Thats a skating path not a cycling path, otherwise there would be sand or gravel. /s
Oh my goodness. I was an exchange student to Finland 25 years ago, and I rode my bike to school. One day it was so slippery that my bike slid on the ice and I fell off going into the school lot!! Everyone saw me fall…it was mortifying. I never got back on a bike the whole time I was there. This picture is giving me the shakes just looking at it!! 😂😂
Hello from Canada. Our roads and sidewalks look like this. The town I live in just had a full day of rain and now it’s -20
This is Mother Nature’s way of thinning the herd when the biking population has outgrown its sustainable limits. With EU limiting the number of hunting permits, this is the only way to get rid of the excess bikers.
One of the many ways global warming is trying to kill you. Some countries get hurricanes and typhoons, we get random fractures and depression.
This is solved by fatbike studded tires at low pressure.
Haha that path is quite literally the worst in all of Vaasa’s city centre
A typical Finn like me: challenge accepted.
Only the strong will survive this, you must know the Finnish master techniques to survive using these kind of roads. Satana vituu!
This is fine
This looks great for commuting with studded tires, less friction than usual so it’s more like summer commuting in terms of speed.
Suomen talvi
Ah, the only season in this country I dislike:
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The season between winter and spring when 1 m of snow starts melting and then refreezing every night.
we have this thing called potkukelkka
Nothing wakes you up in the morning like suddenly falling flat on your back when cycling.
It’s not just the bike path! On my morning walk yesterday, I got too confident right outside my apartment building. I slipped while opening the door to the building, lol.
You think it’s ice when in reality it’s a tongue!
I want my summer already!
Which genius thought the combination of bikes and winter countries is safe in the first place?
Flashbacks to Vaasa… Where even spiked tires couldn’t save me :p
Falling on ice is no joke though. On December 19 I slipped and caught myself with my hand, which somehow caused the bones in my forearm to act like a piston, and they bumped against the bones in my elbow, thus causing internal soft tissue damage after which I couldn’t bend my arm for 4 weeks. Be safe, wear studs on your wheels and your shoes. It’s really a drag to eat joulukinkku with one arm, and cooking and slicing it is not easy either.
I would just succumb to some seal action and flap myself to home.
1. Buy ice skates and ski poles.
2. Survive.
Too slippery for walking, too uneven for ice hockey. I guess you could use this path as a part of an elaborate assassination plan.
hurts my hands and knees looking at this
-a finn
We use ice spiker pro’s, over 400 spikes per tyre
I once hiked up the grand canyon in similar conditions. Unfortunately for me the switch backs were not as forgiving as flat ground.
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Welcome to 5th winter
studded tires!
Thats a skating path not a cycling path, otherwise there would be sand or gravel. /s
Oh my goodness. I was an exchange student to Finland 25 years ago, and I rode my bike to school. One day it was so slippery that my bike slid on the ice and I fell off going into the school lot!! Everyone saw me fall…it was mortifying. I never got back on a bike the whole time I was there. This picture is giving me the shakes just looking at it!! 😂😂
Hello from Canada. Our roads and sidewalks look like this. The town I live in just had a full day of rain and now it’s -20
This is Mother Nature’s way of thinning the herd when the biking population has outgrown its sustainable limits. With EU limiting the number of hunting permits, this is the only way to get rid of the excess bikers.
One of the many ways global warming is trying to kill you. Some countries get hurricanes and typhoons, we get random fractures and depression.
This is solved by fatbike studded tires at low pressure.
Haha that path is quite literally the worst in all of Vaasa’s city centre
A typical Finn like me: challenge accepted.
Only the strong will survive this, you must know the Finnish master techniques to survive using these kind of roads. Satana vituu!
This is fine
This looks great for commuting with studded tires, less friction than usual so it’s more like summer commuting in terms of speed.
Suomen talvi
Ah, the only season in this country I dislike:
​
The season between winter and spring when 1 m of snow starts melting and then refreezing every night.
we have this thing called potkukelkka
Nothing wakes you up in the morning like suddenly falling flat on your back when cycling.
It’s not just the bike path! On my morning walk yesterday, I got too confident right outside my apartment building. I slipped while opening the door to the building, lol.
You think it’s ice when in reality it’s a tongue!
I want my summer already!
Which genius thought the combination of bikes and winter countries is safe in the first place?
Flashbacks to Vaasa… Where even spiked tires couldn’t save me :p
Falling on ice is no joke though. On December 19 I slipped and caught myself with my hand, which somehow caused the bones in my forearm to act like a piston, and they bumped against the bones in my elbow, thus causing internal soft tissue damage after which I couldn’t bend my arm for 4 weeks. Be safe, wear studs on your wheels and your shoes. It’s really a drag to eat joulukinkku with one arm, and cooking and slicing it is not easy either.
I would just succumb to some seal action and flap myself to home.
1. Buy ice skates and ski poles.
2. Survive.
Too slippery for walking, too uneven for ice hockey. I guess you could use this path as a part of an elaborate assassination plan.
hurts my hands and knees looking at this
-a finn
We use ice spiker pro’s, over 400 spikes per tyre
I once hiked up the grand canyon in similar conditions. Unfortunately for me the switch backs were not as forgiving as flat ground.
Noobs, you use skates here in finland.
This is why i carry skates with me in my pockets
Just gotta do the penquin walk.