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Getting a car started in those conditions is time consuming as well. Then you sit in a cold car freezing your ass off while waiting for it to warm up. On a bik
by Fricken 3y ago
Getting a car started in those conditions is time consuming as well. Then you sit in a cold car freezing your ass off while waiting for it to warm up.
On a bike it takes about as long to get the blood flowing, and once acclimatized the ride can be quite nice.
I've been out riding in -42°C (mostly just to prove I could), and at those temperatures I started running into mechanical problems.
The metal of different components shrank at different rates, and my fork was binding up in the headtube, and the freewheel loosened off such that the ratchets wouldn't always connect with the pawls, causing slippage.
- Tade0 3y ago> Getting a car started in those conditions is time consuming as well. Not if you have a garage or a remote startup function in your car. This is what you're going up against proposing that people cycle in freezing temperatures. > On a bike it takes about as long to get the blood flowing, and once acclimatized the ride can be quite nice. That's the same as using the outdoor pool in an aquapark in winter, which I enjoy doing because... there's almost no one there at that time of the year!
- Fricken 3y agoWell, cars are noisy, dirty, expensive to both individuals and taxpayers, they clog up roads, and are inherently anti-social. We have a climate crisis, an obesity crisis, and also a mental health crisis, and bikes serve to alleviate all those things. Stuff like morals and good citizenship: people just don't seem to value these things anymore. That's tragic, and also catastrophic.