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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Hard to use bikes a lot here in Finland. If you live in one of big cities then yes maybe but even then the winters are long, snowy and cold.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Oulu seem to have it pretty nailed down in their infrastructure, even in winter, a lot of people cycle

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Some cities winter cycle just fine. Oulu is often in the news about that.

But yes, it gets hard if there's distance and frequent bad weather and hostile traffic and bad road maintenance.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

the issue, in the end, is infrastructure. Unfortunately not many countries devote enough resources to allow it