upon receiving this bike, I […]
Site News
Wide World of BIKES! Show #2 – Chris Canfield Interview
Episode Two of Wide World of Bikes Dusty Ott interviews Chris Canfield of Canfield Brothers’ Bikes about all the […]
Site News
Product Spotlight – RSD Sergeant 27.5+ – By Andy Amstutz
Ah, summer….finally. Time to kick back, relax, and enjoy the family. Time for reunions and trips to the beach. Time […]
Bike Culture
Susitna Bicycle Institute – Anchorage, AK – by Travis Hubbard
The Susitna Bicycle Institute (SBI) is a non-profit education center offering a wide range of classes from introductory to advance […]
FatBikes
Framed Mini-Sota Kid’s Fat-Bike Review – by Andy Amstutz
Notice that the swings are empty and not moving? That’s because my kids have been on these two FRAMED […]
Accessories
Yakima HighRoad Roof Rack Review – By Dave Krueger
I generally have a choice when I want to travel with one or more of my bikes: do we leave […]
Bike Culture
Fat Camp – Jeff Jones Interview
Jones bikes are unconventional to say the least but amazingly versatile and well thought out bikes. After you listen to […]
FatBikes
2017 Jamis Roughneck Review – By Ward Whitmire
The six weeks that I tested the Roughneck, just happened, to fall at the tail end of the best Winter […]
FatBikes
Product Spotlight – 2017 Fatback Corvus
We have a brand new 2017 Fatback Corvus in the shop for testing. Two of our Black Ribbon Test […]
Accessories
The Robert Axle Project – How to Mod a BoB Trailer to Work with your Fatty
I might have a slight bicycle trailer obsession. Maybe it’s because I spent a good long while, pulling my kids […]
FatBikes
2017 Fatback Rhino FLT Review – By Travis Hubbard
After a thorough 2 month shakedown of the 2017 Fatback Rhino FLT during a very snowy Alaskan winter I came […]
Components
Fatback Carbon Cargo Fat-Bike Forks
People that follow the history of fat-bikes, know that Fatback has written many of the chapters, in the […]
FatBikes
RSD Ti Mayor Mid Term Review
People love to complain about the weather and the last couple of winter’s around the midsection of the Great Lakes […]
Tires
First look at the 4.8″ Snow Avalanche SC & PSC Studded Tires
First look at the 4.8″ Snow Avalanche We recently got hooked up with Vee Tire’s Snow Avalanche studded 4.8″ tires. […]
FatBikes
First Look – 2017 Jamis Roughneck – By Ward Whitmire
Coincidentally, a week or so before being asked if I wanted to test & review the Jamis Roughneck, […]
FatBikes
Borealis Flume Review by Dustin Carlson
Borealis Flume Review By Dustin Carlson Do you ever find yourself looking out the kitchen window at a barren wasteland […]
Components
Framed PUB Carbon Big Ride Wheelset Review – by Andy Amstutz
I’m a convert. They’re worth the money. The kids might not have the warmest boots and the wife might not […]
eFat
May I Assist You? Specialized Turbo Levo Fat Review – by Craig Smith
I was very interested in testing the new Specialized Turbo Levo HT Comp Fat bike for a couple of […]
Components
Bontrager Gnarwhal TLR – 27.5 x 4.5 Studded Tire
It’s not very often, that we need to borrow a fat-bike to test a fat-bike tire, but it’s happened before […]
Site News
Product Spotlight 2017 Fatback Rhino FLT – by Travis Hubbard
In late October Gomez reached out to me with the proposition of testing the Fatback Rhino FLT, my immediate […]
Components
Bluto Vs. Wren – Suspension Fork Shootout – by Dustin Carlson
Fat bikes are still, somewhat of a niche right now. A byproduct of this is a lack of choices […]
FatBikes
The Surly Big Fat Dummy
Back in September, I visited the QBP corporate campus in sunny Bloomington MN, for an opportunity to meet and […]
FatBikes
Product Spotlight – RSD Ti Mayor
I voted for the RSD Ti Mayor Part of my responsibilities as Payload Specialist on the USS Faterprise is to […]
Components
First Look Wren Inverted Suspension Fork
Here’s a new fork with a familiar face and a name to remember. The Wren Sports Inverted Suspension fork […]