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Studded tires make this a non issue.
Does it really? I'd think they would help, but actually a non-issue? I'm skeptical.
Also getting sprayed by a passing ~~asshole~~ car showering me with slush+sand+road salt doesn't sound great either.
Personal experience, yes. I’ve biked trails in all conditions and only had any trouble on one of them. It had snowed a bunch, thawed, froze again, and then rained. I could still generally bike around and never fell, but didn’t have enough traction for the short steep climbs found on trails.
My commute is pretty hilly, doesn't sound like I'd have a good time on ice.
Some people in this community are nuts. They expect people to bike 15-20 miles though snowy mountains carrying a weeks worth of breakfast, lunch, and dinners.
I often choose to ride my bike in the winter on super icy (side roads, no traffic) it's fun for recreational purposes if you're into that. On a commute or something else, i really wouldn't recommend.
But it cold and I don't want to bundle up like that kid from A Christmas Story.
Physically impossible in the north outside of cities and even then not often possible. What with snow and all. And it is 6 months here.
Yeah I lived a car-free life when I lived in Seattle, working on Magnolia Hill, living on Capitol Hill. That was doable year round. The midwestern flyover states I grew up and live in, tho, no it's not workable. In the North there's snow for months, in the South we have monsoon season where it rains for weeks, in the summer heat index gets above 110 regularly and these people don't plant shade trees. Plus nearest grocery stores are miles away (I live downtown in a capital city).
Even though I work a few blocks from my home, I can't live car free here without significant ride-sharing expenses (the bus system is a joke and only runs part of the day, grocery shopping would eat an entire day of my week that way), if I did that I couldn't go on roadtrips on weekends either, unless I rented a car - and all that is more expensive than my (20k, not 40k) car.
But I do love this community and it's coastal approach to shaming people who rely on cars... take the tram or train, lmao
I do not use my car for weeks at a time, but I need one in the country especially, also in the city when there.
"I can't put my arms down!!"
Studded tires are illegal on public roads where I live (i'm pretty confident it applies to bikes too), but i do fine with fat tires. My chain slips if its actively snowing though and for some reason my bolts loosen rather quickly in winter.