Hey if your workplace has the facilities (and you have sufficient social capital) to be able to scrub a protective layer of Vaseline off your face which you applied to fend off the predawn wind chill, then more power to you.
It’s not that you aren’t correct, the weather isn’t the primary obstacle, and not in itself an excuse not to ride, but it is a big part of enabling the prevailing attitude.
I would love to be able to safely bike to work. It is not currently safe to do so year-round. What we need is proper infrastructure along with a cultural shift. The fact that we don’t have that yet has fuck-all to do with my unwillingness to ride to work in my area in the dead of winter, when cars are prioritized.
Oh no, the horrors of single digits temperatures. The horror of putting on a coat and a warm pair of pants! That’s so much gear.
With basic preparation, frost bite is not a risk.
Weather is not a concern, reckless and incompetent drivers are the concern
Hey if your workplace has the facilities (and you have sufficient social capital) to be able to scrub a protective layer of Vaseline off your face which you applied to fend off the predawn wind chill, then more power to you.
It’s not that you aren’t correct, the weather isn’t the primary obstacle, and not in itself an excuse not to ride, but it is a big part of enabling the prevailing attitude.
I would love to be able to safely bike to work. It is not currently safe to do so year-round. What we need is proper infrastructure along with a cultural shift. The fact that we don’t have that yet has fuck-all to do with my unwillingness to ride to work in my area in the dead of winter, when cars are prioritized.