That’s nothing new, actually. I remember one strip where Yehuda was dreaming about jumping over car roofs on a fatbike (the “moonlander”?) – or was he really doing it? In any case, this was quite a long way back, I would say a few years ago… / hopefully someone will be able to find that particular strip. 🙂
I remember back in ’95, seeing my first fat bike in a slide show (on Kodachrome slides) of the IditaSport bike race through Alaska. Snowcat rims had just come out (the first ready-made alternative to welding two ordinary rims together side-by-side).
I *think* the desperate geniuses riding the IditaSport bike race are the true origin of the fat bike. I remember a few designs that didn’t catch on, as well! Multiple MTB wheels/tires side-by-side on a common axle, hack-welded frames to make things wider, two 24h rims laced to one 48h hub… It was a hack-engineering circus!
I seem to remember seeing the Hanebrink Extreme Terrain bike in the early 90’s, about the same time as the Iditabike riders were kludging together dual-rim setups. I feel the Hanebrink is the first true Fat Bike as it used fat ATV tires and a frame meant for that tire width, not just spacing out the widest mountain bike tires of the day.
What happend to Rick and Brian? They are drawing spokes!
By the way, why “fatBIKE”? The tires are fat, yes, but the bike itself (the frame) is usually quite normal… 🙂
Wait, is Yehuda admiring a modern bike trend?
That’s nothing new, actually. I remember one strip where Yehuda was dreaming about jumping over car roofs on a fatbike (the “moonlander”?) – or was he really doing it? In any case, this was quite a long way back, I would say a few years ago… / hopefully someone will be able to find that particular strip. 🙂
Oh yes, somebody was able to find it – me. I thought it would be more difficult. 🙂 Here: https://yehudamoon.com/comic/2011-08-30/
I remember back in ’95, seeing my first fat bike in a slide show (on Kodachrome slides) of the IditaSport bike race through Alaska. Snowcat rims had just come out (the first ready-made alternative to welding two ordinary rims together side-by-side).
I *think* the desperate geniuses riding the IditaSport bike race are the true origin of the fat bike. I remember a few designs that didn’t catch on, as well! Multiple MTB wheels/tires side-by-side on a common axle, hack-welded frames to make things wider, two 24h rims laced to one 48h hub… It was a hack-engineering circus!
I seem to remember seeing the Hanebrink Extreme Terrain bike in the early 90’s, about the same time as the Iditabike riders were kludging together dual-rim setups. I feel the Hanebrink is the first true Fat Bike as it used fat ATV tires and a frame meant for that tire width, not just spacing out the widest mountain bike tires of the day.