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Baby Fat Bike

You’re never too young to ride a fat bike, and perhaps if more kids today took up cycling there wouldn’t be the childhood obesity problem we now face. UK-based On One has introduced just the thing in the Baby Fatty, which features a 12-inch frame built around 24×4-inch tires.

The Baby Fatty features the same CNC hubs, same 6061 T6 hand-welded frame, same SRAM X5 components as On-One’s adult Fatty, which was introduced earlier this year. The Fatty has been moving too, as the company noted more than 500 have already been sold, making it the company’s most popular off-road bike.

This Baby Fatty bike will be ready to roll out in November.

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Michigan Tech Says ‘Ya’ to Snow Bikes

The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is tough country. The winters are long, cold and over 200-inches of snow can fall in a year. Not only are the winters long, but the days are short at a mere eight hours. The area was heavily settled by immigrants from Nordic countries so it is no surprise that residents of the Upper Peninsula (Yoopers) have a great affection for winter sports. The website KewennawTrails.com is reporting that Michigan Tech is opening certain Nordic trails to snow bikes, those bikes that have tires wider than 3.5-inches and tire pressures of less than 10 psi. Continue reading Michigan Tech Says ‘Ya’ to Snow Bikes

Twenty2 Cycles Bullies the Snow

What is the cyclist to when the white stuff starts falling? Hang up the bike and grab the skis, or grind out the miles on an indoor trainer? With the newer breed of snow or ‘fat’ bikes hitting the market, the cycling season does not have to stop in the winter. The folks behind Twenty2 Cycles of Vail, Colorado agree with this idea and have introduced their own line of snow bikes, the Bully and Big Fat Bully (BFB).

These snow bikes utilize over sized tires to help the rider and bike float over the packed snow or even sand and other loose terrain with ease. This means that once the snow melts, these fat bikes can be taken to your favorite sand dune in the summer – a true four season bike! However, making a snow bike is not as easy as slapping on a set of fat tires, it requires a specific bike frame.

There are about a half of a dozen companies currently making snow bikes, all small to mid-size organizations. Each one builds frames that fit an over sized tire ranging in size from 3.7-inches to 4.7-inches, almost 1.5-inches wider than the standard mountain bike tire!

Twenty2 Cycles differentiates from the competition in that they are offering their customers a wider selection of options. Not only are they offering both titanium and steel frames, but both material options are available in either the original fat bike standard tire width of 3.7-inches or the newer mongo 4.7-inch tire. Additionally, Twenty2 Cycles is one of just a few manufacturers that are producing its frames in America with U.S.A. made raw materials.
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