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I believe in it and the changing weather affects my rides, I've got a full rain suit and mud flaps on my fat tire bike so I can ride whenever. I bought it for sand and snow and haven't seen snow in 2 years. I'm new to mountain biking so I don't know the culture well yet, but coming from MMA which is also a "bro centric" sport... the "news" and podcast personalities that this demographic tends to follow are often beholden to the fossil fuel lobby, or contrarianism as a personality, and mountain bike brands and groups probably do not want to alienate those customers.

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I'm not sure who's beholden to who/what within the MTB community. Enjoy that fattie! They're fun bikes and getting out in the snow is a blast!

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I've got a Trek Marlin 5 for lighter trail rides, but I learned on a fat tire and I like it. Makes it a real leg workout. We don't have much downhill around here in South Jersey.

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Oct 11, 2023Liked by James Murren

Here is an honest observation, our sport burns a lot of fossil fuels for recreation. We are not using mountain bike as transportation in place of vehicles. Most of don't do all of our riding out of our garage or front door to local parks. We put our bikes in or on a vehicle and drive 5 or 50 miles and back. Frequent bike upgrading requires new bikes to be manufactured and transported.

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Great to hear from you, Jim! I hear what you're saying, but at the same time, there's plenty of data that shows that if all of us pitch in and do our part, so to speak, it will barely make a dent in reducing emissions. We need policy change and a new energy economy, is what science tells us. The reality is, CC is here and it's not going to be reversed anytime soon. The question is, why does the mountain biking community/leadership not publicly acknowledge this, as other user groups have/do, and why is there no effort in addressing how CC does/will affect what we love to do?

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Because it is not our job to do any of that.

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Oct 11, 2023·edited Oct 11, 2023Author

We can agree to disagree. MTB leadership not discussing how climate change does and will impact trail access and trail use on public lands, and not educating its community members about it, is irresponsible. Knowingly turning our heads and saying it's not our job, unfortunately, speaks to some of human history's incapacity to participate in the tough challenges/questions. Again, other user groups are having the conversation with land managers. Why are we not part of that conversation?

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