Weekly Dose of Fat – Show #106 – George Miller from Framed and Chewy!

The Weekly Dose of Fat - Show Number 106 - Friday, July 29th, 2016 Back in the Fat-bike.com Radio Studio this week, it’s Sven, Gomez and JK with call-ins from George Miller of Framed Bikes and Chewy! The Weekly Dose of Fat is brought to you by the Surly Junk Strap - With one hundred and one uses check it out at - http://surlybikes.com. On the show this week: We start off the show with the event of the week. We welcome George Miller from Framed Bikes. We check in with the Fatty Farm Field Report. We’ll take calls from our listener. We Talk about the new Salsa Line-Up and call the golf course that the USA Cycling National Championships will be held. The  event of the week is the Cross Bay Fat-bike Cycle Challenge! http://www.cancercare.org.uk/events/cross-bay-challenge SPECIAL GUEST - George Miller from Framed Bikestalks about the new SRAM Eagle 12-speed drivetrain and drops other important knowledge. Fatty Farm Field Report http://www.quiringcycles.net/ Not fat-bike news but Greg Herbold is retiring from work with SRAM and RockShox after 25 years. QBP’s new line of bike-packing gear. http://www.bicycleretailer.com/product-tech/2016/07/25/qbp-introduces-new-exp-series-bike-packing-gear#.V5eJjlc2k4k Gomez calls Indian Hills Golf Course…. JK is preparing body and mind for RW24 mayhem with the cargo-bike racing crew of Chewey, Spinner, Lunz, Kenny and Berger and, maybe, Mrs. Berger! That’s the Drunk in the Trunk team!...This year JK will be rolling solo Chewey call in A word from Old Bear Fat-bike Links Surly is trimming down their fat-bike line to 2 models, at least temporarily! http://www.bicycleretailer.com/product-tech/2016/07/26/surly-trims-fat-bike-line-keeps-truckin#.V5eJTlc2nw8 Videos from Bruce who is testing the Singular Puffin...in 3 parts http://coastkid.blogspot.com/2016/07/singular-puffin-film-around-local-woods.html http://coastkid.blogspot.com/2016/07/singular-puffin-29-trail-ride-pt2-dawn.html http://coastkid.blogspot.com/2016/07/another-days-cycling-easy-tracks-and.html Salsa’s updated line has changes to fat-bikes and plus bikes - No More Blackboro http://salsacycles.com/culture/presenting_our_updated_line Brother Bjorn is Rad as F^ck http://www.mjolnirofbjorn.com/journal/2016/7/24/homer-to-homer-sea-kayak-fat-bike-packraft-expedition 29+ KramPug for harvested wheat fields http://coastkid.blogspot.com/2016/07/tomorrows-harvest.html Plus Bike Links Check out Guerrilla Gravity’s /27.5+ Trail Pistol that can go 29’er as well. http://www.mountainflyermagazine.com/view.php/guerrilla-gravity-releases-29-27-5-trail-pistol.html Our show has been brought to you by the Bikes, Parts & Chaos of Surly Bikes - Learn more at http://surlybikes.com Join us next time!