• silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
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    1 year ago

    Bikes with studded tires do amazingly well in snowy conditions. The main reason people don’t use them more is that car drivers are a lot more dangerous. Get rid of the cars, and it’s totally doable.

    Even seasonal replacement of cars would be an improvement.

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      If you tried to bike in heavy snow here your entire tire would literally be buried. Especially if there were no plows.

      There are, in fact, places that get real snow.

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        1 year ago

        Yes, there are conditions where you are better off on skis or snowshoes than a bike. And there are conditions where you should be in a snowmobile and not a car or truck. What you’re describing sounds like that.

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        1 year ago

        somewhere that it gets cold and snowy,

        Cyclist’s mantra: There is never bad weather, only bad clothes.

        Especially if there were no plows.

        If only plows existed.