Articles by Ken Blakey-Shell

The 27.5 fat tire selection continues to expand and this is the second tire that 45NRTH has offered in the […]

There are a lot of people excited about the Terrene Johnny 5 because it has been touted as a potential […]

Uncle Gomez sent me a set of 27.5 carbon fat bike wheels recently. You can check out the “product spotlight” […]

QuietKat is not a company I was familiar with until recently. This is mostly because they specialize in e-fat bikes […]

For those not familiar with the Lake MXZ400 it is Lake’s “winter extreme” cycling boot. It takes almost every aspect […]

If you follow bike media you will know that at one point not that long ago 2.8-3″ plus tires were […]

This winter I have been testing out a pair of studded 26×4″ Terrene Cake Eater “light” casing tires. For full […]

    In recent years there has been an explosion in the number of groomed fat bike trails. During this […]

  Terrene is the new kid on the block for tire companies but already have a second studded fat tire […]

Maxxis recently held their annual “Summit” in the mountains of Northern Georgia at the Mulberry Gap Mountain Bike Resort. Maxxis […]

My local cycling club (Shoreline Cycling Club) recently acquired a Best Tracksled for $5,400 to use to groom a 16-17 mile […]

This has been one of those winters where I have been pretty darned stoked to be testing studded tires. It […]

I sit here and write this while psyching myself up for another 3-4 hour ride of breaking trail on the […]

It is kind of funny, last year/season we saw a flood of similar “me-to” fat bikes from manufacturers trying to […]

Bearclaw Bike Co. is a name that many people may not be familiar with but I am guessing if you […]

Terrene is a new name on the fat bike block but is a company that brings some street cred to […]

Uncle Gomez and the folks from Vittoria Tire recently helped Christmas come a bit early and sent me a pair […]

After Labor Day and into fall is an ideal time to beach ride along the shore of Lake Michigan. How do […]

Let me just get to the point and write that these tires are da bomb. They are fairly light (for […]

Luckily, after a long drought of alternatives in 29er+ tires, there has started to be a flood of options being […]

The Maxxis Chronicle was a tire I was super excited about as soon as I saw pictures of it on […]

About a month ago I got a package from Fat-Bike.com world headquarters with a pair of Vee Tire Trax Fatty […]

Ed: One of the main topics at the Global Fatbike Summit happening in Ogden, Utah this weekend, as well as the […]

Have you recently experienced the “wobble, wobble, stop?” Have you been having difficulty getting riding again out on the trail? […]