• millie@slrpnk.net
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    10 months ago

    If you tried to bike in heavy snow here your entire tire would literally be buried. Especially if there were no plows.

    There are, in fact, places that get real snow.

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      10 months ago

      Yes, there are conditions where you are better off on skis or snowshoes than a bike. And there are conditions where you should be in a snowmobile and not a car or truck. What you’re describing sounds like that.

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      10 months ago

      somewhere that it gets cold and snowy,

      Cyclist’s mantra: There is never bad weather, only bad clothes.

      Especially if there were no plows.

      If only plows existed.

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          10 months ago

          You don’t use a car to plow the sidewalk. It’s too wide. Why would think a cycle path doesn’t have the same problem? Of course you use a bicycle to plow a cycle path.

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            10 months ago

            Have you ever experienced actual snow? Like, four feet deep with a frozen crust on top? You’re not plowing that with your feet.

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              10 months ago

              Yes, in Minnesota. I shoveled it but just as well could have used a snow blower. I certainly would not have driven a car or truck onto a path as narrow as a sidewalk.