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fat bike

noun
/ˈfætbaɪk/UK/ˈfætˌbaɪk/US

Etymology

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.

  1. inherited from *bȳc✻
  2. inherited from bēocere — “beekeeper”
  3. inherited from bike
  4. compounded as fat bike — “fat + bike”

Definitions

  1. A bicycle equipped with larger than normal tyres and a wider frame to accommodate them,…

    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.

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