>>1546330Winter murders bikes, especially in salt states. Buy a junk MTB and get studded tires. If you have concrete roads around you (judging by your sidewalk comment you likely do) then get only one on the front if you don't want to eat it.
Fat bikes are memes and have no practical purpose, the kinds of surfaces their tires are supposed to be good at are too hard to pedal through anyway, you might as well walk. Just like with cars, tires meant for summer get hard and slippery in winter and winter tires for fats are hard to find.
