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It seems fat bikes have hit their peak about a year ago. I see far less interest this year. Sales seem to be down, and generally not as much enthusiasm from the biking communities. I find this interesting, because (at least in my area) winter cycling support seems to be as big as ever. Bike specific trails, local and fed government agencies promoting winter trail use, maintaining access roads as well as grooming local trails, etc. It has been awesome. I was out on the national fat bike day a couple weeks ago, and a USFS guy walks up and starts talking about all of the trails they maintain/groom in the area. They were passing out flyers and really advocating winter trail usage. They are also fighting for funding to keep up on trail maintenance and support for other winter related sports.
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I am very excited about this, especially as a year-long cyclist living in a 4-season state. I will not be caught dead on a trainer, so more trail access works out for me. I see more and more people out there with fat bikes (albeit a relatively small number), which hopefully will continue to grow. I will admit it's sometimes hard to justify keeping the thing as it sits 8 months out of the year, but one snow ride changes all of that. No, I will not choose to ride it during the summer like some of you, except on very rare occasions, but I am very glad to have it when the snow flies.
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I am very excited about this, especially as a year-long cyclist living in a 4-season state. I will not be caught dead on a trainer, so more trail access works out for me. I see more and more people out there with fat bikes (albeit a relatively small number), which hopefully will continue to grow. I will admit it's sometimes hard to justify keeping the thing as it sits 8 months out of the year, but one snow ride changes all of that. No, I will not choose to ride it during the summer like some of you, except on very rare occasions, but I am very glad to have it when the snow flies.
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