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What do you do instead of riding when it’s wet or it snows? I bet it’s also harder on their drivetrains and biking is still cheaper. Spiked tires work really w
by jupp0r 4y ago
What do you do instead of riding when it’s wet or it snows? I bet it’s also harder on their drivetrains and biking is still cheaper.
Spiked tires work really well in winter by the way.
- swader999 4y agoThere's almost no weather you can't bike in, just requires decent clothing and studs like parent mentions. In Calgary Alberta one year I commuted 50 km across the city each way with ebike for an entire year. With decent snow clearing, studded tires there was probably only ten days I didn't want to or couldn't take my bike.
- greedo 4y agoYesterday it was 94F with humidity around 70%. If I tried to ride to the closest supermarket, that's 10min each way. Great way to get heat stroke.
- jupp0r 4y agoGood point about the heat, that can indeed be dangerous if you’re not used to/trained to ride in those conditions. The same is. kt true for cold conditions where it’s really just clothing and tires. What you can do in hot conditions is ride an ebike.
- rufus_foreman 4y agoIt's not just hot, it's humid. 94F with humidity around 70% is a dew point of 83. Most scales will rate a dew point of above 70 as something like "miserable" or "intolerable". The only outdoor activity I want to be doing when the dew point is 83 is called "going inside where there is AC". No I will not be riding an ebike around when the dew point is 83.
- jupp0r 4y agoIt’s just hot and humid, you’re not on Mars. Of course it’s more convenient to take the car, but it’s not dangerous to use an ebike in those situations.
- rufus_foreman 4y agoDoes Mars have high humidity? When was the last time you did something outdoors when the dew point was 83 or above?
- swader999 4y agoThe radiation is more of a concern on Mars but they do have some decent single track.
- alistairSH 4y agoVery unlikely you’re going to get heat stroke in 10 minutes or even 10 miles if it’s 94*F. Unpleasantly hot? Sure, I guess, though I ride through similar weather without problems (beyond sweat).
- loeg 4y agoI’m not driving a vehicle the other days. (I don’t ride in snow because we don’t get snow where I live, not for lack of tires.)