Welcome to #BikeNite on Friday, March 13th!
Thanks for joining our cycle-chat. Answer whenever at your convenience. Anyone can join, now or later. Reply to what you like, and boost for visibility.
Our intro and Q via @bobjonkman
Q1. Where are you posting from today? If you're a #FairWeatherCyclist what's the start of #CyclingSeason? A particular calendar date? A certain temperature? 40 days and 40 nights of no snow?
@ascentale @bobjonkman @bikenite A1: Sydney, Australia.
I'm definitely a fair weather cyclist, which means I cycle year round in Sydney. Or Melbourne where I've also lived. I haven't ever lived somewhere I can't do that.
@moz @ascentale @bobjonkman @bikenite
London. As per usual.
I cycle all year. But London - most of England really - doesn't get cold enough to make it too difficult or dangerous just uncomfortable and definitely not preferred .
@bikenite @ascentale @bobjonkman @MatthewNewell @moz
I’ve read that people skate on the River Thames. What’s it like cycling on the River Thames during the winter? Do you have to dodge ice skaters or Olympian curlers 🥌 ?
Joking, sort of. 😉
@MarkBrigham @bikenite @ascentale @bobjonkman @moz
I think nearly 200 years since Thames froze properly. There used to be frost fairs!
I have seen ponds freeze but never enough to skate upon. In London it must be at least fifteen years since I was forced off the bike for my commute due to the cold.
My father once walked to the duck island in St James's Park. I have worked 100m away from it for >25 years and never seen it even close to that. End of mini-ice age plus anthropic climate change
Phil (ascentale)
Moz
Matthew Newell
Mark