Weekly Dose of Fat Show #95 – Fat Bike Birkie – Big Fat Ride and Expo – US Fat Bike Beach Championships

Photo this week courtesy of Chumba USA! Weekly Dose of Fat - Show Number 95 - Friday, February 26th 2016 Joining Sven, Gomez and JK via Call-ins this week are Ben Popp from the Fat-bike Birkie, Travis Hubbard covering the Pre-ITI happenings at the Big Fat Ride and Expo and Shawn Spencer talks about the US Fat Bike Beach Championships. Tonite’s show is brought to you by the Surly Wednesday. Wednesday loves Wool and Surly makes some killer merino wool gear. Learn more at http://surlybikes.com On the show this week: We Start the show with the Event of the Week and talk to Ben Popp about the Fat Bike Birkie We check in with the Fatty Farm Field Report brought to by The Winter RUSH Fat-Bike Series, The Michigan State Fat-Bike Championships and the 2017 USA Cycling - Fat-Bike National Championships We’ll talk with Shawn Spencer from the US Fat BIke Beach Championships We’ll reveal who’ll be taking over our Instagram feed this weekend The Fat Bike Event of the Week is next weekend’s Fat Bike Birkie. Check it out at - http://www.birkie.com/bike/events/fat-bike-birkie/ Cheers! Fatty Farm Field Report Gomez reports on the Marquette - 906 Polar Roll - Pom Hats are for closers Shawn Spencer Talks about the US Fat Bike Beach Championships going on March 11-13, 2016 in Wrightsville Beach, NC. Event Registration - http://www.setupevents.com/?fuseaction=event_detail&eventID=2895 Fat-bike Links Jimmy Fallon Rides Fat in the Hamptons http://pagesix.com/2016/02/09/jimmy-fallon-cruises-the-hamptons-on-5000-bike/ The Beautifully Brutal ITI http://craigmedred.news/2016/02/19/a-beautifully-brutal-race/ Jeff Oatley -Yukon Quest http://www.outsideonline.com/2057226/guy-just-finished-toughest-fat-biking-ride-ever Arrowhead 135 Recap from Ben Doom http://salsacycles.com/culture/arrowhead_135_race_recapben_doom The Beauty of Winter from Tim Ek http://salsacycles.com/culture/the_beauty_of_winter Retrospective of Jill Homer’s Decade of Iditarod Participation http://www.jilloutside.com/2016/02/my-iditarod-history.html Bryan Lake “Winter Only” FatBike Single-Track in Hibbing, MN https://joboo1967.wordpress.com/2015/12/30/bryan-lake-winter-only-fatbike-single-track-2/ Mike Curiak - Fat & High http://lacemine29.blogspot.com/2016/02/fat-and-high.html Bike the Arctic Trail in Greenland https://www.fatbike-greenland.com/ Making Due Without Snow http://www.kenoshanews.com/news/lack_of_snow_cant_stop_fat_bike_enthusiasts_486680043.php Heaviest Bike World Record (860kg) http://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20150820_01826620 Fatbike batendo recorde pelo mundo... http://www.redbull.com/br/pt/bike/stories/1331778686862/subida-do-monte-washington-de-bike-e-no-inverno Special Segment Our Fatbassador in Alaska, Travis calls in and he’s going to preview this weekend’s Big Fat Ride and Expo up in Anchorage which is the kick off for the Iditarod Trail Invitational. Colin calls in with the Denver Dope Report Our show this week has been brought to you by the Bikes -- Parts -- and Chaos From - Surly Bikes - Learn more at surlybikes.com. Join us next week, when ? Adios!