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I would like to point out that the people in those pictures are wearing short sleeves and it is sunny (and presumably warm).

As someone who had to scrape ice off of my windscreen this morning while the temperature inside the passenger compartment was creeping up from 1 degree above freezing, the inevitable suggestion that bikes are a better solution than cars is going to fall on my deaf ears. You're not going to get me to drive my very-young kids around in near-zero freezing rainy conditions in an open cargo bike with no heating. Sorry.

Don't get me wrong ebikes are great, but suggesting that we should all have bikes doesn't work if you don't live in California.or somewhere else where it is also mild and never very cold or very hot.




I live in Sweden and we live with slightly-above-freezing temperatures (often with rain) for 4-6 month per year.

Perfectly possible to bike if you put on the right clothes. Even when it has been snowing, as the bike paths are cleared.

Several of my colleagues with kids bike every day as well, taking the kids with them on thei bike.

Might not be as comfortable as a air conditioned, well-cushioned car. But there are other benefits.




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