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Re:Boosted gets a new CEO as the company tries to grow beyon... by Grustaf on Monday August 28, 2017 @05:43PM (#15120322)
If you ride slow enough, or don't wear too warm clothes, you won't sweat. Here in Copenhagen 40% or so commute on bikes, including all classes of society from homeless and gypsies to lawyers and managers. 99% of them do it in their work clothes.

Kick bikes are incredibly unstable compared to bikes at their typical low operating speeds, and positively unusable at anything approaching biking speed.

Re:Boosted gets a new CEO as the company tries to grow beyon... by kcorbitt on Monday August 28, 2017 @06:32PM (#15120692)
Unfortunately, if you live somewhere where it gets legitimately hot outside or your commute involves a substantial hill, sweating is non-optional. I work in San Francisco so the weather is good for biking, but my apartment is at the top of a big hill. I do bike to work, but on the way home I often work up a sweat and have to change. However, I did recently order an e-bike which I'm very excited about to avoid that issue!
Re:Boosted gets a new CEO as the company tries to grow beyon... by dagw on Monday August 28, 2017 @05:49PM (#15120362)
Copenhagen has the fairly unique advantage of never really getting warm or humid and being basically completely flat.
Re:Boosted gets a new CEO as the company tries to grow beyon... by diplocorp on Monday August 28, 2017 @07:26PM (#15120997)
Copenhagen never getting really warm?!? Last time I was there, it was like 25°!
Re:Boosted gets a new CEO as the company tries to grow beyon... by Grustaf on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @01:25AM (#15122285)
Exactly, and we get at least 10 of those days every single year.
Re:Boosted gets a new CEO as the company tries to grow beyon... by jclardy on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @09:16AM (#15131846)
I can't tell if I am missing the sarcasm in this thread, but 25°C would be considered a cool day in the summer where I live. Today is cool and overcast, and the high is still 28°. Last week it was even hotter.

And that is not even considering humidity. There are some days you can just open your front door and you are immediately sweating.