The Adventure Guys » fat bikes http://blog.thenewstribune.com/adventure The inside story on outside recreation for South Puget Sound and beyond Wed, 22 May 2013 18:40:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Fat bikes might be the next big thing in the Methow Valley http://blog.thenewstribune.com/adventure/2013/02/14/fat-bikes-might-be-the-next-big-thing-in-the-methow-valley/ http://blog.thenewstribune.com/adventure/2013/02/14/fat-bikes-might-be-the-next-big-thing-in-the-methow-valley/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 05:15:39 +0000 Craig Hill http://blog.thenewstribune.com/adventure/?p=8895 Check out The News Tribune and Olympian’s Adventure sections on Sunday for a look at fat bikes. No, you don’t have to be fat to ride these bikes. It’s the bike tires that are fat – about twice the size of the largest mountain bike tires – allowing cyclists to ride over snow almost as if they are floating.

Here’s a sneak peak:

Also here’s a short promotional video shot by Steven Foreman while we were fat biking Big Valley late last month.

]]> Check out The News Tribune and Olympian’s Adventure sections on Sunday for a look at fat bikes. No, you don’t have to be fat to ride these bikes. It’s the bike tires that are fat – about twice the size of the largest mountain bike tires – allowing cyclists to ride over snow almost as if they are floating.

Here’s a sneak peak:

Also here’s a short promotional video shot by Steven Foreman while we were fat biking Big Valley late last month.

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