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Biking will always be an option. If you are in decent shape you can travel over 100 miles in a day.

scrollaway 5y ago
In the cold, with just a backpack for supplies? I'm in good shape and love biking, still wouldn't want to take that bet.
- jacquesm 5y ago
  At least it is a bet. Is there anything that can be done to help?
  - scrollaway 5y ago
    Doesn't seem so :/ Personally I think their best bet is to wait and see how the situation evolves in the short term. Russia does not seem to want to hurt citizens. At least, not yet... Urgh, I hate this.
    - jacquesm 5y ago
      > I hate this. Quite. Russia is now a pariah, until Putin is gone they will not be able to live this down. I'm really disappointed that Italy and Germany block kicking them off Swift, that should have been the first response.
      - scrollaway 5y ago
        Same. Feeling extremely betrayed by Germany's response, as a European.
  - awb 5y ago
    By staying you’re risking getting caught in cross fire. By biking 100M in the winter you’re risking frostbite, dehydration, injury, etc. Neither is a death sentence. You just have to weigh your risks.
- jhatemyjob 5y ago
  You make it sound like it's impossible.
tshaddox 5y ago
It's pretty cold there. I think you'd need to be very diligently prepared for such a journey and probably more than "in decent shape."
osivertsson 5y ago
100 miles (160 km) is a lot to bike. I'm in decent shape (probably top 10% of the population) and I did 114 km this summer in great weather on an old mountainbike with a slick rear tire on gravel roads. It took me about about 5½ hours effective riding time. To go out biking winter-time 100+ km, in freezing temps or slightly above that, with high humidity and possibly rain/sleet/snow you better be well prepared. Especially if you don't know where you will end up and if that place will have water / heat / electricity.
8note 5y ago
If you hit a snowy road, you're walking a good portion of that unless you've got a bike that can handle it

In the cold, with just a backpack for supplies? I'm in good shape and love biking, still wouldn't want to take that bet.

jacquesm 5y ago
At least it is a bet. Is there anything that can be done to help?
- scrollaway 5y ago
  Doesn't seem so :/ Personally I think their best bet is to wait and see how the situation evolves in the short term. Russia does not seem to want to hurt citizens. At least, not yet... Urgh, I hate this.
  - jacquesm 5y ago
    > I hate this. Quite. Russia is now a pariah, until Putin is gone they will not be able to live this down. I'm really disappointed that Italy and Germany block kicking them off Swift, that should have been the first response.
    - scrollaway 5y ago
      Same. Feeling extremely betrayed by Germany's response, as a European.
- awb 5y ago
  By staying you’re risking getting caught in cross fire. By biking 100M in the winter you’re risking frostbite, dehydration, injury, etc. Neither is a death sentence. You just have to weigh your risks.
jhatemyjob 5y ago
You make it sound like it's impossible.

tshaddox 5y ago

It's pretty cold there. I think you'd need to be very diligently prepared for such a journey and probably more than "in decent shape."

osivertsson 5y ago

100 miles (160 km) is a lot to bike. I'm in decent shape (probably top 10% of the population) and I did 114 km this summer in great weather on an old mountainbike with a slick rear tire on gravel roads. It took me about about 5½ hours effective riding time. To go out biking winter-time 100+ km, in freezing temps or slightly above that, with high humidity and possibly rain/sleet/snow you better be well prepared. Especially if you don't know where you will end up and if that place will have water / heat / electricity.

8note 5y ago

If you hit a snowy road, you're walking a good portion of that unless you've got a bike that can handle it