These super wide tires (between 4 and 6 inches wide compared to just over 2 for a standard mountain bike) give the bike unparalleled grip on loose and rough surfaces such as snow, sand, rocks or mud and are the key to the fatbike’s ability to go almost anywhere.
The fatbike, a true all terrain bike, looks similar to a conventional mountain bike except for its oversized tires. However, in the last decade a new type of bike, the fatbike, has emerged from almost total obscurity to become the fastest growing segment of the bike market. But in recent years the concept of a bike that could go anywhere has fallen by the wayside, mountain biking has become increasingly specialised, and the bikes have become more limited in the terrain they can handle. In the eighties mountain bikes were known as ‘all terrain bikes’, a term that lives on today in the French for mountain bike – velo tout terrain. Interview with John Gill – bouldering legend.
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