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These are the building blocks of every fatbike dream build. Since 2011, we’ve been digging into hubs, cranks, drivetrains, brakes, and bottom brackets—everything that makes a fatbike tick. Whether you’re upgrading, wrenching, or geeking out on gear, this is where fatbike performance starts.

Components

Bontrager Gnarwhal TLR – 27.5 x 4.5 Studded Tire

January 12, 2017 Gomez 18
It’s not very often, that we need to borrow a fat-bike to test a fat-bike tire, but it’s happened before […]
Components

Bluto Vs. Wren – Suspension Fork Shootout – by Dustin Carlson

December 12, 2016 Gomez 13
  Fat bikes are still, somewhat of a niche right now. A byproduct of this is a lack of choices […]
Tires

Terrene Wazia – First Look!

November 10, 2016 Ken Blakey-Shell 4
Terrene is a new name on the fat bike block but is a company that brings some street cred to […]
Components

First Look Wren Inverted Suspension Fork

November 7, 2016 Gomez 9
  Here’s a new fork with a familiar face and a name to remember. The Wren Sports Inverted Suspension fork […]
Components

SQ Labs – 611 Ergowave Active Saddle and 711 Grip Review

November 3, 2016 Gomez 2
  Grips and Saddles. Ask any cyclist and they’ll tell you about their ‘go to’ brand and model. The answers […]
Tires

Vittoria Cannoli – First Look!

October 6, 2016 Ken Blakey-Shell Comments Off on Vittoria Cannoli – First Look!
Uncle Gomez and the folks from Vittoria Tire recently helped Christmas come a bit early and sent me a pair […]
Components

REVIEW – Atomik Phatty 85 Carbon Rims w/ I9 Hubs by Steve Meurett

July 18, 2016 Gomez 1
  The winter only fatbike realm has long since been left behind-thank goodness.  This is not news-most of us who […]
Components

Lauf Carbonara Review by Kevin Breitenbach

June 20, 2016 Gomez 6
  So I’ve got to start this review with an admission of guilt, I’ve held the Lauf Carbonara hostage for […]
Components

Bontrager Barbegazi Review

June 13, 2016 Gomez 4
Back in December, we received our set of Barbegazi tires from our amigos at Bontrager and I called dibs on […]
Components

Kuroshiro Enso 685 Wheel Review by – Andrea Cohen

March 29, 2016 Gomez Comments Off on Kuroshiro Enso 685 Wheel Review by – Andrea Cohen
  All the way back in November a fancy box of Kuroshiro Enso 685 wheels showed up at World of […]
Components

Product Preview – Maxxis Colossus and Minion FBFront & FBRear – By David Glover

March 8, 2016 Gomez 6
  Last year Maxxis announced they would be adding some more big rubber to the fat bike scene, a snow […]
Accessories

Grip Studs – User Installable Carbide Studs for Fat-bike Tires

March 1, 2016 Greg Smith 5
Fat-bike.com friend, Sam D, was looking for a way to stud the fat-bike tires that he currently owns and likes […]
Components

Otis Turns Two – Fatback Review – The extended club version

January 21, 2016 Gomez 5
 Otis’s Story Timeline 12/25/2013 – Otis’s Introduction and Naming – https://archive.fat-bike.com/2013/12/fatback-190-product-test-episode-1/ 12/25/2014 – Otis Turns One – https://archive.fat-bike.com/2014/12/otis-turns-one-%E2%99%A6-fatback-long-term-review/ 2/5/2015 – Otis Gets […]
Components

Rever MTN1 Disc Brake Review by Kevin Breitenbach

December 17, 2015 Gomez 3
Back at the beginning of the winter riding season, the old dependable mailman dropped off a box from Wisconsin. Surprised […]
Components

Product Preview – 3 NEW Tires from Bontrager

December 14, 2015 Gomez 10
The folks up in Waterloo sent us some of their new tires this week and we thought that we might just […]
Components

Industry 9 Introduces New Fat & Plusbike Wheels

October 31, 2015 Gomez Comments Off on Industry 9 Introduces New Fat & Plusbike Wheels
Straight out of the heart of Western North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, Industry Nine, is introducing new rim options for Mountain, […]
Events

Interbike 2015 – The Good, The Fat & the ?

September 18, 2015 Gomez 3
It’s Day 3 – Part Two of the Interbike rodeo championships at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. We walked […]
Components

Vittoria Bomboloni – 26 x 4.0 – Review

September 3, 2015 Gomez 6
  By : Steve Meurett It’s said first impressions are often correct, but not always correct.  Mounting a new pair […]
FatBikes

World Premier! The Surly Wednesday

August 26, 2015 Gomez 16
Back in July, I was dispatched to Utah for a mission, to document and photograph, Surly’s new fat-bike. I was also […]
Ride Report

Salsa Beargrease X01 en Fuego

August 20, 2015 Aaron Hautala 4
So you get a new fat bike as winter 2015 comes to a close and the thought is, “O well, […]
Components

Lauf Carbonara Tested

July 13, 2015 Chris Reichel 4
  Disclaimer: I have never done a fork review before and I run all of my fatbikes rigid. I have […]
Tires

