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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

New German Fatty – Nicolai Argon Fat

August 27, 2013 Gomez 5
Just in time for EuroBike, German bike maker, Nicolai, is introducing the Argon Fat. The Argon comes belt ready and […]
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Cogburn opens up a whole new market for the Fat-Bike – Sportsmen!

August 10, 2013 Gomez 17
QBP’s newest bike brand, Cogburn Outdoors, is targeting hunters, anglers and foragers with their new hydro-dipped camo fat-bike called the […]
FatBikes

Kona WO – Fat-Bike

July 11, 2013 Gomez 11
(click to enlarge) We’ve been following Kona’s development of their new WO fat-bike for some time now. This week they […]
FatBikes

29+ Testing – Mukluk vs. Krampus

July 11, 2013 Gomez 8
Written By Andy Oleson   About 2 months ago, I built up a set of 29+ wheels to run on […]
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First Ride – Borealis Carbon Fat-bike

July 3, 2013 Greg Smith 15
Folks, we are pre-empting our normal Wallpaper Wednesday to bring you this special report. Wallpaper Wednesday will resume next week […]
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Salamandre – Fat Convertable Tandem

July 1, 2013 Gomez 4
Our amigo, Yann from Salamandre Cycles, in France, Sent us these two shots of a fat-tandem with couplers that he […]
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Writer’s Ride(s) ~ Thilver the house Krampus

June 6, 2013 Gomez 5
We started hearing rumors about Surly’s new 29+ bike about this time last year and by the time Interbike rolled […]
FatBikes

New Fat Bike! – Borealis Yampa

June 3, 2013 Gomez 6
A brand new fat bike-dedicated brand, Borealis Bikes has introduced a sleek and extremely light carbon fiber frame and fork […]
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Ride Reflections – Rabbit Holes on My Mukluk

May 13, 2013 Gomez 9
Written by : Andy Oleson I’ve been able to log some decent single track mileage on my 29+ wheelset up […]
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KramPug – Cale’s Initial Ride Report

May 9, 2013 Gomez 8
Mi primo y Bike Black Ribbon Test Pilot, Cale built up a set of offset Rabbit Hole rims for his […]
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Diamant / Nakamura – Mammut / BigBob Prototype(s) – Norwegian Fatness!

April 24, 2013 Gomez 10
My man, Beeker told me that he has been seeing some snaps of a euro fat-bike around the fringes of […]
FatBikes

Vagabonde Cycles – Fat from the French Alps

April 17, 2013 Gomez 4
Patrice Drouin spent 20 years as a designer in the auto industry in France before focusing his vision on making […]
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Is The Walmart Fatbike Really That Bad?

April 2, 2013 the locust 25
Editor’s Note: After seeing the truly insane hubbub the Walmart fatbike (henceforth referred to as the WalGoose) generated on MTBR, Test Pilot […]
FatBikes

Now Available – Origin-8 Crawler

March 21, 2013 Greg Smith 10
Now arriving at bike shops around the country is Origin-8 Crawler fat-bike. The Crawler uses a hydroformed aluminum frame coupled […]
Events

The Fat Side of NAHBS 2013

February 26, 2013 Gomez 3
Show Coverage by James Healy Twenty Two Cycles Ti & Steel Bully 38 Frameworks Carbon Hogback and Aluminum Jakelope Funk […]
FatBikes

New Aussie Fat Bike Brand – MURU Cycles

January 16, 2013 Gomez 11
16″ (small) – 18″ (medium) – 20″ (large) –14″ and 22″ are also available. I’ve been trading emails with my Aussie amigos […]
FatBikes

Salamandre Custom Fat-bike Build from France

January 3, 2013 Greg Smith 8
Thierry from Bike-A-Lot in France has been working with Yann from Salamandre (We’ve done a couple of other stories on […]
FatBikes

Like a 10 year old with a Bazooka – Surly Krampus

December 12, 2012 Spinner 10
I love this bike. I went out to Vegas just to ride it. Of course there were beers and friends […]
FatBikes

Schlick Cycles Northpaw Rohloff

December 3, 2012 Greg Smith 11
Greg from Schlick Cycles sent us these photos of a custom-built Northpaw fat-bike with a Gates Belt Drive,  a Rohloff […]
FatBikes

Surly Krampus. Will you want one? Probably yes.

October 17, 2012 martini 7
One of the happy denizens the Surly Empire happens to live not to far from me over in Decorah, IA. […]
FatBikes

Scoop! – Sandman Bikes 2013

October 10, 2012 Greg Smith 2
We recently shot off a note to Conrad at Sandman Bikes in Belgium to learn about their plans for the […]
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Readers Ride(s) ~ MID-LIFE MUKLUK {Ti}

August 6, 2012 Gomez 6
Here’s a reader’s ride  – slash review – slash bed-time story, from one of my ride buddies that I started […]
FatBikes

Salsa Mukluk 2 – Mid-Term Review

June 5, 2012 Steve 3
It seems in some ways like I’ve had this bike forever, but yet, the first time it hit the trail […]
FatBikes

Fatbiking in Finland Part III – The Bikes

June 4, 2012 Toni Lund 2
Finally it’s time to introduce some of the fatbikes found here in Finland. There are probably close to 50 fatbikes […]
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vélo confit ~ Salamandre Cycles

February 7, 2012 Gomez 5
Yann Thomas dropped us an email to announce that he’s starting up a fat-bike frame business in the South of […]
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Surly “Neck Romancer” Pugsley First Impression

December 13, 2011 chrisgardnerss 5
It’s a brisk early-winter day here in Nebraska, and while most cyclists are making a hasty retreat indoors for another […]
Accessories

Time Tested Thursday – Küat NV – Fat Friendly Hitch Rack

December 1, 2011 Julio 7
A new car situation earlier this year found me in the market for a hitch rack. While not the owner […]
FatBikes

Watson Cycles Great Divide FAT Tire

October 26, 2011 Greg Smith 4
Watson Cycles Great Divide FAT Tire From the Watson Cycles Website: The Fat Tire tames otherwise un-rideable terrain. Designed to […]
FatBikes

Murdered Out Schlick Northpaw – A Review

October 24, 2011 Julio Comments Off on Murdered Out Schlick Northpaw – A Review
With their growing popularity, there are now a number of choices for fat bike frames to be had.  There is […]
FatBikes

The 4 S’s of Fat – Sand, Snow, Singletrack and Smiles!

October 21, 2011 KrateKraig 1
My journey into Fat-Bike love began innocently enough. It was born from my hatred of putting my bike on a […]
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Moots FrosTi Fat-Bike

October 14, 2011 Greg Smith Comments Off on Moots FrosTi Fat-Bike
After seeing Moots’ race fat-bikes, built for ultra endurance racers like Eric Hindes and Mark Curicak, at Interbike the past […]
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Surly Pugsley

May 24, 2011 Greg Smith 1
While other Fatbikes were around before the Surly Pugsley the Pug is likely the fatbike most people have seen first. […]

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