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Murica (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 13 points 2 years ago (5 children)

The reason you can't is much more about infrastructure than weather, especially within cities

Source: I live in Scandinavia and everyone bikes even when it's cold

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Just out of curiosity, do you have snow tires for bikes or are the paths cleared well enough not to worry about it?

    Where I live we often get mixes of sleet and ice along with the snow and since it is sporadic throughout winter we do a pretty mediocre job of funding the removal. If we didn't have so many wide roads it probably wouldn't take as much effort.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Here not just bikes talks about winter cycling in Olou, Finland. The answer is yes, the city needs to manage the lanes during winter instead of letting it be acceptable to push snow in bike lanes or leave them uncleared. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhx-26GfCBU

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    This was exactly what I was going to link.

    Certainly in my city bike lanes and sidewalks are cleared and salted before main roads. Though we just had the warmest January on record so a lot less snow to think about 😬

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I run studded tyres during winter, but the city also uses a clearing technique where they first clear off all of the snow from the bike lanes and then salt them to prevent ice. This kind of wreaks havoc on your components through corrosion, but leaves the lanes highly usable throughout winter.

    I use the studded tyres as an insurance policy against any poorly cleared spots. They are usually pretty good about it, but sometimes the weather will just be bad.

    I've been told that fat bikes do better on full snow, but I've never ridden one myself so I can't confirm it.

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