Fat-Bike.com Gear Review: Apidura Bikepacking Backcountry Bags

April 25, 2018 Tom Kolesnik

Check out Fat-Bike.com’s recent review of Apidura’s Bikepacking Backcountry Bags that work great on fatbikes.
Article HERE: https://fat-bike.com/2018/04/apidura-bikepacking-bag-review/
and here a few pics of the bags:

Cheers, Fat Tom K

Fat Photo of the Month, Fat Photo of the Week, Pictures

Fat Photo of the Month: Rider and his Dog

April 20, 2018 Tom Kolesnik

* So it’s been quite a while since I posted a Fat Photo of the “Week” and it’s been a busy winter; I believe it’s time to move to a new sustainable posting category – the Fat Photo of the “Month”.

So here you are … the “Fat Photo of the Month“: ‘Rider and his Dog‘ – Our very own prolific Grand Marais area fatbiker Dave Cushnie with his dog on Lake Winnipeg – beauty!

Dave Cushnie Fatbike - Lake Wpg 20 Apr 2018 — Here’s Dave Cushnie and his dog out today on still frozen Lake Winnipeg near Grand Marais.

Terrific picture Dave! Thanks for the motivation to keep Rolling our Fatties! 🙂

Cheers, Fat Tom K

Group Rides, Pictures

Still Fatbiking on Lake Winnipeg

April 15, 2018 Tom Kolesnik

So Dave Cushnie (local fatbiker and avid fatbike single-track groomer – we appreciate his efforts at Grand Beach especially) has been posting some saweet pictures online as he continues to ride in the Grand Marais, Manitoba area including on still frozen Lake Winnipeg …

Dave Cushnie Fatbike - Lake Wpg 15 Apr 2018 — Here a picture from today of Christian Rothney, Gord Buhr, Marty Roy and Dave Cushnie fatbiking on Lake Winnipeg near Grand Marais.

Thanks for sharing your rides Dave – looks pretty inviting to me!

Keep rolling your Fatties! 🙂

Informative, Winter Camping

The Gear Polar Explorer Eric Larson uses to Survive Fat Biking in Antarctica

April 12, 2018 Tom Kolesnik

Check out the ‘Bicycling Magazine‘ article by Polar Explorer Eric Larson, who I met in our local MEC store a few months ago and chatted out fatbiking and possible future adventures …

Eric Larson & Tom Kolesnik at MEC Wpg Jan 2018 — Eric Larson and Tom Kolesnik in Winnipeg MEC store – Jan 2018

Eric was in town to pick up some gear and then head out onto Lake Winnipeg to be Lead Instructor on his 2018 “Polar Travel Training Course” (which included our American fatbiking friend Bradley D. Paul, who took part in our “2017 Lake Winnipeg Fatbike Crossing & Campover” adventure).

Check out Eric’s video of that training course:

Back to the Bicycling Magazine article – check it out online HERE and below:

Group Rides, Ride Report, Sandilands Trails

Ride Report: Blind Creek Bike Club Ride Sandilands

April 8, 2018 Tom Kolesnik

So the our friends at the Blind Creek Bike Club were riding out in Sandilands today and report that conditions were good and shared some vids and this picture:

All those smiles confirm the report! Thanks for sharing guys!

Keep ‘Rolling yer Fatties’! 🙂

Cheers, Fat Tom K

Alfred Barr - We Remember, Lake Winnipeg Fatbike Adventures, Media

Wpg Free Press Article: “A Reason to Ride”

April 1, 2018 Tom Kolesnik Leave a comment

The Winnipeg Free Press newspaper on 31 Mar 2018 included an article called “A Reason to Ride” using some of Blake Anderson‘s excellent pictures he took during our “2018 ‘Alfred Barr’ Lake Winnipeg Fatbike Crossing & Campover“.

Here the link to the digital version of the article: WFP 31 Mar 2018 – A Reason to Ride