Originally Posted by
lubes17319
I ride with lots of fatbikers & we usually end up walking the same sections.
I can count on 1 hand the times over the past 5 yrs where a fatbike was able to roll where my anorexic 2.4" tires forced me off my bike.
The traction/control when you're rolling in the slickery stuff is where I feel fatbikes shine.
I have been thinking the same thing more or less after just plain a lot of reading forums, no exerience though. On the MORC site there is always a call for fatbikes to pack the trail and frequently the idea that skinny 2.4 tires make big ruts comes up. Might be some truth to that - 4 inch tires do better packing of trails than our "anorexic 2.4" tires. But think of the weight penalty also those wheels and tires are
heavy.
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