People keep asking: “Is fat biking a fad?” Well, judging by the events on the Singletracks race calendar for the next two months, the answer is a big fat “NO!” We counted 52 fat bike races taking place in 17 US states from Maine to California and as far south as North Carolina, where the racing is on sand instead of snow.
Last year just 5% of the January and February events on our calendar were fat bike races; this year, fat bike races make up 42% of the listings. It’s really incredible to think that just a year or two ago, mountain bikers living in the northern US had few winter opportunities to get together and compete. But now that a critical mass of riders own the proper equipment (ie, a fat bike), it’s party time!
Here’s a quick rundown of upcoming fat bike races and events happening within the next 60 days or so. Know of an event we missed? Add it to the calendar here.
Alberta
- Feb 21: Grizzly Fat Bike Marathon & Relay (Canmore)
California
- Feb 6: Fat Bike Big Bear (Big Bear Lake)
Colorado
- Jan 15: Fat Bike Open / ULLR Fat Bike Race (Breckenridge)
- Jan 16: Snow Mountain Ranch Fat Bike Series Race #2 (Granby)
- Jan 28: Fat Bike World Championships (Crested Butte)
- Feb 13: Snow Mountain Ranch Fat Bike Series Race #3 (Granby)
Connecticut
- Jan 16: Fat N Furious (Hartford)
Iowa
- Jan 30: Green Belt Fat Bike Frenzy (Iowa Falls)
Maine
- Jan 31: Farmer Whiting Fat Fest (Auburn)
- Jan 31: Rangeley Fat Bike Loppet (Rangeley)
- Feb 6: Sugarloaf Fat Tire Bike Festival and Banked Slalom Race (Carrabassett Valley)
- Feb 28: Fat Bike Whril (Norway)
Massachusetts
- Jan 23: Fatty Walrus Fat Bike Race #1 The Arctic Kickoff (Haverhill)
- Feb 7: Wicked Nor’Eastah (North Easton)
- Feb 13: Fatty Walrus Fat Bike Race #2 The Deep Freeze Challenge (Haverhill)
Michigan
- Jan 10: Farmer’s Fat Bike Ride to benefit The Grand Rapids Dirt Dawgs (Belmont)
- Jan 10: Frigid Fondo (Fennville)
- Jan 16: The Brewery Vivant Farmhand Fat Bike Race 2016 (Belmont)
- Jan 30: The IronLine Fat Bike Race (Iron River)
- Feb 19: Northern Fatbike Summit & 906 Polar Roll (Marquette)
Minnesota
- Jan 16: Freezer burn (Cambridge)
- Jan 24: Cold Catfish Cup (Woodbury)
- Jan 25: Arrowhead 135 (International Falls)
- Feb 20: Snow Bomb Fat Bike Race & Chili Cook-Off (Winona)
New Hampshire
- Jan 17: Frosty Fat Tire Race (Meriden)
- Jan 21: Fat & Furious at Gunstock – presented by Polartec (Gilford)
- Jan 23: Fat Moose presented by Polartec (Brookfield)
- Jan 24: Moose Brook Fat Bike Race 2016 (Gorham)
- Feb 18: Thursday Night Lights – presented by Polartec (Stratham)
- Feb 21: Maple Rush Fat Bike Race (Meriden)
- Feb 28: FattyFest presented by Polartec (Stratham)
New Jersey
- Jan 9: Marty’s FAT Fifty (Randolph)
- Feb 21: The New Jersey Fat Fondo (Boonton)
- Feb 28: Mayhem Fat Four Endurance Challenge (Medford)
New York
- Feb 27: The Winona Snofatshu Duathlon (Lorraine)
- Mar 5: Winona Forest IditaFAT Bike Race (Lacona)
North Carolina
- Mar 12: US Fat Bike Open Championship (Wrightsville Beach)
Ohio
- Jan 9: “CR Fatty” Fat Bike Race at Chestnut Ridge presented by COMBO (Carroll)
Pennsylvania
- Jan 15: FrozenFat 2016- Presented by Rothrock Outffiters (Martins Gap)
- Jan 23: Fat Bike Field Day (Abington Township)
Vermont
- Jan 16: Rikert Fatbike Roundup (Ripton)
- Feb 6: FATSCUTNEY (Brownsville)
- Feb 7: Frozen Onion, Hubbard Park (Montpelier)
- Feb 13: Fat Cupid Fat MTB Race (Northfield)
- Feb 20: FATSTOCK (Woodstock)
Wisconsin
- Feb 5: Iola Snow Bully Fat Bike Race (Iola)
- Feb 6: Frosty Hog Fat Bike Relay Fun Race (Cudahy)
- Feb 13: Powder Keg Snowshoe & Fat-Bike Races (Eau Claire)
- Feb 13: Spear the Fatty – Fat Bike Race (Fond du Lac)
- Feb 20: Big Valley Ranch Fat Bike and Snowshoe Stampede (Avoca)
- Feb 27: Sweaty Yeti (Neillsville)
- Mar 5: Fat Bike Birkie (Cable)
Who’s racing one of these? Let us know in the comments!
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