I disagree cycling in winter is nice. Just get some warm clothes and good tyres. A car is also really expensive to own in the city. Why pay for a car and parking when the alternative is almost free and arguably more fun.
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RejZoR@lemmy.ml 16 hours ago
Rain, ice and severe cold are a removed. I like bicycles, but driving to work in a heated car looking at that poor cyclist riding somewhere at 6 in the morning at -6°C, sorry, no, I’m gonna go with a car.
e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 14 hours ago
deltapi@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
It was minus seventeen degrees celsius when I got up yesterday. In the time it would take me to bicycle to work on clear paths/roads - assuming no accidents - I would have frostbite on all of my face unless I was also wearing a full-face helmet.
Peck@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
You should check out oulu in Finland where kids bike to school in child weather. Not a problem apparently. If that is too far fetched, you should visit Bozeman MT where people biking in the winter quite often.
e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 13 hours ago
If a full-face helmet works why not use one? You can also just skip the extremely cold days and use public transport instead. It doesn’t have to be an all or nothing decision.
deltapi@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Because instead of risking bodily injury I can be there in 10 minutes? Public transport in my town is a joke. I have to walk 5 minutes to the nearest bus stop, take it to the central station which is an hour, then another hour bus to work.
GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 12 hours ago
Could probably rock a balaclava in those temperatures. I bought one in anticipation of winter riding, but the coldest I’ve ridden this year is -11 C and it wasn’t quite necessary yet at that point, but I was debating trying it out.
Climate change is basically killing most of the cold days we have where I live so this is a problem I’m long-term apparently not going to have to deal with. Instead I will have to deal with the way worse type of weather - wet weather.
__nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
I’m less likely to sweat profusely in winter
GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 15 hours ago
If the weather is bad enough, I will take transit instead, but cycling down to -10 C is doable without any problems.
I will be far less inclined to bike if it’s raining, that I do hate with a passion. Of course, I could just work from home in that scenario as well, if I don’t feel like taking transit
SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 8 hours ago
If it’s me on the bike, know that I’m pitying you. -6°C is nothing. I drove a lot of miles as a delivery driver, and saw a lot of faces behind windshields in that time. Very few happy faces. Driving makes people miserable.
BorgDrone@lemmy.one 12 hours ago
Like my mom used to say: are you made of sugar?
HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Was the removed word bitch (female dog) by any chance I wonder?
ikidd@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Because lemmy.ml is run by a bunch of pearl-clutchers that think profanity is a tool of the capitalist oppressors.
someguy3@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Why did you ask if the removed word is removed?
HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
nyamlae@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
For some reason your comment appears uncensored to me, but the top commenter’s is censored.
someguy3@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
It was a little joke.
Bosht@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
If the cities are built for it, cycling doesn’t become something where you’re doing it for extended periods or distances. Neighborhoods that are setup for bikes means everything is local area, or mostly.
Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf 15 hours ago
Ice and snow are difficult. But I don’t give a shit about the rest. It’s still way more fun than sitting in traffic.
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Bro, it might be time to leave .ml lol