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There are more snow, slop, sand, and trail-busting fat-bike options than ever. Here are some of our favorite fat bikes and what you need to know before buying. Plow Through the Snow, Sand, and ...
Fatbike being ridden over snow. A fatbike (also called fat bike, fat tire, fat-tire bike, or snow bike) is an off-road bicycle built to accommodate oversized tyres, typically 3.8 in (97 mm) or larger and rims 2.16 in (55 mm) or wider, designed for low ground pressure to allow riding on soft, unstable terrain, such as snow, sand, bogs and mud. [1]
Bikepacking on a fatbike in Eastern Oregon USA. Mixed terrain cycle touring (nicknamed rough riding in North America and very occasionally rough stuff in parts of the United Kingdom) is the practice of cycling over a variety of surfaces and topography on a single route, with a single bicycle.
Hand colored slide of Anders Beer Wilse riding down a road from Filefjell to Lærdal in 1902, [6] on a bicycle with a frame bag and a box in front. The term bikepacking was used in the May 1973 article Bikepacking Across Alaska and Canada in National Geographic magazine, [7] where the writer Dan Burden described 30 cyclists who had a go on the Hemistour Bicycling Expedition from Alaska to ...
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Some cyclists may bike differently in winter, by "slow[ing] down on turns and brak[ing] gradually" in icy conditions. [2] Gaining traction on snow and ice-covered roads can be difficult. [3] Winter cyclists may use bikes with front and rear fenders, [1] metal studded winter tires [4] and flashing LED lights.
LeMond Racing Cycles is a bicycle company founded by Greg LeMond, the only American winner of the Tour de France.. LeMond initially offered bicycle frames with a geometry based on the racing bikes he used in competition, with a longer top tube and wheelbase in an otherwise traditional lightweight steel frame.
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