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Reader’s Rides

Every fatbike has a story—and this is where our readers tell theirs. Since 2011, we’ve featured builds, mods, and ride reports straight from the saddle of fatbike riders around the world. From garage-built beasts to custom dream rigs, Reader’s Rides is a celebration of the bikes (and the people) that keep the fatbike spirit rolling.

Bikepacking

Riding Into Spring: An Equinox Bivvy on the Mukluk

March 31, 2026 summittoppler 0
The Equinox Last Friday marked the arrival of the solar equinox, that precise biannual moment when the Sun appears to […]
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Bikepacking

A Chilled Out Snowy Evening at Eigiau Cottage

February 26, 2026 summittoppler 0
I’ve now stayed at remote mountain Eigiau Cottage more than thirty times, yet it still excites me every visit. There’s […]
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FatBikes

Bearclaw Bruno Titanium Fat-Bike – My Build

April 21, 2025 Greg Smith Comments Off on Bearclaw Bruno Titanium Fat-Bike – My Build
Boy howdy, does time fly. I actually finished my Bearclaw Bruno Titanium Fat Bike build the day before heading up […]
Bikepacking

Fatbike to the cottage (summer version)

August 15, 2023 summittoppler 2
Some of you may recall a post (https://archive.fat-bike.com/2022/12/fatbike-to-the-cottage/) and video that I posted back in the winter of me riding […]
Bikepacking

Solstice Bivvy

June 27, 2023 summittoppler Comments Off on Solstice Bivvy
I’ve had a few weeks off the bike recently and with the recent summer solstice falling midweek during a decent […]
FatBikes

Customized Sunspeed Spark in India

March 31, 2022 Gomez 2
Sunspeed Bicycles are sold in India and they make a fat bike called the Spark. Sarthak Narayan Rastogi sent us […]
Bike Culture

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. […]
Reader's Rides

Reader’s Ride(s) Philip Rohrer’s Stooge

July 5, 2021 Gomez 1
Editor’s Note: After seeing the Reader’s Ride(s) post about Angry Andy’s Ritchey P29 singlespeed, Philip Rohrer sent us some shots […]
FatBikes

My New Trek Farley – By Will Ross

February 7, 2019 Gomez 5
(Editor’s Note) – The following is from our old friend Will Ross! Will recently made a career move to the […]
Reader's Rides

The First 60 Days with a Surly Midnight Special – By Ron Stawicki

June 7, 2018 Gomez 8
60 Days of a Midnight Special (Disclaimer: This is my personal bike I purchased from my local bike shop. Since […]
FatBikes

Reader’s Ride(s) – Custom BTR Roamer by Olov Stenlund

September 4, 2017 Gomez 4
I don’t know for how long, but getting a custom built frame, has been a dream since long before I […]
Destinations

Fat Bike Iceland

August 8, 2017 summittoppler 6
For years I’ve always had a dream of riding somewhere desolate and remote on my bike. I thought that dream […]
Reader's Rides

Reader’s Ride(s) – Roxy’s SE Bikes F@R

September 5, 2016 Greg Smith 1
They say to never shop on an empty stomach, apparently that applies to the bike store too. On an innocent […]
Reader's Rides

Reader’s Ride(s) – Ken’s Wooden Fat Bike!

April 5, 2016 Greg Smith 3
Ken sent us this story about a unique wooden fat-bike he built and how the design progressed to what you […]
Reader's Rides

Reader’s Ride(s) – Reid’s Upgraded Mongoose Dolomite

February 16, 2016 Greg Smith 17
Reid sent in the first image of this story as a Wallpaper Wednesday but when I sent him a request […]
FatBikes

Reader’s Ride(s) – Kris’s Custom-built Kona WO

January 28, 2016 Greg Smith 5
Two years ago, we posted some pictures of Kris’s first Kona WO that he built up from a frame into […]
FatBikes

Reader’s Ride(s) – Graham’s KTM Fat Rat

June 22, 2015 Greg Smith 5
Graham, who lives in Queensland, Australia, sent us this info about his new KTM Fat Rat fat-bike. Graham reckons it […]
FatBikes

Reader’s Ride(s) – Evan’s Singlespeed Pugsley

June 19, 2015 Gomez 1
  Written by:  Evan Larsson Oh, now I get it! Seeing that it’s late into the spring season with summer, […]
FatBikes

US Fat-Bike National Championship Belt Holding / 9:ZERO:7 Carbon Whiteout!

April 2, 2015 Gomez Comments Off on US Fat-Bike National Championship Belt Holding / 9:ZERO:7 Carbon Whiteout!
Sven and I sat down with, US Fat-Bike National Champion, Will Ross, earlier this month to talk about his championship ride […]
Reader's Rides

Reader’s Ride(s) – Brandon’s Custom Titchmarsh / Rohloff 29+

January 19, 2015 Greg Smith 2
  Originally, Brandon sent me a single shot of his custom-built Dan Titchmarsh 29+. I immediately spied the clean cable […]
Reader's Rides

Reader’s Ride(s) – Calvin and Bob

December 11, 2014 Greg Smith 5
Stephen from up in Powell River, BC, Canada sent us this story about the trail building set up that he […]
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 […]
Reader's Rides

Amazing Fat (bike) Kid from New Zealand

March 19, 2014 Gomez 4
Kelvin Arthur from Massey University gave us the ‘heads up’ about a 10 year old boy, named Mac, and his dad […]
FatBikes

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 […]
Reader's Rides

Reader’s Ride(s) – White Mike’s Violet Krampus

December 24, 2013 Gomez 5
Michael Kauk sent us six metric gnome tons of Krampus pixels the other day along with some spec’s for his […]
Reader's Rides

Reader’s Ride(s) – Euan’s Rohloff 9:Zero:7

September 19, 2013 Greg Smith Comments Off on Reader’s Ride(s) – Euan’s Rohloff 9:Zero:7
Australian, Euan Pennington, originally published this story on his blog and let us know about that but we thought it was […]
Reader's Rides

Reader’s Ride(s) – Brian’s Rohloff 9:Zero:7

June 13, 2013 Greg Smith 8
Brian from across the lake in Holland, MI shot us this story about his Rohloff equipped 9:Zero:7. I love single […]
FatBikes

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

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

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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