Weekly Dose of Fat Radio – Show #78 – Special Guest Kathi Merchant from the ITI and Big Fat Ride

Weekly Dose of Fat - Show Number 78 - Friday, October 30th, 2015 Sven and Gomez welcome Special Guest Kathi Merchant from the ITI, plus the Big Fat Ride and Expo in Anchorage, AK. Fat-Bike Radio, and The Weekly Dose of Fat, is sponsored by Surly Bikes. Check out all of Surly’s bicycle doo-dads at http://surlybikes.com On the show this week. We introduce a new weekly Feature - The Fat-Bike Event of the Week! We welcome Kathy Merchant back to the show to talk about the Big Fat Bike Ride and Expo We take calls from our listeners about this week’s question which may or may not involve Samsquantch Fat and Plus-Bike news in the Fatty Farm Field Report The Event of the week is the FatBike at the Barn - Saturday, November 14 at 1:00pm in Cable, WI. https://www.facebook.com/events/529214770565000/ F’real? - Japanther? is 45NRTH running out of names?  SPECIAL GUEST - Kathi Merchant - http://fatbikeexpo.com  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. Got a great quote from Ross Cairns “a fattie in the shed is worth 2 on the net” Dave Wiens just got his first fat-bike in preparation for the Fat-Bike Worlds in Crested Butte Co - Wanna know which bike he got? The new Surly’s are showing up on showroom floors of better bicycle retails establishments across the country. What's in the hopper for upcoming stories at fat-bike.com? Chumba Ursa Major RSD Mayor bontrager Boots Trek Farley 9.8 Framed Wolftrax Ritchey Commando Fat-bike Links Beach Ride http://coastkid.blogspot.com/2015/10/an-overcast-saturday-morning-and-high.html Fancy a fat-bike trip to the South Pole? Figure on $70,000 for this version http://calgaryherald.com/news/traffic/canadian-group-offering-fat-bike-trip-to-the-south-pole Fat-bike Birkie Schedule of Events is here http://www.birkie.com/bike/events/fat-bike-birkie/#schedule-of-events Swappin Pug wheels. 26x4 and 29+ http://coastkid.blogspot.com/2015/10/sunday-cycle-same-bike-different-wheels.html ICT impressions over at Singletrack Magazine http://singletrackworld.com/reviews/surly-ice-cream-truck-long-term-test/ Would James Bond Rock a Fat-Bike? http://gearjunkie.com/would-james-bond-rock-a-fat-bike A look at the pie Burner Short route https://joboo1967.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/pie-burner-short-route-set/ Plus Bike Links Toni racing 29+ http://www.tonilund.fi/2015/10/summer-racing-levi24-and-merida-mtb.html Thanks again to Surly for sponsoring today’s broadcast. Surly makes Bikes and Parts that don’t suck! Learn more at Surly bikes.com Say, Bye!