The marriage of gravel and fat bikes

It was a short and intense hype, but today the fat bike has long since rolled back to where it came from: Into the niche. However, there is one vehicle category that just won't stop booming and is breathing new life into the fatbike. This is the birth of the gravel fatbike.

At Corvus Cycles, the Alaskan fat bike brand, gravel bikes with oversized tires are nothing new. The Crow Pass Ti model has been demonstrating for several years now that fat tires, drop bars and bikepacking are an interesting mix.

The Bearclaw Bicycle: The Towmak skillfully dances out of the gravel bike portfolio and takes on snow, sand or other difficult surfaces with its fat tyres.

Interestingly, both Corvus and Bearclaw rely on titanium as the frame material: This is more or less the equivalent of a niche within a niche, as the precious titanium is rare in frame construction, and fatbike gravel bikes are even rarer.