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Welcome to the heart of fat-bike.com — where it all began back in 2011. Since day one, we’ve been the web’s original home for all things fatbike. From the snowy trails of the northwoods to sun-baked beach sand, we’ve tested, reviewed, and celebrated fatbikes in every condition imaginable.

This category is where you’ll find fat-bike news, product launches, deep-dive reviews, and insights into the ever-evolving world of fatbike riding.

Thirteen years strong and still rolling fat — dig in and explore!

FatBikes

2015 – KHS – 4 Season Fat Bike Line Up

September 3, 2014 Gomez 1
KHS introduced their 2015 line of fat bikes at Eurobike. KHS calls their family of fat bikes the 4 season, […]
FatBikes

2015 Framed Bikes – Launch all Fatties!

August 5, 2014 Gomez 2
Framed Bikes hit the Fat-Bike scene last winter with their Minnesota fat-bike. We featured a bit of first hand riding […]
FatBikes

2015 Specialized – Three Fatboys

August 4, 2014 Gomez 3
Specialized Bicycle will be offering their Fatboy in three different trim packages and as a frameset for 2015. The Fatboy […]
FatBikes

First Glimpse! – Twin Six Standard Fat

July 30, 2014 Gomez 5
Last Friday, our amigo Jesse LaLonde pinged me with something pretty hawt. In addition to being the dark knight of […]
FatBikes

Fat-Bling – Salamandre + Pinion = OMG!

July 24, 2014 Gomez Comments Off on Fat-Bling – Salamandre + Pinion = OMG!
I spied this stunning, cobalt blue, fat-bike and immediately pinged our amigo Yann from Salamandre Cycles in France. It turns out […]
FatBikes

2015 Salsa Bucksaw

July 21, 2014 Greg Smith Comments Off on 2015 Salsa Bucksaw
You probably knew this was coming but just in case you didn’t, here are pix and specs on the new […]
FatBikes

New 2015 Salsa Blackborow from SaddleDrive

July 21, 2014 Greg Smith 4
We will be checking this new Expidetion Fat-bike from Salsa, called the Blackborow, later today at Saddle Drive in Utah. […]
FatBikes

2015 Kona WO Sneak Peek!

July 14, 2014 Gomez 2
Last year  the Wo proved itself  in the Fat-bike world as a good value and solid performer. Kona gave us a peek […]
FatBikes

Andy Reviews The Borealis Echo

June 27, 2014 Gomez Comments Off on Andy Reviews The Borealis Echo
The BOREALIS Echo REVIEW By Andy Oleson Photos by Sven, Andy & Gomez I’d like to go on record to […]
FatBikes

Colin Reviews The Ice Cream Truck!

June 24, 2014 Gomez 14
The heavyweight champ has been crowned. By Colin Ford This is my review of the Surly Ice Cream Truck, or The […]
FatBikes

First Look – The Sarma Shaman

June 10, 2014 Gomez 7
We reached out to our amigos at Sarma and asked if I could come and ride their new Shaman Carbon […]
FatBikes

SE Bikes F@E Fat-bike

June 9, 2014 Greg Smith 4
Our friends up at ZuZu Pedals in Port Washington, WI got in a couple of the new, $899 MSRP, SE […]
FatBikes

To Surly with Love – The Surly Ice Cream Truck

May 26, 2014 Gomez 5
We wanted to give the Surly Ice Cream Truck a traditional coming-out party on the site…. also known as a […]
FatBikes

Borealis Upgrades Yampa for 2014!

May 9, 2014 Gomez Comments Off on Borealis Upgrades Yampa for 2014!
Our amigos at Borealis shared some new updates to their YAMPA frame with us yesterday. The YAMPA was released in June of […]
FatBikes

Borealis Echo Trail Bike: MTB Quiver Killer?

May 6, 2014 Sevo Comments Off on Borealis Echo Trail Bike: MTB Quiver Killer?
Jon Severson is lucky enough to live in Colorado Springs home to Borealis Bikes, the manufacturer of the bike in […]
Events

1st French Fat-Bike Rally : Fat Bique 2014

April 17, 2014 Gomez 2
Our amigo and the man behind Salamandre Cycles, Yann, just sent us news from France :  The first french fat-bike […]
FatBikes

Rocky Mountain Blizzard Fat-bike is Designed for Front Suspension

April 10, 2014 Greg Smith 3
With the introduction today of the Rockshox Bluto fat-bike front suspension fork, word comes from Vancover, BC bike company Rocky […]
FatBikes

RSD Bikes – The Mayor Fat-bike Enters the Scene!

April 2, 2014 Greg Smith 4
The Mayor is in the house! One of the newer members of our test fleet comes to us from north […]
FatBikes

First Look – Ventana’s El Gordo

March 31, 2014 Gomez 4
From the moment that I laid eyes on Ventana’s new El Gordo fat bike, I knew that we had to […]
FatBikes

Seen at NAHBS – Ellis Fillet Brazed Fat-bike

March 27, 2014 Greg Smith Comments Off on Seen at NAHBS – Ellis Fillet Brazed Fat-bike
Dave Wages from Ellis Cycles has won several awards at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show in the past racking […]
FatBikes

Fat-bikes at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show 2014

March 18, 2014 Greg Smith Comments Off on Fat-bikes at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show 2014
Here are shots of all the fat-bikes I saw at NAHBS last weekend. We’ll have more details on most if […]
FatBikes

First Look/Impressions: On-One Fatty

March 18, 2014 Sevo 3
On-One bikes has been around for quite some time and is a UK brand most notable for it’s figurehead, Brant […]
FatBikes

Seen at NAHBS – Black Sheep Collapsible Titanium Fat-bike

March 17, 2014 Greg Smith 3
Seen this weekend at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show was this Black Sheep Fat-bike. Made from Titanium, check. Rohloff, […]
FatBikes

Sneak Peek – Ritchey Commando Fatbike Debuts at NAHBS Today!

