fat bike

English

a fat bike

Etymology

fat + bike, from the fat tires (tyres) equipped to these bicycles and their requisite need for wider frames to accommodate the width of the tires.

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Noun

fat bike (plural fat bikes)

  1. (winter sports) A bicycle specialized for riding on snow-covered trails, such as snowshoeing trails, cross-country skiing trails, winter hiking trails, and skiing pistes. The bikes have fat wide snow tires, similar to aviation tundra tires and trucking M/S tires, to increase traction on ice and snow.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fat bajk/
riding on a fat bike

Etymology

From English fat bike

Alternative forms

  • fatbike
  • vélo fatbike
  • vélo fat bike

Noun

fat bike m (plural fat bikes)

  1. (winter sports) fat bike

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