Pants-of-dog wrote:A few years were here in Edmonton.
It is a lot drier here. The sand, salt, and dry snow combine to make a dry powder that has the same consistency as brown sugar. I actually prefer Montreal slush.
Here in Montreal, the last few winters have had several slushy melts that have frozen into plywood-thick plaques of ice with ice pot-holes in them. Today, they are covered in brown sugar and we had freezing rain at -13 degrees. But it was really nice to cycle, though a work-out.
Over-heating was a problem today, and of course, freezing raindrops on ski goggles.
It's as fun as cross-country skiing if your city clears enough bike lanes and cyclists have dedicated spaces and huge amounts of attitude.
The most attitude-possessing winter cyclists in Montreal are called
hurluberlus.I guess I'm one of them. Three weeks ago, I biked from my house to Quebec City on mixed conditions. Three days of warm motels and sushi along le Chemin du roy (138). It was above freezing the entire time.
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