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> […] and often has sub-freezing temperatures. So does Finland. See "Why Canadians Can't Bike in the Winter (but Finnish people can)": * https://www.youtube.c
by throw0101c 4y ago
> […] and often has sub-freezing temperatures.
So does Finland. See "Why Canadians Can't Bike in the Winter (but Finnish people can)":
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhx-26GfCBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhx-26GfCBU
Also "Why Winter Cities Need to Reconsider Car Dependence":
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFkI3eglT1M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFkI3eglT1M
If things can be taken car of so cars can operate in winter there's no reason why they can't be for bicycles (as someone who lives in Toronto, Canada).
- sokoloff 4y agoIf you slide a front tire 12” to 18” on a car, nothing much happens. If you do that on a bike, something very much happens. The standards of snow removal needed to permit 2 wheel vehicles to operate safely are quite a bit stricter than those for 4 wheelers.