• WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works
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    7 hours ago

    In cities at least, bikes are just as good as cars in winter. Your city just needs to put as much effort in to building and clearing bike lanes as it does car lanes. Places that give a shit actually plow and salt their bike paths and bike lanes.

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      7 hours ago

      In cities at least, bikes are just as good as cars in winte

      Your bike has a heater built-in and a way to block out the cold wind and/or rain?

      That’s usually what people mean when they mention vehicles in the winter, not just the road being cleared

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          15 minutes ago

          Having ridden bikes in snow (and would be willing to again): yeah, no, they’re a very different experience and to pretend otherwise is to engage in a shocking level of willful ignorance