Sure it can suck to ride your bike on a cold wet day like we get in Seattle, but the right gear can help a lot... and I'm not sure anyone is saying, "If you buy a bike you MUST sell your car and do everything on the bike". I'm taking the bike as a challenge to myself, trying to do all I can on it. But if one day I'm just not up for it or it's just pouring, or the load is to big or too far. That's what car share is for. If everyone did similar we'd have a lot more pleasant cities.
Good gloves for ski or bike are inexpensive. You just need to think to buy them.
If it's really cold when you commute, just a pair of jeans and any sweater or jacket is ok, as you're cycling anyway.
But when it's raining or wet, you would rather just stay at home, get your car, or wear shorts if you're already outside.
And when it's hot, still shorts , but get a bottle of water. The biking will make a light breeze to cool you down.
But it's still up to you to find what you like.
For example, some persons do need beanies too, while others will be on beach outfit all year long.
At first, I don't live in Canada. Most days are not either freezing winter with snow or 50C, but a compromise.
Now, I suggest you find freetime2's comment in this post, who correctly summarized that you can put intelligence into choosing how to commute each morning.
If it’s really cold out I just dress as I would for a normal walk in that weather, just dial up the assist to avoid overheating.
Also let’s you commute in work clothes without worrying about sweating.
In the hot summer you sweat buckets on a regular bike, but an e-bike is cooler than just walking because not only are you not exerting yourself, but the speed generates a breeze.
And in the winter you can choose to pedal a little harder to compensate for the cold wind and again stay the same temperature just as walking.
E-bikes are much closer to walking than traditional cycling when dealing with temperatures.
Obviously rain is gonna suck though.
That's just 5 words turned into 15min video LMAO
"I'm tired of replying to this" lmao what kind of response is that
I bought a used ebike in January to test. And it's fantastic !
I can easily get my PC, locks, food for the day, and whatever I want over the hills to go to work (I once went to the hardware shop at noon from the office, and cycled back home with my new electric tools)
I also take over cars when there is traffic, so I take about the same time to go to work everyday.
I like that the motor of the ebike stops gradually around 25km/h. So I can just provide the power I want, and the motor will then do its share to reach about 25. Which means I can still either train or not do anything.
I no longer bear to drive my car in traffic to go to work.
When I tried to do that with a manual bike, I couldn't do it everyday, I had to watch the weight, and I could hardly go to training in the evening. But the ebike can be a daily ride without any problem.