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everything is relative. biking in vienna in winter isn't similar at all to biking in winnipeg in the winter.
by LegitShady 2y ago
everything is relative. biking in vienna in winter isn't similar at all to biking in winnipeg in the winter.
- throw0101c 2y ago> everything is relative. biking in vienna in winter isn't similar at all to biking in winnipeg in the winter. Perfect is the enemy of the good: just because you can't cycle everyday, twelve months of the year, doesn't mean you shouldn't perhaps cycle for 6/8/10 months of the years when it is "possible". But on the topic of locations, how about Finland? "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 Or a fellow in Calgary: * https://www.youtube.com/@Shifter_Cycling https://www.youtube.com/@Shifter_Cycling Or a couple that have live(d) in Ottawa and Montreal: * https://www.youtube.com/@OhTheUrbanity/search?query=winter https://www.youtube.com/@OhTheUrbanity/search?query=winter Also look at the larger conversation of one of the most car-centric countries, the US: how many folks live in climate zones (say) 1 to 4: * https://basc.pnnl.gov/images/iecc-climate-zone-map https://basc.pnnl.gov/images/iecc-climate-zone-map What does "winter" mean there?
- LegitShady 2y agoYa, I could bike in -20c to -40c weather for 1.5 hours a day in each direction (3 hours a day), or I could drive to work and be warm for 25 minutes and have 2.5 hours to do useful things with my life. Bike nuts are nuts.