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Do you 🚲 ??

posted 3 years ago by GlenEllyn (21078)
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Do you or would you ride a bike in the winter? I mean if you get snow where you live? I don't and I never will. It seems very dangerous to me due to often slippery conditions for both the rider and vehicles. It just wasn't done when I was growing up. 🤷‍♀️

[–] Stratego (29246) 3 years ago

I'm Dutch, so yeah, all the time.

[–] Kowalski (57914) 3 years ago

AND IN WOODEN SHOES HOLDING TULIPS NO LESS.🤗

[–] killerTcell (68) 3 years ago

I sold a tulip to a Dutch person once.

[–] Stratego (29246) 3 years ago

Obviously.

[–] GlenEllyn (21078) 3 years ago

Well, you're not dealing with hills much, right? But even then, snow, slush, ice, etc. makes in treacherous, I think. Or do you have snow tires on your bike? Studded tires? Or just regular ones?

[–] Stratego (29246) 3 years ago

Regular tires. I don't like riding through snow, my sister made a nasty fall not too long ago and dislocated her finger. You always have to be careful.

[–] GlenEllyn (21078) 3 years ago

I believe the Dutch have a more bike-friendly infrastructure, right?

[–] Stratego (29246) 3 years ago

That's correct.

[–] GlenEllyn (21078) 3 years ago

I wish we'd get on board with that here. Supposedly, my state, Minnesota, is #3 on the list of most bike-friendly states, behind Washington and Oregon.

[–] TexasJack (12515) 3 years ago

I haven't ridden a bike in years. When I was a kid, I rode in the winter all the time. We would ride on snow embankments and do jumps off of them. No one wore a helmet in those days either.

[–] GlenEllyn (21078) 3 years ago

I do ride occasionally. I still have the Schwinn bike I got in sixth grade. And yes, I grew up in pre-helmet days. Heck, even my kids were riding when helmets just started being the new safety standard. We never even thought of riding bikes in the snow and I don't know anyone who did back in the "olden days."

[–] NotoriousRio (12927) 3 years ago

Not since I was a kid! Always wanted to ride a penny-farthing though.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71676) 3 years ago

Those were very cool looking but can you imagine the injuries?!

A bit too crazy for me

[–] NotoriousRio (12927) 3 years ago

Yeah and on old cobbled roads too!

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71676) 3 years ago

And NO helmet rules
The 1880s people were totally nuts 😁

[–] NotoriousRio (12927) 3 years ago

How can you wear a helmet AND a top hat old boy? 🧐

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71676) 3 years ago

You're right dear chap
A helmet would interfere with my monocle and we can't have that

[–] NotoriousRio (12927) 3 years ago

It's just not cricket! What!🏏

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

i love biking, but never in the winter. it's always seemed insanely hazardous to me.

i parked my mountain bike all last year because i was tired of putting so much money into it every year. i am itching to get it fixed now & get out on the road come spring.

[–] GlenEllyn (21078) 3 years ago

Sounds like a good plan!

[–] Padeen (6459) 3 years ago

We used to have white winters around here, but not anymore, so I see a lot of people on bikes. Thank you global warming?

[–] GlenEllyn (21078) 3 years ago

I can understand riding in the winter if there's no snow, but otherwise? Nope. I also think it must be really cold riding a bike in winter.