Fatbike

RCC15: Willworx Superstand goes Supersized with new Fat Rack for Fat Bikes

Whether you’re a retailer looking for display options for massive tires or simply a consumer who wants to store their fat bike on the ground,…

Written by Zach Overholt November 13, 2015

D.Fender Updates Fenders with Fit for Bluto, Lauf, Plus, Rigid, and Bucksaw

Who knew that one of the most popular accessories for mountain bikes and fat bikes would be some bits of plastic and a few zip…

Written by Zach Overholt November 12, 2015

PBE15: Fenix Flies with Full Size Folding 27.5″ and 27+ Santos Mountain Bikes

Having already created a clever way to create a full size folding rigid 29er/road bike, Fenix Bykes owner Scott Turner decided it was time to…

Written by Zach Overholt November 12, 2015

Diamondback goes Big, Bigger and Biggest with Their New Oso Line of Fat Bikes at a Not So Fat Price

With just about every full-line bicycle brand producing fat bikes, or at least having them on their radar, it is no surprise to see that Diamondback has…

Written by Trey Richardson November 11, 2015

Huffy Goes Plus Size, Trolls E-Bikes/Dirt Bikes with “Be The Motor” Video?

You know a new wheel size has made it when you start to find them in local department stores. Remember the first WalMart 29ers? Fixed…

Written by Zach Overholt November 10, 2015

A Week In Review: New Bottom Bracket Standard, E’Bike racing, and Lots of Other Less Dramatic Things

It’s been a pretty heated week with a mostly liked new bottom bracket standard with folks like White Industries, Chris King & Paragon Machine Works behind…

Written by Trey Richardson November 08, 2015

Cycle Monkey Springs the new Ventana Wolfram 27+ into the Wild

We’re starting to see a lot of interesting product launches sent out way via Cycle Monkey in Richmond, CA. It should probably come as little…

Written by Zach Overholt November 06, 2015

Fresh Fatties: Matter Cycles Newest Benefat and Shand’s New Rohloff x Gates Tumshie

First profiled on our “How to Build a NAHBS Bike” series, the Matter Cycles Benefat fat bike already checked a lot of boxes. Built to…

Written by Zach Overholt November 05, 2015

Raleigh Puts Fun First with New Redux, Carbon Roker, Merit Road, Pardner Fat Bike, and more

You can talk about high end components and bike weight until you’re blue in the face, but if you’re not having fun on your bike,…

Written by Zach Overholt November 04, 2015

Reader How-To: Making a Super Light Tubeless Rim Strip for Fat Bikes

During a discussion on fat bike rim weights recently, the question of tubeless conversions came up. When it comes to a fat bike, the ability…

Written by Zach Overholt November 03, 2015

Topeak Inflates Product line with Tubeless Floor Pump, Light Up Accessories, Tools, and Much More

It wasn’t that long ago that bike shops had the choice to stock pumps for high pressure, or even higher pressure. Now that there are…

Written by Zach Overholt November 02, 2015

Full Suspension Fat vs. Plus – Is there room for Both?

Since the introduction of full suspension fat bikes, one of the most often asked questions seems to be, “why?” The fat tire creations are definitely…

Written by Zach Overholt October 30, 2015

Biketoberfest Roundup: Custom Zipp Wheels, Dirty Kanza Cannonballs, Fat Bike Hub Adapters, and 11 Speed Road from MicroShift

While considerably smaller than their other dealer shows, QBP’s Biketoberfest still had some new stuff if you knew where to look. While some of the…

Written by Zach Overholt October 28, 2015

Video: SE Racing’s Fat Ripper – Could This Be the Most Fun Bike of the Year?

We showed you SE Racing’s Fat Ripper during our Interbike Coverage and the first batch of these bad boys bounced out the door faster than they…

Written by Trey Richardson October 26, 2015

A Week in Review: An E-bike that Will Make You Drool, What & Why Specialized Reinvented Spacing, and New Hoops from Enve

We had some fantastic items come across our desk this week as well as some meaningful fundraisers for a couple of pretty awesome guys…

Written by Trey Richardson October 24, 2015

Heller Adds Some Squish to their Fat Bike with New Bluto Equipped Model

Heller Bikes was the subject of a surprise introduction this year at Interbike. Debuted with a single rigid fat bike, the brand falls under the…

Written by Zach Overholt October 23, 2015

UK retailer Go Outdoors debuts several new High-value, Low-price Calibre bikes

Our readers outside of the UK probably don’t know Go Outdoors, but they put together several bikes under their house Calibre brand that offer a…

Written by Cory Benson October 21, 2015

Surly Lands new Extraterrestrial 26+ Touring Tire, Front Racks, Plus Actual weights of My Other Brother Darryl Fat Bike Rims

In conjunction with QBP’s newest dealer show, Biketoberfest, Surly is hoping to outfit the Trolls. No, not the internet experts, but their own Troll bicycles…

Written by Zach Overholt October 21, 2015

IB15: Sweet Italian Trash: Italjet’s swank moto-inspired e-bike, a Fiat Abarth fat bike & Elite vintage water bottle system

In a sea of carbon, oversized tires, and gravel worthy machines, there is always some eye candy at Interbike, and nobody does it better than…

Written by Trey Richardson October 20, 2015

Seven rolls new Ti Treeline Fat Bikes from their Custom Shop, plus more build options

Seven Cycles just broadened their custom program with a pair of new titanium fat bikes. They kind of developed the bikes to serve their own need,…

Written by Cory Benson October 19, 2015

Corsair Teases Prototype Kraken All Mountain 27+ Hardtail, Atomlab Shows Super Wide SL Carbon Rim

Corsair might not be a name you would expect to jump on the 27+ bandwagon, but that’s precisely why they are. Seeing an opportunity to…

Written by Zach Overholt October 19, 2015

Haro Shifts into Full Suspension with Standard and Plus Size Tires

When most people think Haro, they think BMX. While there were still plenty of BMX bikes on hand at the trade shows, what was most…

Written by Zach Overholt October 19, 2015

Week In Review: Euro/Interbike Coverage, Biggest Crash/Balls at Rampage, Lots From Poc & Lupine, and The Bike You Never Wanted

To wrap up another exciting week, we’re bringing you a easy to scan round up of last week’s massive amount of coverage. Included are some crazy cool…

Written by Trey Richardson October 18, 2015

EB15 Randoms: A little of everything from a Kid’s Fat Bike to a Posh e-Bike

There really is any kind of bike you can imagine for every possible rider type at Eurobike. We have been regularly filing reports on the…

Written by Cory Benson October 15, 2015

IB15: Aggressive Plus Size Tires Arrive from Vee Tire Co. in All Sizes

If you haven’t noticed, Plus size bikes are rapidly gaining traction, both literally and figuratively. Like many new wheel or tire sizes though, the first wave…

Written by Zach Overholt October 14, 2015