Originally Posted by
Payton1221
I need a new bike like I need a hole in my head BUT I was in a bike store today and saw a fat bike that really got my attention. And while I could conceivably ride the bike on a dirt or gravel (snow too?) trail, I'm fairly sure 99+ percent of the time will be spent riding on the hilly roads that I always ride. How much slower would you anticipate the heavier fat bike with larger tires be over my regular hybrid style bikes.
Unfortunately it looks like they just don't make fat bike tyres with a low rolling resistance for pavement/road.
All the tyres are geared to offroading riding, so your fat bike will be a slug on the road with such tyres.
If Schwalbe offered something like their Marathon Almotions in a 4" tyre, a fat bike would appeal a lot more to me, as the ride quality would be tremendous.
Sadly Schwalbe does not have such a 4" tyre.
