Fatbiking in California: could the cycling trend be as big as snowboarding? | Travel | The Guardian

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…or you could come to Arkansas and ride any mountain bike, any time of year. #justsayin’

Fatbikes – so named because of their comically thick tyres – are the latest trend in cycling. They look like the monster trucks of the biking world and are designed for riding on surfaces you’d think would be impossible to cycle on, such as sand and, in particular, snow. Which is not to say they make the whole thing effortless – as I found to my cost during a weekend at Tahoe Donner, a downhill and cross-country ski resort in California which, in response to increased demand, recently opened some of its tra

Source: Fatbiking in California: could the cycling trend be as big as snowboarding? | Travel | The Guardian

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