There’s fat bikes and then there is the “what the hell is that?” bikes. The Phat Phuk really deserves a category of its own as the massive 5 inch actual width tires are like nothing else currently on the market. Vee Rubber decided to release a tire so big that it won’t even fit on…
My good friend Larry Clarkberg of Boxy Bikes in Ithaca NY was the person who got me hooked on ebikes. He sold me a crappy old Giant Twist after much haggling for $600 with a souped up 32v battery (the Twist shipped with a nearly useless 24v battery). I often thank him for completely destroying my…
I’ve seen some pretty silly exaggerations on tire sizes, but none are quite as outrageous as the Vee Rubber Snow Shoe 4.5. I can say with some certainty that there is currently no rim manufactured in existence that are going to make these tires 4.5 inches wide no matter how much Viagra you feed it.…
Is this nut job of a blogger really starting a build thread for an ebike he calls “My Little Bronie”? You bet your sweet ass I am. This was the bike that started my love of singletrack riding 15 years ago. It was also the first e-bike that I ever built that wasn’t a total piece of crap.…
I realize that nothing is farther from a real fat-bike than my Death Trap 2000 build, but bear with me. About 8 years ago I thought I would buy some spandex grab some power bars and join the road-biking crowd (Insert gratuitous epic rap battle link here). I ended up buying a Dawes 1500 from Bike…
Remember when you found out there was no such thing as Santa Claus? Or all those Birthdays that came and went where no one gave you any Lego, even though that was all you really wanted? Or how about the first time (and only time) you watched Star Wars – The Phantom Menace. That’s pretty much…
I’ve been friends with Roshan of Biktrix since way back when he started the first Kickstarter campaign for the Juggernaut almost a whole year ago. Our friendship has grown over the months, mostly because he is the only one who will ever return my emails. Roshan is one of us, a builder and innovator who…
So you’ve been using whatever ebike power connector that you’ve been using for the last several years. All your chargers have it, your motors have it, and your batteries have it. You haven’t had that many problems with the setup you’ve been using, so where is the motivation to change? This article will discuss the…
If you have an ebike and you ride it at night then you need to have lights on it. There are lots of cool ways to light up your bike that are not restricted by DOT standards the way that cars and motorcycles are. This opens up tons of options for being creative with high…
The last 2 mornings I’ve gotten up extra early to ride my Sun Kiss build in an inch of powder before the sun came up and melted the snow. Being in the woods in the early morning light has been nothing short of magical and has restoked my personal passion for fatbiking in the snow. I…
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