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Re:Aptera announces a $44M to design and build a solar elect... by vlovich123 on Saturday August 29, 2026 @07:14PM (#49494158)
I’d be worried about the safety of driving a bike in wet weather. You’d have to make sure the brakes and tires are really rated for that kind of weather or you’re going to be in for a bad time.
Re:Aptera announces a $44M to design and build a solar elect... by IshKebab on Sunday August 30, 2026 @04:52AM (#49496923)
Nah wet weather is fine. The only time I've slipped off my bike in wet weather was going round a corner on a path covered in squashed leaves, which can get really slippy and really should have been cleared (which they actually did later, and resurfaced that section with grumpy surface so it clearly wasn't just me!).

Cycling in snow is when it gets really sketchy. I have done it (along with many other students in Cambridge) but you have to be very slow and careful and quite a few fell off.