I really don't know why so many people out there don't like fat tire bikes. This is the first one that I have owned and I can say I really don't notice a difference unless I am riding on the gravel trails and I find it better on gravel. As a kid i grew up on bikes.
Back in the 60's where every bike we had was just a one speed. Then came the 3 speeds and 5 speeds then the 10 speeds. The old Apollo 10 speed is what I rode as a teen and up. Didn't matter which bike you had when you were a kid, you rode it though everything, ditches, trails, water, jumps you name it. Then in the early 2000 I bought a Raleigh mountain bike with a little bit bigger tire and I rode that everywhere. Now I upgraded to a E-Bike fat tire bike and really enjoy the ride.
I ride it on pavement and gravel. I prefer the gavel because if I am on gravel that means that I am away from car traffic. Where I live in the lower mainland outside of Vancouver they have a huge amount of trail systems for walking and riding bikes. As an example, I just made up a route on my map for a ride and it is about 60 km and only about 10% will be on a road. Starts at my house ends at my house with no doubling back. Some of the trails are paved and most are gravel, but I find the fat tire bike rides smoother over the gravel then the skinny tires. The skinny tires seen to spit out a lot of rocks side to to or slide off rocks side to side, where the fat tire just goes right over them smoothly.
Mind you my Fat tire are the smooth style with tread and not the nobbie style so that might make a bit of difference and I run 30 Lbs pressure.
Bruce
So I enjoy my fat tire bike, so far its been great.
Bruce