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A fat bike is a bike with >3.8" tires and is not necessarily an e-bike nor an issue. Some people use them in the snow, sand or trail without issues to anyone and I have occasionally also used mine in the city because it was more comfortable to ride at slow speed than my road bike and stops on a dime thanks to the available grip.

There are a number of trendy aliexpress quality e-bikes that are also using fat tires and are ridden by idiots but the problem is not fat bikes per se. The problem is idiots on unrestricted/modded e-bikes. Ban fat bikes and they will use unrestricted e-bikes with different tires and the problem will be the same.





Yeah that's kind of the point, new rules will often not solve things, but will just move the issue. The underlying issue with certain groups in society & not enforcing will remain.

Note that the term fatbike means a mountain bike in America but essentially a small electric motorcycle in the Netherlands, UK, etc

Not the UK, here fatbikes are mountain bikes just with wider tyres.

Something like a Trek Farely or Canyon Dude.

They may also be assisted e-bike but not exclusively.




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