March 14, 2014 Greg Smith 5
Here is our first scoop from the North American Handmade Bicycle Show before the doors event open! Tom Ritchey is […]
FatBikes

NEW! – Fat Mongoose – Spy Shot

February 26, 2014 Spinner 3
One can run across all sorts of small woodland creatures while out roaming the forests in the winter time. Squirrels, […]
FatBikes

World Premier – Surly’s New Fatty! – Ice Cream Truck

February 21, 2014 Gomez 11
Some time back in December on a brutally cold  night, I had the good fortune to take one of the […]
FatBikes

Interview With Framebuilder Dave Wiseman

February 17, 2014 Greg Smith Comments Off on Interview With Framebuilder Dave Wiseman
Dave Wiseman hand crafts fillet-brazed bike frames out of a small shop just outside Chicago and his fat-bikes caught our […]
FatBikes

Alaska Episode Two – 9:Zero:7

January 23, 2014 Gomez 2
My trip to Anchorage probably would have not happened without Bill Fleming’s invitation to come and spend a week, to […]
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Great Lakes Fat Bike Series Champion – Jorden Wakeley’s 616 Race Bike

January 23, 2014 Gomez Comments Off on Great Lakes Fat Bike Series Champion – Jorden Wakeley’s 616 Race Bike
Jorden Wakeley won the GreatLakes Fat Bike Race Series last year and looks like a favorite to repeat. On his way […]
FatBikes

LaMere Carbon – Chinese Rocket Ship

January 20, 2014 Gomez 7
By : Jesse LaLonde 12.6 lbs ; The weight difference between LaMere’s new carbon fat bike and my current fat […]
FatBikes

New Product Spotlight – Ventana Gordo

January 15, 2014 Gomez 4
We interviewed, Sherwood Gibson, co-founder of Ventana Mountain Bikes USA, last week about their entry into the fat-bike market and […]
FatBikes

Arrowhead 135 Champ – Todd McFadden’s Carbon Beargrease Race Bike

January 8, 2014 Gomez 10
Last year in the Arrowhead 135 Todd McFadden took on the best riders that Alaska could throw at him and […]
FatBikes

First Look – KHS 3000 4 Season Fat-bike

December 26, 2013 Greg Smith 9
I stopped by Marty Gauss’s Total Cyclery in Kenosha, WI a couple of days ago, Christmas Eve to be exact, […]
FatBikes

Fatback 190 – Product Test – Episode 1

December 25, 2013 Gomez 17
It seems only appropriate that we publish a story about a boy and his new bike on Christmas Day! Last […]
FatBikes

Farley – Trek’s Fa(s)t Bike

December 16, 2013 Gomez 23
 Written and photographed by Aaron Hautala Winter fat biking came to Cuyuna Lakes, Minnesota during the fall of 2011. The […]
FatBikes

The Squatch – Captured & Ridden

December 12, 2013 Gomez 11
Written and Photographed by : Andy Oleson BBR Test Pilot, Angry Andy, shares the results of a one week demo […]
FatBikes

Kona WO – Mid-Term Testing

December 11, 2013 Gomez 6
We’re about two thirds of the way around the testing of Kona’s first foray into the fat bike genre. I […]
Components

Achieving Fat-bike Versatility

December 9, 2013 Gomez 5
Written and photographed by :  Ken Blakey-Shell Right now in fatty world, options are one of the biggest “issues” a […]
FatBikes

Fat Bling – 44 Bikes – Red Convertible

November 21, 2013 Gomez 2
We published a builder profile of Kris Henry and 44 Bikes last year and have been keeping in touch with […]
FatBikes

Travers Bikes – Rudy Fat – New UK Titanium 29+

October 12, 2013 Gomez 11
Mike Travers is the man behind Travers Bikes and he shared some information about his new hand-built Rudy Fat Titanium […]
FatBikes

Kona WO – Out of the Box & Ready for Testing

October 7, 2013 Gomez 9
We’ve been talking with Kona’s, Ian Schmitt, for the better part of a year, about their entrance into the fat-bike […]
FatBikes

Felt – Bosch Concept Fat-bike

September 17, 2013 Greg Smith 23
Frankly, we’ve been wondering when Felt would have a go at a fat-bike. And, while we’ve heard rumors and seen […]
FatBikes

NEW! Fatback Corvus Carbon

September 11, 2013 Gomez 7
FATBACK INTRODUCES CORVUS, A COMPLETE CARBON FIBER FAT-BIKE Anchorage, Alaska – Fatback announces the addition of the CORVUS CARBON FRAME […]
FatBikes

CHARGE! Cooker Maxi

August 28, 2013 Gomez 2
Product managers are really starting to embrace the clever video product launch. This week’s video comes from Charge Bikes and […]

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