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pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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