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This reminds me of winter biking back in university in Idaho (fairly cold winters)... with a night shift that got off at 23:00. The path I was on wasn't really
by missblit 5y ago
This reminds me of winter biking back in university in Idaho (fairly cold winters)... with a night shift that got off at 23:00.
The path I was on wasn't really maintained with winter bikers in mind, and I never even thought of researching winter tires, and I wasn't a particularly skilled cyclist (I don't think I cleaned the chain once in several years).
So I did what any stubborn-minded fool who had to bike to their job rain or shine would do: I simply fell over repeatedly until I started getting the hang of things (pro-tip: just don't turn at all and you won't fall over)
Nowadays I'm too old to consider regularly crashing during my commute to be a particularly sane idea; though I still don't have a car and wish cycling infrastructure would get even a fraction of the attention that car infrastructure does.
- oblio 5y agoWell, for this missing scenario, public transport in theory would help. However there is a strong lack of will for it in many places. In many others the population density doesn't really allow it. As usual, it's a mix of things, just that the current default of "cars everywhere" should be turned on its head. It should be: "no cars everywhere, and then introduce cars where they are actually needed".