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I’ve experienced Chicago winters. Do you put the kid in that seat?!?

• doctoboggan 1y ago
  Yes, with a warm coat and this full enclosure[0] she was happy in the winter. [0]: https://betterabound.familybikeride.org/img/winter-kit.jpg https://betterabound.familybikeride.org/img/winter-kit.jpg
• ty6853 1y ago
  The bigger problem in the winter is the drivers get even crazier and the roads can occasionally get icy. When I was bike only I had my arm damaged in a way that it took close to a decade to get back to normal. On another occasion I was knocked unconscious. Both occasions were drivers who left turned into a parking lot without looking, crossing a lane then going right into me in the bike lane. A car provides a nice cushion for those sorts of happening. I think if I had a child in either case there is a good chance they would be dead. While I support the right of people to make their own risk assessments for their family, I fear it is only a matter of time until they come to understand what I did about Chicago biking.