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Here in Winnipeg there is a path maintained on the rivers in the winter. More people commute by bike on the pedestrian side than skate on the skating side. From

Here in Winnipeg there is a path maintained on the rivers in the winter. More people commute by bike on the pedestrian side than skate on the skating side. From that I get that bike beats skates in terms of speed and effort. These are just normal bikes. When the ice gets cold it provides a lot of traction.

pkulak 12y ago
I commute by bike, and agree that it's probably more efficient than skating, but I'd probably put some skates on and use this path in the winter just to change things up a bit. Ice skates are actually pretty darn efficient. Much more so than roller or inline skates.
antimagic 12y ago
It doesn't necessarily follow. I can think of at least two other reasons as to why skates would be less used: 1) skates require much more skill than bikes, reducing the number of potential users. 2) the skateway network isn't as big (what happens when you have to get off the skateway, it makes it lesss useful than the bike path)