Re:Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4
by semi-extrinsic on Friday April 23, 2021 @05:39PM
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Modern snow tires like Schwalbe's Ice Spiker Pro are a far cry from what existed in the olden days. Nowadays it's mainly a matter of having the quads (or electric motor) to drive them. Even with kids in the bicycle trailer, biking as primary transport is straight-forward on 95% of the days in winter.
Re:Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4
by adrianN on Saturday April 24, 2021 @12:44AM
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Cars are pretty horrible in heavy snow too. The solution we have for cars is clearing the roads. This can be done for bike paths too.
Re:Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4
by Pxtl on Saturday April 24, 2021 @12:41AM
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I bike through winter in Canada. I take the bus for a day or two after a blizzard, but after that the salt is down and it's fine if you bundle up. Heavy gloves, a balaclava, and splash-pants make all the difference.
Re:Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4
by NathanielK on Saturday April 24, 2021 @03:25AM
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I've found similar. Clearing all paths is not always a priority. In the winter it is was necessary for me to find alternate routes for my bicycle commute.
Single lane roads with no shoulder can be very dangerous in the winter. Fortunately where I am in Canada, there's adequate space for cars to pass on the roads I take.
> bicycles are still quite horrible in the winter. I find the opposite. The activity itself is fine, but the winter is quite horrible on bicycles. Salt and slush can really make a mess of the mechanisms.
Re:Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4
by benfrancom on Friday April 23, 2021 @06:46PM
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Fat tire bikes work great in the snow.
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Re:Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4
by germinalphrase on Friday April 23, 2021 @08:21PM
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What kind of nonsense is this. I and many others commonly ride and commute by bicycle in the winter up here in Minneapolis.
I remember biking home from school during the winter when it was snowing heavily. The sidewalks were completely snowed in with heavy snow so the bike just really went where it wanted to go and very slowly. I eventually decided to move over to the road but I was soon tailgated by a bus. Since the bus was honking at me, I had to pull over to the next bus stop to get him out of my ass. I think it was about at that moment that I decided to ditch winter biking once I could own a car.