Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/22
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At 8:45 AM -0800 11/22/02, Douglas Herr wrote:
>On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 06:43:16 -0800 Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> John Brownlow wrote:
>>
>> > I cycled to work in Toronto through the whole
>> > of last winter
>>
>> John Collier responded coldly ;-)
>>
>> > For me the fun stops at about -25C. After
>> > that it is just plain hard work as the
>> > clothing you have on makes it difficult to
>> > turn the pedals.
>>
>> I truly beleive both you guys have been out in
>> the cold tooooo loooooong!
>> ;-)
>> ted
>
>The only real hazard is the same one we face in spring/summer/fall cycling:
>cars! Particularly after a fresh snowfall before the roads have been cleared.
> Not that I've ridden in the snow lately (Sacramento's record snowfall is
>probably measured in fractions of an inch) but in northern Illinois a number
>of years ago, drivers were particularly obnoxious.
>
The biggest problem I found in trying to ride a bike in Edmonton in
the winter were the ruts in the ice on the roads. Exciting, but
usually not much fun in traffic. You need studded tires.
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