Originally Posted by
Leebo
They are not magic in the snow, need some kind of packed base, like from foot prints, snowshoes, skis or snow mobiles. They work very well, the 5" tires at low pressure are awesome. Great for all around mt biking too. For summer I use 4" tires on 80mm rims, tubeless.
Yeah but that's the thing. If the snow is packed enough, you can take almost any wide mountain bike tire and you'll be fine. There's a very... very fine line for what you can't ride in a normal bike compared to what you can ride on a fat bike. For me, as a grad student without a real job yet. It's not worth it. Possibly if I ever live by a beach I'd consider it.