Originally Posted by
Nick Bain
Im not sure of the merits for fat bike for general off roading that video looks to be just marketing hype. Then again not having riden one I could be wrong. Even if they are slower or not ideal I am sure they are still fun.
They are kind of like an easy button for technical terrain. You can pretty much drop to a low gear and sit down and crawl through anything. Even the heavy ones like my Pugsley climb ok due to the low gearing. When you get them moving fast downhill, they can be a handful if you forget that you are on a rigid bike, but float a little over the rough stuff and they handle descending extremely capably. I definitely wouldn't want to race one in normal in season conditions, they are definitely slower than a regular sized tire mountain bike.