Biking in this city full of nasty and rude drivers

[nota]

What'd the cyclist look like that you almost hit? 

Scared just like I was, but that didn't stop him from flipping me off and yelling an obscenity at me.

[KansasCityChiefs]

How many of our forumers had to deal with the heavy ice and painful pellets hitting your face on the bike ride home today?

[Tosspot]

How many of our forumers had to deal with the heavy ice and painful pellets hitting your face on the bike ride home today?

I was going to ride my bike to work this morning despite the weather, but my lock was frozen shut. Thus I had to scrape off the Focus and drive it to work. It didn't occur to me to simply pour hot water on the locking mechanism - that may have rectified the situation.

But everyone seems to think i'm crazy for considering bicycling in this weather. I don't get that - I'd rather have a bicycle accident than wreck my car.

[kard]

How many of our forumers had to deal with the heavy ice and painful pellets hitting your face on the bike ride home today?

We didn't have any ice today--that was yesterday.    I rode to work yesterday but to get home I took a lift back in to town from a coworker and left the bike at the office.  I can ride in snow but not on ice very well.  Although I did see one die-hard commuter riding on the plaza.

[LenexatoKCMO]

I can ride in snow but not on ice very well. 

Don't they make studded snow tires for bikes?

[kard]

Don't they make studded snow tires for bikes?

Of course they do!  http://www.icebike.org/Equipment/tires.htm

There are also bikes with skis on them.

[dangerboy]

I didn't ride today as it's hard enough to walk with the ice under the snow, but we do have 3 bikes parked outside my office. 

[ComandanteCero]

i was just going to add to the thread that got locked, i think because cyclists are still a tiny minority of vehicles on the road, the assholes will always stand out to a disproportionate degree.