Comment on Pros / cons of riding a bike?

• rbesfe@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not true, winter biking really isn’t that bad and bikes are remarkably stable even on ice

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  • spidermanchild@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What kind of ice are you riding on? Snow, even packed snow it usually ok, but turning/braking on ice is a disaster without studded tires. Source - I’ve crashed on ice several times despite being a very competent rider in all conditions for 3 decades.

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  • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s my experience as well. I haven’t done it much (not much snow here) but I was always surprised at how easy it was even when all the cars seemed to have a really hard time.

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• Waryle@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Finnish children cycle to school

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  • pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    At 06:25 they explain that they use special wheels with nails, so that’s different of course. They also use such rails for the winter triathlon (running (with spikes), cycling (with spike wheels), cross country skiing).

    With such wheels it for sure is safer

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    • Waryle@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      • Those are tires, not wheels.
      • 35% which uses them means that 65% don’t use them.
      • You said “no matter gear you have”, so you can’t use that point.
      • With 20cm of fresh snow, even a normal car would be stuck. But if you tell me that you use a special car (a pick-up for example), I will argue that you can use a special bike (such as a fat bike) and roll with it without problem.

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      • pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        • Ty, always trying to improve my English. Comments like that are really helpful because noone corrects those things in real life, ig they assume they’re trivial.

        • Refer to my last sentence in the comment you replied to (no elevation, no sharp turns).

        • Even with spike tires you’ll struggle greatly as soon as you add elevation. But in one of the cities without elevation you’re correct, yes.

        • Of course it’d be stuck, but generally the situation is, at least in my country: It snows, there are for example 20 cm of fresh snow -> roads get cleaned -> there’s no / hardly any snow on the streets anymore. So the situation where you’d have to cycle on snow is when the snow is a bit deeper. If I really can’t wait for the roads to get cleaned (which happens very quickly so usually it’s no problem) I go by foot or use skis, depending on how much snow there is.

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• Nighed@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I really want to try though! Not dared to try on a road bike though…

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  • pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Get spike wheels and stay on clean roads, if there’s too much fresh snow you’ll get stuck.

    Or use one of these images.app.goo.gl/A1NitHgRBS3Qanza7

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