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Culture, Fat Bike, fat biking, snow, snow biking, winter - January 7, 2014

What to Wear for Winter Biking

It’s winter. It’s cold. There may or may not be snow on the ground where you live, but despite all that, you probably want to extend your mountain biking season into the “off” season. Here are some winter clothing and gear tips to help you do so comfortably. While this is mostly aimed at fat …

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Fat Biking 101: 10 Things You Need to Know Before Biking in the Snow

If you have been shopping for bikes lately, you may have noticed a peculiar bike niche gaining significant market traction, aside from the venerable 650b movement. Fat bikes, or snow bikes, have been around since at least the early 20th century, but in the past 1-2 years several manufacturers, both large and small, have starting …

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Fat Fun at Global Fat Bike Day

Having only thrown a leg over a fat bike ever so briefly for a couple quick parking lot spins on dry pavement, I was skeptical about the apparently-growing fat bike craze. Why on earth would anybody want anything on their rims wider than 2.4in? Surely, whatever stood to be gained would be quickly overwhelmed by …

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Ride Report: Global Fat Bike Day

It seems that a plethora of bizarre and unorthodox events have earned a commemorative nod on the calendar in the past few years. December 7th is no exception, what with it paying homage to worthwhile historical events such as Pearl Harbor Day, or more kitschy ideas such as National Cotton Candy Day or International Aviation …

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beer, Fat Bike, fatty, growler, north shore, video, Videos - December 15, 2013

Video: “Fat Bike Growler Style – The Fat Bike Brewery Run”

Now this is my kind of beer run! But my biggest question is: who calls it “Cola”? What do you do when you open your fridge and all you find is OJ, Cola, Purple Stuff and an empty craft beer growler? You pull out your 2014 Norco Bigfoot Fatbike, put the growler in your Growler Cage …

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