It is rather beautiful here in Oulu 🇫🇮, right now.
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@pekkatahkola I have to sort out flights, hotel etc and visit Oulu. Maybe December/January.
@hrw Sounds good, welcome!
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It is rather beautiful here in Oulu
, right now. Absolutely no filters needed at all 🤌
-20°C, wind chill -28°C.This is one of our main cycling and walking routes (#8) and here we have a 5 km stretch with ZERO at-grade crossings with motor traffic. I repeat, it's physically impossible to meet any motor traffic here. So it is very peaceful, safe and comfortable to ride and walk completely uninterrupted. Just bliss.
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@pekkatahkola The temperature may be -20°C, but wind chill is not measured in °C. It's just -28.
@mike Wind chill isn’t a physical air temperature and can’t be measured with a thermometer, that’s true. But it’s defined as an equivalent temperature: the air temperature in calm conditions that would cause the same rate of heat loss from exposed skin. Because of that, it’s still expressed in degrees (°C or °F), even though it’s an index rather than a direct measurement.
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@mike Wind chill isn’t a physical air temperature and can’t be measured with a thermometer, that’s true. But it’s defined as an equivalent temperature: the air temperature in calm conditions that would cause the same rate of heat loss from exposed skin. Because of that, it’s still expressed in degrees (°C or °F), even though it’s an index rather than a direct measurement.
@pekkatahkola Not according to eg Environment Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/severeweather/wind-chill-index.html and any other text I have consulted. Wind chill and humidex are both unitless. -
It is rather beautiful here in Oulu
, right now. Absolutely no filters needed at all 🤌
-20°C, wind chill -28°C.This is one of our main cycling and walking routes (#8) and here we have a 5 km stretch with ZERO at-grade crossings with motor traffic. I repeat, it's physically impossible to meet any motor traffic here. So it is very peaceful, safe and comfortable to ride and walk completely uninterrupted. Just bliss.
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It is rather beautiful here in Oulu
, right now. Absolutely no filters needed at all 🤌
-20°C, wind chill -28°C.This is one of our main cycling and walking routes (#8) and here we have a 5 km stretch with ZERO at-grade crossings with motor traffic. I repeat, it's physically impossible to meet any motor traffic here. So it is very peaceful, safe and comfortable to ride and walk completely uninterrupted. Just bliss.
Beautiful photos!
I often cite Oulu as an example when people argue that year-round bicycle infrastructure isn't viable in Thunder Bay.
There are some interesting parallels between our cities. We're not on the ocean but have an ocean-going port, often with 5-6 'salties' at anchor waiting to load wheat or potash mostly; we're a regional hub a long way from our provincial and national capitals; and, have similar temperatures and seasons.
I really hope to visit Oulu one day!
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Beautiful photos!
I often cite Oulu as an example when people argue that year-round bicycle infrastructure isn't viable in Thunder Bay.
There are some interesting parallels between our cities. We're not on the ocean but have an ocean-going port, often with 5-6 'salties' at anchor waiting to load wheat or potash mostly; we're a regional hub a long way from our provincial and national capitals; and, have similar temperatures and seasons.
I really hope to visit Oulu one day!
@corvus Thank you, and welcome! It would also be interesting for me to visit Thunder Bay some day
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@corvus Thank you, and welcome! It would also be interesting for me to visit Thunder Bay some day
There is a large Finnish population in Thunder Bay, you would probably feel right at home (except for the terrible cycling infrastructure).
I've shared some of these pictures here before but thought I would post them again.
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There is a large Finnish population in Thunder Bay, you would probably feel right at home (except for the terrible cycling infrastructure).
I've shared some of these pictures here before but thought I would post them again.
@corvus Thanks! That's heartwarming, all that heritage looks like a little piece of home there far away 🥰 I’d absolutely love to visit Thunder Bay one day (and maybe help the city to improve their cycling infrastructure and maintenance while I’m there
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It is rather beautiful here in Oulu
, right now. Absolutely no filters needed at all 🤌
-20°C, wind chill -28°C.This is one of our main cycling and walking routes (#8) and here we have a 5 km stretch with ZERO at-grade crossings with motor traffic. I repeat, it's physically impossible to meet any motor traffic here. So it is very peaceful, safe and comfortable to ride and walk completely uninterrupted. Just bliss.
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@wthinker @pekkatahkola Does it stand on its own?
@bastian @pekkatahkola Bike? Yes. -
It is rather beautiful here in Oulu
, right now. Absolutely no filters needed at all 🤌
-20°C, wind chill -28°C.This is one of our main cycling and walking routes (#8) and here we have a 5 km stretch with ZERO at-grade crossings with motor traffic. I repeat, it's physically impossible to meet any motor traffic here. So it is very peaceful, safe and comfortable to ride and walk completely uninterrupted. Just bliss.
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It is rather beautiful here in Oulu
, right now. Absolutely no filters needed at all 🤌
-20°C, wind chill -28°C.This is one of our main cycling and walking routes (#8) and here we have a 5 km stretch with ZERO at-grade crossings with motor traffic. I repeat, it's physically impossible to meet any motor traffic here. So it is very peaceful, safe and comfortable to ride and walk completely uninterrupted. Just bliss.
@pekkatahkola @aeva gods, that's absolutely gorgeous
I wish I could just take a stroll with a friend and enjoy the landscape 
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@pekkatahkola @aeva gods, that's absolutely gorgeous
I wish I could just take a stroll with a friend and enjoy the landscape @OctaviaConAmore @aeva Thanks! Yes, it's simply amazing. And then there's the soundscape as well. Or silencescape 🥰
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@ThePolishDispatch I was just using simple cheap lobster type gloves/mitts. These are pretty beaten already
Cannot really recommend this brand, but I like these 2+2+1 style lobsters in general for winter stuf.@pekkatahkola @ThePolishDispatch got a pair of those, too
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It is rather beautiful here in Oulu
, right now. Absolutely no filters needed at all 🤌
-20°C, wind chill -28°C.This is one of our main cycling and walking routes (#8) and here we have a 5 km stretch with ZERO at-grade crossings with motor traffic. I repeat, it's physically impossible to meet any motor traffic here. So it is very peaceful, safe and comfortable to ride and walk completely uninterrupted. Just bliss.
@pekkatahkola
It' unbelievable what is possible with some "maintanance"! A dream for us in Germany. Deepest winter and cycling...First time I heard from the "Winter Cycling Capital of the World" in the #antrittpodcast in your interview.
https://detektor.fm/gesellschaft/antritt-pekka-tahkola-ueber-radfahren-im-finnischen-winterFor not german speaking interested cyclists: It is a German podcast but the interview with Pekka Tahkola is in english. Jump to minute 4:15. It's very interesting.
