Ride Report: Fat bike adventuring along the West Coast
The Weskus Fat Bike Adventure is a three day fat bike experience along South Africa’s West Coast. With “adventure” being the operative word this event places a unique and refreshing focus on the experience rather than your start or finish time. Less than an hours drive north of Cape Town, Ganzekraal campsite was our home […]
The Snow Bike Festival 2017
Arriving in Gstaad in January with fat takkies in hand is like entering wonderland – especially after the fall of picture perfect powder snow, which came just in time for this year’s 2017 Snow Bike Festival. An official UCI event, early on the calendar, the race attracts around 100 riders – some looking for points […]
Rocky Mountain announce new Suzy-Q carbon fat bike
The new Suzi Q challenges the narrative of slow, plodding fat bikes. Its lightweight carbon frame and narrow Q-factor are more efficient and comfortable than traditional fat bikes, perfect for everything from local singletrack loops to fat bike racing. Short chainstays and extended reach make for a stable and balanced ride that still feels agile. […]
Fat Attack: Three day fat bike event staged on pristine Eastern Cape beaches
The first ever 3 day Fat bike event was staged on the pristine beaches of the Eastern Cape from the 19th to 21st Feb. Starting inland at Nanaga the 70 riders descended onto the beaches of Woody Cape east of Port Elizabeth and navigated their way around the cliffs with the pressures of an incoming […]
Snow Epic: Race 1 Results and Pictures
The inaugural Snow Epic got underway yesterday in Engelberg, Switzerland. The opening Race saw riders completing a 30km Furenalp loop with 600m of climbing. In the men’s race Spaniard Tomi Misser look the win (1:05.29) ahead of Bart Brentjens (1:07.29). While Esther Süss claimed victory in the ladies event in 1:16.50. Photo by: Stephan Boegli […]
Fat free: fat bike freeriding on a Blizzard
We have to admit, we were hesitant about the fat bike trend that’s taking the bike industry by storm (pun intended). There were definitely a few raised eyebrows in the office when we started designing and testing one. Wade Simmons was an instant convert though; “everyone thinks they’re so cool and serious, but it’s really […]
Review: Borealis Yampa fat bike
Unless you’ve been hiding in the woods high up in the mountains enjoying your own private trail system for the last couple of years, you’re going to have heard about the fat bike phenomenon. Being an inquisitive bike rider, I couldn’t help but want to try one of these beasts. Thankfully, the team at Fat […]
Video: Fat bike Friday – fad or future favourite?
Fat biking is a hot topic in cycling at the moment with manufacturers scrambling to get their own big tyre beast to market. As with many new trends in cycling, there is still much debate over the long-term usefulness and sustainability of fat bikes. We asked some local industry experts their thoughts on the future […]
Rocky Mountain Bicycles to sponsor the inaugural Snow Epic
The Canadian company was one of the first to recognise the Snow Epic’s potential and shipped out a prototype of its new fatbike – the Rocky Mountain Blizzard – to Engelberg, Switzerland, for the trial ride of the Snow Epic in April this year. Now it will sponsor the Rocky Dual, a floodlit dual slalom […]
Video: Chris Akrigg – The Shore Line
Fat bikes seem to be everywhere at the moment. Even Chris Akrigg is trying his hand at them on the beach. Watch Chris take fat biking to new heights.
From Sand to Snow: Mannie Heymans to ride Snow Epic
Earlier this year cycling legend Mannie Heymans became the first person to do the Absa Cape Epic on a fatbike. Now he will be swopping the sand dunes of Namibia for the ski slopes of Switzerland – and the first ever Snow Epic. Heymans won the inaugural Transalp MTB stage race in 1998 and then […]
Absa Cape Epic team heads for the snow
The team behind the world’s foremost mountain bike stage race, the Absa Cape Epic in South Africa, is spreading its wings … into the Swiss Alps. From January 14 to 18 in 2015 it will stage Snow Epic, Europe’s first winter festival of biking, in the idyllic Alps town of Engelberg. The riding will be […]