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alaska, anchorage, Fat Bike, fat bikes, fat biking, Gear - February 26, 2016

An Anti-Fat Bike Anchorage Resident Realizes the Error of His Ways

Against my best judgement, I clicked “Confirm Order” on Chain Reaction Cycles’ event page for the Frosty Bottom 50 fat bike race several months back. I didn’t even own a bicycle with tires wider than 2 inches. Additionally, I thought I was signing up for a 50-kilometer race until a friend was kind enough to …

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Scott Big Jon Fat Bike Long Term Review

I’m not going to spend this introduction trying to convince you to love fat biking. Either you’re a fat fan already, you’re a fat hater, or you haven’t been paying attention for the past five years. The problem, however, is that even if you’re a fat fan, there are a lot of crappy fat bikes …

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Fat Biking the Bakersville to Loveland Trail, CO

With family obligations, finding deep backcountry fat bike opportunities are rare for a lot of us. One of my goals this season was to search out fat bike trails on the way to ski resorts from Denver, particularly along the I-70 corridor, so that I could ski a half day and fat bike on the …

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Watch: Snow Biking in Gstaad, Switzerland

A 3-day snow bike festival was recently held in Gstaad, Switzerland. Participants enjoyed 3 days of fat bike action with stage races, Eliminator Night Race, Fun Ride, and parties, as well as a Fat Bike & Mountain Bike Expo with many popular exhibitors. Catch up on all of the action in the three videos above!

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Fat Bike, fat bikes, fat biking, Gear, winter - February 17, 2016

14 New Fat Bikes Released this Winter

While generally new bike announcements are very scarce between Interbike and Sea Otter, fat biking is breaking the mold, with many companies thinking that the best time to launch a bike for riding in the snow is… well, winter–at least, in the northern hemisphere. For your convenience, I’ve rounded up all of the new fat …

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