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Terrene McFly Plus Tire Review by Smithhammer
Over the last couple months I’ve taken the Terrene “McFly” 29 x 2.8 tire on a variety of overnighter trips, singletrack rides and dirt roads. I’ve even commuted on it, which in my rural part of Idaho...
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509 Jabit III 29+ Review
Last time we spoke, I had just taken possession of one very green 509 Cycles Jabit III. This particular Jabit was decked out a la fat-bike in Plus bike clothes. My initial impressions were good. The...
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Travers Bikes – Rudy Fat – New UK Titanium 29+
Mike Travers is the man behind Travers Bikes and he shared some information about his new hand-built Rudy Fat Titanium 29+. Take a look and let us know what you think! Travers Bikes Titanium 29er+...
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2017 SURLY KRAMPUS – GNOT-BOOST AND NOT BAD by Nick Holzem
Finally, the snow has fallen, and we are in prime fat bike season. But just before the addicting white stuff was laid out in front us, I got to spend some time on the new Surly Krampus for 2017. Let’s...
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29+ Testing – Mukluk vs. Krampus
Written By Andy Oleson About 2 months ago, I built up a set of 29+ wheels to run on my Ti Mukluk for the summer, I did some side by side comparisons between the 29+ and my fat tires, you can read the...
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So Dude, How’s that Krampus Ride?
It’s been a month since we built our test Krampus that I named Thilver. I’m legally changing the bike’s name to Silver from this day forward. This bike is just too much of a bad ass to carry a comedic...
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Vibe – Ti Rex – Titanium 29+ Lefty
Our amigos, from out in Idaho (Dave & Christi), sent us their newest addition to the Vibe Cycles line of custom fat-builds. This is Dave’s personal Ti Rex. A hand built titanium 29+! Rock’n...
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Travers Bikes – Rudy Fat – New UK Titanium 29+
Mike Travers is the man behind Travers Bikes and he shared some information about his new hand-built Rudy Fat Titanium 29+. Take a look and let us know what you think! Travers Bikes Titanium 29er+...
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Fat Bling – 44 Bikes – Red Convertible
We published a builder profile of Kris Henry and 44 Bikes last year and have been keeping in touch with Kris, ever since. Kris & 44 Bikes is on my short list of custom builders that I would...
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CABDA – Fat & Plus Report
CABDA is a show held by the Chicago Area Bicycle Dealer Association where vendors and distributors show Independent Bicycle Dealers what they have available to offer their customers for the coming...
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2018 Sea Otter Classic – Special Report
In addition to hosting every denomination of bicycle racing, the 2018 Sea Otter Classic has become the best bicycle industry trade show in these United States. Even the corporate giants of the industry...
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Comparison of Four 29×2.6″ Tires
If you follow bike media you will know that at one point not that long ago 2.8-3″ plus tires were the greatest thing ever. Now the talk is that they are too squishy and vague but 2.6″ tires are the...
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Teravail Coronado 29 x 2.8 Light & Supple Tan Wall Plus Tires
Just when you thought (or perhaps hoped) that 29 plus might be fading into history, QBP’s newest tire brand, Teravail has come out with the 29+ Coronado. Our pair of test tires is the Teravail...
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2019 Sea Otter Classic SITREP
The 2019 Sea Otter Classic has become the best bike show in the US and they just announced expansion plans for Sea Otter Europe. The US version of the Sea Otter Classic is held at the Laguna Seca Race...
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The Weekly Dose of Fat – Summer Solstice Special Edition
509 Jabit III 27.5+ at Hartmans Creek State Park (WI) Photo by Kurt Geiger Welcome to Summer 2019! We thought that it would be nice to celebrate the first day of Summer with an old school WDoF post...
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Jeff Jones launches – Plus LWB (Long Wheel Base) Complete Bicycle!
Fresh from the Jones Bikes home office – Check out the Press Release below. Available with big smooth tires for road, touring, city, gravel or with bigger knobby tires for dirt, gravel, city, touring...
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Day Trip’n with an ELEMNT Roam
I recently embarked on a journey down the rabbit hole of GPS bicycle computer technology. I was born at the very tail end of what’s considered the baby boomer generation so I recently started to...
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Jones Plus LWB Complete Bike Review
When I heard there was a possible chance to test the Jones Plus LWB Complete Bike through Fat-Bike.com, I was immediately interested. First, I was interested because I have only personally seen a few...
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Trek 1120 (29+) Adventure Bike Review
The Trek 1120 isn’t a new bike. It’s been around for a couple of years now. From the time that I saw an early photo of one of the rack prototypes, I’ve been intrigued by the cargo-carrying...
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Plus Bike Editorial – by Bike Nerd
The following is an open letter sent to us by a frequent reader that posts comments under the pseudonym – Bike Nerd. The content of this editorial do not necessarily represent our viewpoint, but...
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