> Not many cities can boast 27 percent of cyclists continue using their bikes several times a week all year-round, especially not in cities with eight and half months of winter or an average of 256 days of thermal winter and snow. Oulu, Finland (population 191.000), however, is no ordinary town. It is a town where 98 percent of the cycling network is maintained all winter and all routes have street lighting.
https://wintercyclingblog.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/oulu-finl...
With the right infrastructure and services, snow is no obstacle.
(I mean, we need people to get to work...)
Unfortunately these things are not common in the netherlands. It seems people just choose to get wet.
China sells many high-quality rain capes. You can probably find webshops that sell them.
As an aside, I have thought about putting money down for an electric car but then I look at electric bicycles and finally settle for a normal bicycle. I hope more people question why the big box and get a two wheeler powered by a 5kg battery or their own oomph.