Akhenaten Akhenaten:
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I can't see it taking off around here with the weather we get and the 6-7 months of lake-effect snow and brass-monkey winds.
Dude look around. Like I say, every winter there are more cyclists on the road, not less. Try it once and you'll see it's not that bad. In fact people who do it usually claim it's he best part of their day warm or not. When I used to commute by bike in the winter I was warm on the coldest days within a few minutes, whereas now when I commute by car the car hasn't warmed up for 10 minuntes or more. I sit there shivering.
I think biking in the cold is more do-able in a prairie climate than a GTA climate. That was my point and that was derby's point about bike lanes in Toronto being of limited year-around use.
Canada is a big country, the climate varies and derby’s point was valid in context with the thread and given the crappy winter conditions in Toronto, lake effect snow and the effects of sub-zero humidity.
So dude, ride around here in the deep of winter and see how your attitude may be adjusted.