Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike
What percentage of your coworkers, do you think, are going to come to work by bicycle when the weather conditions make the use of a car impractical? This question applies to everyone, not just axOn. Please no answers that say everybody could if only they were dedicated to bicycling or saving the environment or some some other irrelevant response.
Probably none. But the original question was for ideas on how to sell his company on providing cycle commuter facilities. However in my observation if a person commutes by bicycle on a regular basis they are more than likely going to be there regardless of the weather. I can only recall one time that I was LATE to work due to weather conditions. We had a heavy hail storm one morning just as I was leaving for work. It it about the only meteorological condition short of a hurricane that I would not commute in. Once the storm eased off I rode into work. There are plenty of fair weather commuters out there, and there are dedicated commuters that will ride regardless of the conditions, and there are people who choose to only have a bicycle for transportation. I have ridden my MTB in the snow and ice. I feel much safer and more in control on a bike than I do in a motor vehicle under snow conditions. For one you are at a slower speed and have much more control over what you are doing.
Aaron
