Posted 2:06 p.m. Friday, July 31, 2015
Six Wyatt Fat bikes, all painted in custom UWL maroon, are available to rent at Outdoor Connection, located in the Recreational Eagle Center.
Some of the newest additions to UWL’s outdoor equipment rental service come from familiar hands.
Six Wyatt Fat bikes, all painted in custom UWL maroon, are available to rent at Outdoor Connection, located in the Recreational Eagle Center.
Wyatt Hrudka, ‘13, the founder of Wyatt Bicycle Company, makes them in his shop in La Crosse.
“There aren't too many places you can go to now and rent a fat bike, so this will be a great opportunity for them,” says Hrudka.
Before graduating, Hrudka was a bike mechanic for a campus program. “Who would have thought a few short years later, we'd be carrying his line of bikes,” says Nathan Barnhart, assistant director of Rec Sports.
Hrudka describes the bike as a go-anywhere-kind-of ride — even getting over terrain like sand, logs and snow. “That wider tire will allow you to float over just about anything,” says Hrudka.