When you depend on a bicycle for daily transportation it's hard to give it up. Rain sleet or snow: it's a go. From Tokyo to Sapporo: it's fairly common to see people in Japan braving the snow on a mama chari.

It's a little depressing to find your bicycle buried in snow in the morning.





Once you get going: it adds a pleasant edge to the ride.

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