Originally Posted by
noglider
In one of the threads about winter cycling, some Canadians said that the type of climate we get in NYC can be more unpleasant than their climates because our weather dithers above and below freezing so much. Cold wet wind is bad. Windy rainy weather is very bad.
The temperatures around freezing are the worst. The rain and dampness just seep into everything and make one feel much colder.
I have been in Vancouver for a decade and I hate the winter. Here it hovers around forty and it is wet all winter. I grew up in upstate NY just off lake Ontario and winters below freezing were much more pleasant. Those winters are my happy place.
But biking is easy. But if it snows the city is a disaster since it happens once a year and I try to avoid going out for fear of unprepared idiots hitting me in the car or on the bike