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Fat Bike Birkie 2026 Race-Day Dispatch

March 2, 2026 Greg Smith 1
Fat Bike Birkie 2026 Race Day Dispatch: Nine Degrees, Perfect Snow, and a Whole Lot of Grins I left Milwaukee […]
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2023 Mayday Mayhem Sit:Rep

May 9, 2023 Gomez 1
A few years back, some of our northern Iowa gnome fest cousins started a klunker race, called the Mayday Mayhem. […]
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2022 Fat Biker’s Holiday Gift Guide

November 23, 2022 Gomez Comments Off on 2022 Fat Biker’s Holiday Gift Guide
Check out our Updated 2025 Fat Biker’s Holiday Gift Guide here! It’s the Fat-Bike.com Holiday Gift Guide with something for […]
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Canadian Business Spotlight: Fatbikes.ca – By Trevor (Allroy) Hughes

September 29, 2022 Gomez Comments Off on Canadian Business Spotlight: Fatbikes.ca – By Trevor (Allroy) Hughes
When Gomez approached me about doing write-ups on Canadian fat bike companies, gear and culture I jumped at the chance. […]
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The Dose of Fat – September 2022

September 22, 2022 Gomez 3
NEW stuff – Manitou Mastodon / Otso Voytek / Aeroe Spider Rack

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Burley Bark Ranger by Thumbelena

September 1, 2022 Gomez 2
Burley Bark Ranger The Bark Ranger is a trailer designed specifically for your dearest companion. Just like how they make […]
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Singlespeed USA 2022

August 22, 2022 Gomez Comments Off on Singlespeed USA 2022
One of the reoccurring waves of enthusiasm for two-wheeled fun that I’ve enjoyed over the years has been driven by […]
Accessories

New PDW – Zit Bits Frame Bolts

June 16, 2022 Gomez 1
The typical fat bike has over a half dozen M4 threaded cargo zits, just on the fork alone. Portland Design […]
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Mammoth Empire – Spartacus – The Fatter Fat Bike from the Philippines

June 2, 2022 Gomez 4
If the fat bike in your life is not rotund enough for your flotation needs and you’ve been looking for […]
Accessories

UP Field Trip – Bearclaw Bikes TŌWMAK

May 12, 2022 Gomez Comments Off on UP Field Trip – Bearclaw Bikes TŌWMAK
The second leg of my recent trip to the Upper Penninsula of Michigan took me to the east side and […]
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Disc Brake Flip Flop

January 27, 2022 Gomez 8
In the early days of fat bike development, complete bikes came spec’d with mechanical disc brakes. It was my understanding […]
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Project Fox Shox – by Tim Mallard

July 19, 2021 Gomez 5
Put yourself in the “way back machine”. Way back to 1997. You are 14 years old and on summer break. […]
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The Levis Mound Fat Tire Festival

June 29, 2021 Gomez 1
◄ Bringing Derby Back to Levis Mounds! ► September 10th thru 12th – 2021 In the tradition of the bike […]
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Klunkedelic – REEB Hooptie (in da hizzie)

June 14, 2021 Gomez Comments Off on Klunkedelic – REEB Hooptie (in da hizzie)
I’ve been lusting after REEB’s Hooptie since it premiered a couple of years back. The Hooptie is a blend of […]
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Klunkedelic – State Bicycle Klunker

May 17, 2021 Gomez 1
Is the State Bicycle Co. Klunker the deal of the Summer? Somewhere back around 2015, I saw a story about […]
Accessories

Revelate Designs Framebag Review

May 10, 2021 Gomez 3
I’ve been on somewhat of a quest over the past five years to seek out the best frame bag for […]
Adventure Bikes

The Danger Gnome Podcast – November 2020 – New Fat-Bikes, Snow Crown Race Series & Bearclaw Bicycle Co.

November 23, 2020 Gomez Comments Off on The Danger Gnome Podcast – November 2020 – New Fat-Bikes, Snow Crown Race Series & Bearclaw Bicycle Co.
The Danger Gnome Podcast welcomes Geo Kapitz and Jason Lowetz to the program to talk about the Snow Crown Race Series and the Bearclaw Bicycle Co. Tomak

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Gnomeproof Gadgets – Noxgear 39g Wearable Bluetooth Speaker

October 6, 2020 Gomez 2
Hi, my nombre esta es Gomez and I’m a gadgetaholic. I’m especially addicted to gadgets that play music. I remember […]
Bike Culture

Is it time to Upgrade Your Legacy Fat-Bike? by Jeff Price

November 12, 2019 Gomez 13
Editor’s Note – we should probably try to set some parameters for what we’re referring to when we talk about […]
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Afterglow Lake Resort – Phelps WI – Northwoods Paradise

January 31, 2019 Gomez 3
I was drawn to Afterglow Lake Resort by their incredible social media photo-stream. The intense sunset photography made me think back […]
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Coast to Coast Bikepacking Michigan’s Mitten – By Andy Amstutz

July 2, 2018 Gomez 5
Not many people drive across Michigan.  It’s not on the way to anywhere. It’s the anti-Iowa in the way that I’ve […]
Bike Culture

Fat-Bike Van Life – Balkan Holiday by – Stephan Spruyt (Part 1 of 3)

May 3, 2018 Gomez Comments Off on Fat-Bike Van Life – Balkan Holiday by – Stephan Spruyt (Part 1 of 3)
Road Trip The Balkans (Part 1 of 3) Hey Ho.. another year another road trip so it seems.. As some […]
Beach Riding

Good Times on Mexican Beaches – by Pistil Pete

December 11, 2017 Gomez 1
  Ed ~ We ran a story about the Origin8 Supercell tires earlier this year, primarily, due to Pistil Pete […]
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Fat (video) Tuesday – Fat-Bike Pioneer Roundtable (Part 2)

October 10, 2017 Gomez Comments Off on 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 […]
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The Father of the Modern Alaskan Fat-Bike – Greg Matyas

August 28, 2017 Gomez 3
Our long time amigo and bike mechanic to the stars, Jeff Gillmore, contacted me a couple of years back and […]
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Susitna Bicycle Institute – Anchorage, AK – by Travis Hubbard

May 25, 2017 Gomez 2
The Susitna Bicycle Institute (SBI) is a non-profit education center offering a wide range of classes from introductory to advance […]
Bike Culture

Fat Camp – Jeff Jones Interview

April 25, 2017 Gomez 7
Jones bikes are unconventional to say the least but amazingly versatile and well thought out bikes. After you listen to […]
Bike Culture

A Parable about a Viking and the Big Fat Dummy

March 22, 2017 Spinner 7
In the fat-bike marketplace, we’ve seen a lot of gimmicks in the past couple of years.  For example: carbon, full […]
Bike Culture

Cuyuna Yurt Adventuring: Year-Round Fat-Bike Fun

February 11, 2016 Aaron Hautala 2
It was four years ago. I was in my first meeting as the newly elected volunteer president of the Cuyuna […]
Bike Culture

The ITI from Kathi Merchant, race director Iditarod Trail Invitational in Alaska

February 26, 2015 Gomez 1
Written by Kathi Merchant, Race Director, Iditarod Trail Invitational The Iditarod Trail Invitational race, the qualifiers to get into this […]
Beach Riding

Event Spotlight – Big Fat Bike Festival – Feb 6 – 8, 2015 – Homer AK

November 24, 2014 Gomez 3
Any fat-bike festival with a gnome in the flyer gets extra points with me! I say this every year…..I really […]

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