Weekly Dose of Fat Radio – Show #47 – Fat Bike Birkie Winner Will Ross Interview

Weekly Dose of Fat -  Show Number 47 - Friday March 13th 2015 - Fat Bike Birkie Winner Will Ross! Sven, Gomez and JK are in the studio for this episode and we are joined by the 2015 Fat Bike Birkie Champ, Will Ross. Our show is sponsored by Surly - Learn more about all the great Surly stuff at  http://surlybikes.com On the show this week: US National Champion of the Fat Bike Birkie, Will Ross! Beer and beards Vince from Chumba USA calls in to talk about Texas’s first fat-bike race - The FAT SANDY! Of course we have links Beer Segment We toast the new Pugsley World Champion, Mr. Jeff O’Gara Beer Talk St Patty’s Beer alert! Busted Knuckle Irish Ale from Gray’s Brewing Co. (outta Janeswille, WI) 5.2 ABV Irish Red Ale 32 Intergalactic Bitter-girlfriend Units 73 BA score (‘okay’) outta 53 clickers http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/484/58273/ http://www.graybrewing.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=115 Beach ride & Beard contest - If you are in the Milwaukee area we invite you to join us for a beach ride and cheer for JK in the Uptowner Beard Contest or even to participate! https://www.facebook.com/events/758668037558047/ Our IceBeard contest is on full swing. Shoot a shot of that frozen beard on your mug and send it to [email protected] with “icebeard” in the subject line. You’ve got until March 31st and we have some great prizes courtesy of our friends at Surly including Marge Lite Rims and Nate Ultralight Tires! http://fat-bike.com/2015/03/fat-bike-coms-icebeard-contest/ Will Ross Interview Weekly Dose of Internet Fat We’ve got stickers! http://fat-bike.com/2015/03/did-someone-say-stickers/ We discuss our fields trips to NAHBS and Fat Bike Birkie LINKS Turner King Khan Review https://rex-roberson.squarespace.com/blog/2015/2/27/first-impressions-turner-king-khan An Englishman and a Spaniard meet in Lapland...no, really! Ask Olov! http://bikelifeinswedishlapland.com/2015/03/07/old-friends-new-friends-fat-bikes/ Tony Lund’s first report from the ITI http://www.tonilund.fi/2015/03/iti-2015-race-report-beyond-words-part-1.html Jill desperately seeks winter http://www.jilloutside.com/2015/03/desperately-seeking-winter.html and finds it! http://www.jilloutside.com/2015/03/finding-winter.html The Asses of NAHBS 2015 http://drunkcyclist.com/2015/03/10/nahbs-slugginem-back-louisville/ And the winners are…. NAHBS WINNER GALLERY http://www.2015.handmadebicycleshow.com/news/2015/03/11/photos-of-nahbs-award-winners/ The ITI Ridden/Spelled Backwards is still ITI http://thingstolucat.com/home-to-home/ Andrew Kulmatiski does a guest blog over on the Wanderlust site about his 3rd place ITI prep and gear http://wanderlust-gear.com/blogs/news/17719088-how-i-prepared-for-the-iditarod-trail-international Thanks again to Surly for sponsoring the radio portion of today’s broadcast. Say Bye!