Weekly Dose of Fat Radio – Show #73 Interbike Wrap Up

The Niner 29-plus seen above was one of five bikes stolen from Blackburn's truck right after interbike. Pretty distinctive! Keep an eye out. Weekly Dose of Fat - Show Number 73 - Friday, September 25th, 2015 Back in the Fat-bike Radio Studio, it’s Sven and Gomez with our faithful sidekick, JK Livin. Fat-Bike Radio, and The Weekly Dose of Fat, is sponsored by Surly Bikes. Learn more at http://surlybikes.com Welcome to the Post Las Vegas Hangover Interbike  Special Edition Show. We will take call in guests to answer this week’s question, What was your favorite fat-bike item from coverage of this year’s interbike extravaganza We talk about some of the fat and plus bike stuff that we saw on the Interbike Show Floor. We’ll delve into fat-bike and Plus Bike news in the Fatty Farm Field Report And, we may even have some links to share but don’t get your hopes up SPECIAL GUEST - Fat Man Fatty Farm Field Report This week’s Fatty Farm Field Report is sponsored by Uncle Dick’s Bead Slip check them out at http://uncledicksbikeshop.com. We revisit last week’s question and talk about the results! We are getting our first e-fatbike in for testing in a bit over a week. Gomez has a Washington ride report. How popular is fat-biking? In the 4 years since we started this site we’ve had over 3.5 million user sessions and are closing in on 8 million page views! Not bad for a niche market! Links Fat-bike Links A3 from Surly Bogs Racks and More Wednesday Lore http://surlybikes.com/blog/post/the_bun_to_your_cheeseburger Angus Cycling Festival Fat-bike Ride Recap http://coastkid.blogspot.com/2015/09/angus-cycling-festival-fatbike-ride.html John Withrow rode a fat bike 112 miles on the bike leg at the 2015 Ironman Wisconsin to raise money for ReserveAid http://www.slowtwitch.com/Interview/With_a_fat_bike_for_a_good_cause_5362.html In defense of Open Mold Bikes? http://www.bikeradar.com/us/mtb/gear/article/heller-boasts-good-value-with-open-mold-bikes-45260/ JoBoo talks trail improvements from Maple Hill Park https://joboo1967.wordpress.com/2015/09/19/maple-hill-park/ Kayaking and Fat-biking with the youth http://deathrideradventure.blogspot.com/2015/09/similar.html Plus Bikes Links Rollin’ to Cove on an ECR http://coastkid.blogspot.com/2015/09/ecr-east-coast-roller.html Plus Bike and others stolen after interbike. Be on the lookout for a sweet Niner Plus bike among others http://www.bicycleretailer.com/industry-news/2015/09/23/blackburn-reports-display-bikes-stolen-interbike#.VgMKprTf5qs TGR is doing the “What are plus bikes for?” thing http://www.tetongravity.com/story/bike/what-the-hells-is-the-deal-with-plus-sized-bikes-anyways Thanks again to Surly for sponsoring the radio portion of today’s broadcast. Say, Bye!