Originally Posted by GriddleCakes

Thanks, but it isn't as hard, and I'm not as hardcore, as it looks. Adverse weather can be dressed for, and as long as I can make the bike go, I'd rather pedal in it than drive in it. My respect goes to anyone who cycles in dense city traffic; riders in New York, New Orleans, DC, LA, Boston, Dallas, and Chicago, for example. Anchorage is a spread out town, and people don't cluster up like they do out east. Heck, I spend 75% of my time on car-free MUPs. You can dress for weather, but for traffic you just have to grit your teeth and jostle for position. To me, that's hardcore.