Comments on: Latest Happenings http://www.sheksfootprint.com/archives/222 One Guy, Three Bicycles, One World Sun, 24 Apr 2011 22:04:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: admin http://www.sheksfootprint.com/archives/222/comment-page-1#comment-4370 admin Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:28:22 +0000 http://www.sheksfootprint.com/?p=222#comment-4370 <p>thanks for the insight...i have been getting used to the cold lately though.</p> thanks for the insight…i have been getting used to the cold lately though.

]]> By: TC http://www.sheksfootprint.com/archives/222/comment-page-1#comment-4158 TC Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:11:50 +0000 http://www.sheksfootprint.com/?p=222#comment-4158 <p>Don't convince yourself that Jacksonville is a "cold city." It is in no way too cold to commute in. I just returned from Anchorage, Alaska where I spotted bicycle commuters riding on icy, snow-covered roads in temperatures of -10 degrees. In addition to the cold, these commutes are done in the dark since the sun comes up at 10:30 am and goes down around 3:30-4:00 pm.</p> <p>I believe that the most dangerous part of a winter in Alaska commute is being forced to ride in the traffic lanes. The shoulders are not available since the snow is piled up on the shoulders. The riding surface is mainly packed snow and ice. The bicycle commuters have studded bicycle tires and their traction is fine in most cases. However, the motor vehicles don't stop so quickly on snow and ice so I can see that bicycle commuters in these conditions are in a risky situation.</p> <p>None of the commuters that I spoke with complained about the cold. They live with it and dress for it. Yes, they are waiting for the long summer days with cool temperatures and 20-22 hours of sunlight. But they aren't going to let "cold" keep them off their bicycles.</p> Don’t convince yourself that Jacksonville is a “cold city.” It is in no way too cold to commute in. I just returned from Anchorage, Alaska where I spotted bicycle commuters riding on icy, snow-covered roads in temperatures of -10 degrees. In addition to the cold, these commutes are done in the dark since the sun comes up at 10:30 am and goes down around 3:30-4:00 pm.

I believe that the most dangerous part of a winter in Alaska commute is being forced to ride in the traffic lanes. The shoulders are not available since the snow is piled up on the shoulders. The riding surface is mainly packed snow and ice. The bicycle commuters have studded bicycle tires and their traction is fine in most cases. However, the motor vehicles don’t stop so quickly on snow and ice so I can see that bicycle commuters in these conditions are in a risky situation.

None of the commuters that I spoke with complained about the cold. They live with it and dress for it. Yes, they are waiting for the long summer days with cool temperatures and 20-22 hours of sunlight. But they aren’t going to let “cold” keep them off their bicycles.

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