1000 out of 1200 kids in this school in #Oulu, #Finland, arrive by #bicycle, even in winter. 100-150 walk, rest by ski, kicksleds and car. This day it was -17°C. @WCCCalgary2019 #WCC2019 #wintercycling

@CyclistOtt56784 I guess you mean they are essential in the salt, not snow 😅 We don't use salt here, so in snowy weather snow remains snow. Rain and wet weather, fenders can be useful, sure. I've never had any on this bike though.

Video on Youtube, on my channel pekkatahkola

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@WinterCyclingFd You can find the live stream on my YouTube channel, and the whole event at Winter Cycling Federation's website 👌

On Wed Jan 22nd, the @WinterCyclingFd is providing us all the free IceBreaker online event. Also featuring my livestream bicycle ride from Oulu 🇫🇮🚲☃️🤗 Register now! 🤌

Lots of colors today on the frozen sea 😍🇫🇮 #MeanwhileInOulu #Oulu #Finland

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@RandonneursFi Google Translate seems to do quite a decent job translating this to English:

@KidinaSandbox Yeah, understandable but it shouldn't be like that of course. Here we very rarely use salt even on city streets ie drive lanes, and on the segregated bicycle infrastructure (which covers like 95-100 % of your travel needs) use of salt is forbidden. Makes it so much better to 🚲🚶

@KidinaSandbox Yup.Glasses for that. But there's no use for them in our winters. Unless we have really rare intense icy storms or smth when frozen needles target your eyes. Other than that, it's better to ride w/o anything imho. But whatever makes anyone comfortable riding more, I'm all for it.

@KidinaSandbox Sometimes I was hypothesizing whether people in NA use big goggles because of salt dust, which I experienced for the first (and pretty much the only) time in my life in Montreal when I was visiting there in 2017. That was horrible. Never had that before, nor after.

@KidinaSandbox I was really surprised when a few years back I learned how many ppl use them in NA. It's really, really rare to see anyone use them here anywhere outside of downhill skiing. Me personally, I use eye protection only to prevent something physical from getting in my eyes, such

@KidinaSandbox Are we talking about the big ski goggles kind of thing?

Our main bicycle & foot path network maintenance contractor (and of course Mr. Santa himself) are giving out hot drinks & gingerbread cookies, and of course collecting feedback from path users tomorrow along the main 🚲🚶 path 1 & 2 in Kuusisaari. Welcome!🤗 #MeanwhileInOulu 🇫🇮