Originally Posted by
noglider
I think I would enjoy riding a fat bike for fun but not for commuting. Goodness, my commute is 13 or 14 miles, depending on the route I take. Riding a fat bike for that distance? No thank you.
Ha, they are slower. But imagine it's your only form of transportation to get to work, it might be worth being able to handle 6 more inches of snow and rolling over ice that's frozen in bizarre patterns. I also wonder if you acclimate to whatever bike you're riding to a large extent.
They're definitely less than 50% of the bikes I see, but I see a lot of them in Minnesota in the winter.