Fat Bike Or Mountain Bike Reddit

Depends on the type of trail obviously but to just assume fat bikes are slow is a bit narrow minded.

Fat bike or mountain bike reddit.

They have no business being as quick as they are based on how they look. Photos events videos stories. If you ride more technical mtb trails with jumps and drops the mountain bike is much better. Fat bikes are good on smooth singletrack in the summer.

If you are riding for exercise and fun i would only recommend the fat bike from the off road capability to the sheer smile factor the fat bike brings it does take a little more effort but that to me is mainly felt in the getting up to speed. I m a specialized fanboy for road bikes but cannondale mtbs just fit me perfectly. It is vastly amusing in that it mostly doesn t care what it s riding on and the bbshd means the biggest disadvantage of a fat bike slowness just goes away. Fat bikes also just make people happy.

It doesn t have the same shock absorption as a mountain bike with shocks but the tires have plenty for most purposes. I have a bbshd d fat bike. All things fat bike. Fat bikes are the phil kessel of mountain biking.

Of course fat bikes are the best choice if you want to bike in the winter.