I actually do get a lot of both tbf

EXTREMELY comfortable. Idk it was at Walmart. Just replaced the stock seat with it.

I still use fairly thin ones, but they are very spiky.

Most aren't riding BMX bikes.

I saw a guy cross country skiing downtown (Toronto) after a huge snow and thought that was pretty funny

I was gonna say this would be an ideal commute for about 1/3 of the year

I bemoan that the bus bike racks we use in Toronto aren't wide enough for fat tire bikes, so I have to use a regular-tire bike

Stuff doesn't shut down because the South is afraid of snow; it's because they don't have the infrastructure to deal with ice on the roads.

It's cheaper to close stuff for a day than buying and maintaining a fleet of salt trucks and plows that'll be used like 2 days a year.

We rarely get snow in Texas; we get a solid sheet of ice that covers everything. The city also doesn't plow, and nobody has snow tires because it's only going to be a day or two.

Yeah, southern drivers don't know how to drive (in or out of snow, really), but places like Denver and Dallas have such different experiences that it's not really fair to compare them. It'd be like mocking Alaskins because they're miserable in 90°F; they don't have the AC to handle what is incredibly mild weather to me.

Not saying you're mocking or disrespectful, I'm just on my soapbox.

The issue with "snow" in the south isn't the snow part. It's the ice. Southern snows usually happen when it's warm enough to melt the first bit of snow then it drops to freezing temps and the roads turn to sheets of ice. That and the majority in the south don't have winter tires, they run all seasons because when it does snow, it lasts just a few days at most. Why risk lives when it's just a few days.

They have no ice combat infrastructure they can deploy. There was a storm about ten years ago and the roads froze the night before in an area with great winter prep. I slid home barely on a straight road 2 miles took 45 min, in an area where they can handle that. In the south they've got no chance.

You're right about it being different. That's why the argument of driving in snow doesn't hold up. Driving in snow that stays crunchy snow *IS easy. Northerners who have that as well as plowing equipment think it's easy because it is for them.

The temperatures are another thing. They can keep them. Not a fan of negative numbers, regardless of which scale is used. Definitely not F, nope.

I live in Alabama, and it used to snow a lot less. Climate change is definitely having some effects. Still freaks people out though.

Of course white ,lines from the wheels...

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For some reason Newfoundlanders have been the butt of every joke for a long time and I still have no idea why.

Dutchman here. I love riding in fresh snow. Very serene, empty roads, and plenty of grip. It takes effort, and I'll be wearing lots of layers, so I'm very warm.

Fuck old snow or black ice though. Like you say, snow is rare so I don't have studded tires or chains and stuff. Usually the cycle tracks are well salted and plowed though. There's even an app mhat can de bicycle route planning over plowed roads only.

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Yeah, it's still possible, but you are bundled up quite well due to the weather anyway.

I used to drive an hour in whiteout blizzards to get to my plug. In the ditches once or twice on that, but thanks to a handy wrecker, back on the road before my last bowl runs out.

It was uphill both ways due to a valley between me and the school funnily enough.

There was a year or so where the lights of electric bikes was both very, very bright and pointed at people's faces. That was not helpful, safety-wise.

Or tacos.

One of my long standing traditions say- when there's a blizzard, and society shuts down due to the snow, that's when I bring out the LSD, a good steel pipe hidden in my vest, a backpack with beer and weed, some music, and go a-hiking through the snowy cityscape under the fucking influence.

Some majestic moments to be had.