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fat bike

Syllables: fat·bike/ˈfætbaɪk/US/ˈfætˌbaɪk/

fat bike noun: a bicycle equipped with larger than normal tyres and a wider frame to accommodate them, which provides better traction on off-road surfaces such as sand or snow.

Noun

fat bike (plural fat bikes)

  1. (winter sports) A bicycle equipped with larger than normal tyres and a wider frame to accommodate them, which provides better traction on off-road surfaces such as sand or snow.
    • Those favoured by teens are also known as fatbikes due to the thick tyres meant for tackling sand and off-road terrain, and are often illegally modified to allow them to travel at far greater speeds than the 25km/h limit for e-bikes. […] Food delivery riders on fatbikes are also a source of...2026 March 6, Helen Livingstone, “Fatbikes are wreaking havoc in Sydney's wealthy beach suburbs”, in BBC

Forms of fat bike

pluralfat bikes
alternative formfatbike

Origin of fat bike

From fat + bike, from the fat tires such bicycles are equipped with, and their correspondingly wider frames needed to accommodate the width of the tires.

Words formed from fat bike

Questions about fat bike

What does fat bike mean?
Fat bike means a bicycle equipped with larger than normal tyres and a wider frame to accommodate them, which provides better traction on off-road surfaces such as sand or snow.
What part of speech is fat bike?
Fat bike is a noun.
How do you pronounce fat bike?
Fat bike is pronounced /ˈfætbaɪk/ (UK).
What is the plural of fat bike?
The plural of fat bike is fat bikes.

Words near fat bike in the dictionary

  1. fat as a pig
  2. fat ball
  3. fat balls
  4. fat beard
  5. fat beards
  6. fat bike
  7. fat biker
  8. fat bikers
  9. fat bikes
  10. fat bodies
  11. fat body

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