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Todd McFadden rides his fat bike over one of the bridges on Seven Bridges Road Thursday, April 3, 2014 in Duluth, Minn.
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The attraction snowmobile trails hold for fat bikers is starting to cause problems between them and snowmobilers.

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Fat bikes get their name for the over-sized tires the bikes employ to ride over snow, sand and other difficult terrain.
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Todd McFadden rides his fat bike over one of the bridges on Seven Bridges Road Thursday, April 3, 2014 in Duluth, Minn.
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Chris White (left) and Todd McFadden (right) fat bike along Seven Bridges Road Thursday, April 3, 2014 in Duluth, Minn. White, the cycling manager at Ski Hut, says that fat biking is exploding in popularity and that manufacturers cannot keep up with demand for fat bikes.
Derek Montgomery / For MPR News