After years of MTB/mountain biking racing I made the decision to switch to fat biking.
When I started mountain bike racing in the early 1990’s names like Tomac, Tinker, Ned, Missy, and Juli Furtado were the superstars .MTB was on fire during this time. The Norba series was the big circuit at this time. At this time to read your heart rate it was on a Polar watch. They sold a rubber watch mount you could put on your handlebars.
High end MTB racing level bikes were around $4,000.00 to $4,500.00 and that’s with XTR. Now you are looking at up to $12,000.00…..
Just a few years later the whole thing riding with a Garmin 810 was the big thing. Then shortly after that Stages came out with MTB power meters.. Before you knew it you had thousand dollars wrap up in it… Then the new fascination of reviewing and training to data started…
Rides were getting faster and faster. In 2013 I started a daily coaching program. I did get faster and faster but between being so focused on training I started to lose the enjoyment of riding with friends. On top of that I was constantly dieting to keep my weight down for my racing weight to power ratio.
When I had an accident and had 3 months off the bike I was able to reflect on what mountain biking had become for me.
At this time fat biking hit the scene. I tried it and enjoyed it. Once I figured out you could set up your fat bike for the MTB trails, I was in and once I found out there was suspension forks I was hooked.

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