Weekly Dose of Fat Radio – Show #55 – We’re Talkin’ Wheel Sizes

Weekly Dose of Fat -  Show Number 55 - Friday, May 8th 2015 The intro of today’s show was inspired by Orson Wells’ 100th birthday this past Wednesday. Orson was Kenosha born and we’re darn proud of his work. Especially this! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFevH5vP32s Gomez is callin’ in from the remote studio while Sven and JK are in the Riverwest Studio. Thanks to Surly for sponsoring today’s show! New Troll shirts are in at http://surlybikes.com. On this week’s show Our topic of today's show is all of the new wheel standards and should we drink the Kool-Aid yet? We delve into  beer Weekly Dose of Fat with news from the test lab Links from the interwebz Beer Today’s beer in the studio is Ayle Asylum’s Demento American Pale Ale / Session IPA (4.7 abv) 86 very good (outta 96 clicks)on BA ...but better on RateBeer (96 rating outta 36 clicks) http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/13837/124300/ http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/ale-asylum-demento-session-pale-ale/257424/ Gomez is working with Delirium Tremens! This week’s Beer buzz is sponsored by Uncle Dicks Bead Slip. http://uncledicksbikeshop.com Call-in Guests Weigh In in Wheel Sizes Weekly Dose of Internet Fat Local chatter 29+ Dirt Wizard First Imressions Fitting up some Dillinger 5s to a pair of Northpaw 47mm rims For all you folks that can use such things, our friends at Paul Component Engineering have a very Limited Edition 197 x 12 hub with SRAM XD Driver that they just posted on their site: http://www.paulcomp.com/diskrhub-thruaxlehub.html Links Fat-Biking in Italy Searching for the Cold Vein with Montanus https://vimeo.com/125382531 Guitar Ted on B+ http://g-tedproductions.blogspot.com/2015/05/fat-fargo-thoughts-on-b-wheels.html The SandBox ShowDown date has been set 11.15.15 in Tucson. https://www.facebook.com/pages/SandBox-ShowDown/291037674406274?fref=ts Heading out the the desert with the Fatbike Brigade http://fatbikebrigade.com/2015/05/03/moab-kane-creek-pritchett-canyon-bikepack/ From the CoastKid http://coastkid.blogspot.com/2015/05/midweek-cycle-hour-loop-at-gullane-point.html Checking in with JoBoo https://joboo1967.wordpress.com/2015/05/03/pedaling/ Kokopeli http://expeditionportal.com/bikepacking-the-kokopelli-trail/ Thanks again to Surly for sponsoring the radio portion of today’s broadcast. So long!