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    Bikes with studded tires do amazingly well in snowy conditions. The main reason people don’t use them more is that car drivers are a lot more dangerous. Get rid of the cars, and it’s totally doable.

    Even seasonal replacement of cars would be an improvement.

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      11 year 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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        01 year 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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          Skis would probably be more reasonable at certain times of year, but the terrain between cities isn’t exactly designed for skiing.

          I know you want American infrastructure to not necessitate some sort of vehicle bigger than a bike, but it literally just does. Wanting it won’t make the change, and making unrealistic suggestions will remain just as ineffective as making no suggestions at all.

          Accessibility is also more or less non-existent with these proposed solutions.

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        01 year 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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            11 year 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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              11 year 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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                11 year 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.