Product Spotlight – Vittoria Bomboloni 26 x 4

June 25, 2015 Gomez 2
Our friends at Vittoria Tire found us a set of Bomboloni 26 x 4’s’ah, to put through our tire testing regiment. […]
Components

Surly Big Fat Knard Review

June 8, 2015 Gomez 7
By :  Chris Zito Knards When Surly first came out with the Pugsley I found myself one Christmas Eve riding […]
Tires

Jumbo Jim 4.8″

May 28, 2015 Olov Stenlund 6
Being part of the Bike Black Ribbon crew has it´s benefits. Not only did I have the opportunity to ride an […]
Tires

Dirt Wizard – First Contact

April 30, 2015 Gomez 7
Our pair of test Dirt Wizards arrived at the Fat-Bike.com – Colonel Steve Austin Memorial Test Bunker and Proving Grounds […]
Tires

Surly Dirt Wizards – 29 x 3 – In the Wild

April 28, 2015 Gomez 4
Editor’s Note  :  We shot the video above at interbike back in September of 2014. In a strange twist of […]
Tires

Product Spotlight – Vittoria Bomboloni 29×3.0

April 6, 2015 Julio 7
Luckily for those of us with 29+ bikes, new tire offereings continue to trickle in. This year at FrostBike, Vittoria […]
Site News

Bontrager Hodag – The Snow Ride Experience

March 5, 2015 Aaron Hautala 4
Having tested the Bontrager Hodag on Cuyuna‘s red dirt single track, I was excited to experience first-hand how these 3.8″ […]
Tires

45NRTH Releases Flowbeist And Dunderbeist Front And Rear Specific Fat Tires

February 21, 2015 Greg Smith 6
Our amigos at 45nrth sent us a set of these beauties just in time for a big old fat snow […]
Components

Sarma Naran 100 Carbon Wheelset

February 5, 2015 Julio 3
Sarma is newer company to the fat-bike scene but they bring to the table many years of aerospace composite experience […]
Site News

Bontrager Chupacabra Mid-Term Review

January 1, 2015 Ken Blakey-Shell 24
Let me just get to the point and write that these tires are da bomb. They are fairly light (for […]
Components

New Kenda Juggernaut Tires – First Look!

December 22, 2014 Gomez 11
  We received both sizes of the new Kenda Juggernaut Fat-Bike Tires late, last week. Our test tires are the […]
Tires

Maxxis Mammoth – Tested & Reviewed

December 17, 2014 Julio 4
  As the fatbike tire market continues to grow, more and more big name tire makers are getting into the game. […]
Site News

Ride Impressions – Framed Minnesota 26×4 Fat-bike Tire

December 2, 2014 Greg Smith 6
  Derrick, Ross and I have been riding the Framed Minnesota 26×4 Fat-bike Tire for several weeks now with various races, […]
Tires

Product Spotlight – Bontrager Chupacabra 29×3.0

October 27, 2014 Ken Blakey-Shell 8
Luckily, after a long drought of alternatives in 29er+ tires, there has started to be a flood of options being […]
Tires

Maxxis Chronicle 29+ – Love at First Corner

October 16, 2014 Ken Blakey-Shell 13
The Maxxis Chronicle was a tire I was super excited about as soon as I saw pictures of it on […]
Site News

First Look – Framed Bikes Minnesota 26×4.0 Fat-bike Tire

October 14, 2014 Greg Smith 3
We recently received a set of Framed Bikes Minnesota 26×4.0″, 120TPI fat-bike tire. This tire will be standard on Framed […]
Tires

Sarma Naran 100mm Wheelset – Carbon & Tubeless

September 25, 2014 Gomez 12
Mi nombre esta es Gomez and I ‘m a frequent tire changer. The fat-bike dot com test kitchens are a […]
Components

Laying Some Tracks on the Trax Fatties

September 4, 2014 Ken Blakey-Shell 12
About a month ago I got a package from Fat-Bike.com world headquarters with a pair of Vee Tire Trax Fatty […]
Tires

Six Weeks with a Bulldozer

August 14, 2014 Gomez 2
We featured a product spotlight on the new Bulldozer from Vee Tire, just about the time we were losing our […]
Components

First Look! Maxxis Mammoth 26 x 4.0 Tire

July 29, 2014 Gomez 4
The cool cats from Framed Bikes shared a pair of Maxxis Mammoth Fat-Bike Tires with us to share with all […]
Components

First Look! – Maxxis Chronicle 29+ Tire

July 28, 2014 Gomez 4
Our amigos at Framed Bikes sent us a set of Maxxis Chronicle 29+ tires along to check out and share […]
Components

45NRTH Dillinger 5 – Six Week Test Ride

July 28, 2014 Gomez 4
Back in March, our test pilot, Michael McColgan, shot spy photos of Jesse LaLonde’s race bike that helped to debut 45NRTH’s new Dillinger […]
Components

Whisky 70mm Tubeless Rim/45NRTH Vanhelga Tire

July 21, 2014 Gomez Comments Off on Whisky 70mm Tubeless Rim/45NRTH Vanhelga Tire
WHISKY 70MM TUBELESS RIM/45NRTH VAN HELGA. By – Jesse LaLonde It’s only fair to preface this with a racer guy […]

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