>>1957693Not terribly sure of the value of the training wheels for winter cycling.
As an adult on a bike, your centre of gravity is going to be much higher up than a kid on a bicycle. I don't have training wheels to test with, but you should (in a safe place with someone there to catch you), try to see how far you can tip before falling off the bike. And not just sideways, because most of my winter falls are actually "diagonally forwards."
Do you already use studded, winter tires? Before I got those, I'd have exactly one fall each winter. After I got those, I had one fall in 4 years. So they make a big difference.
But the reason I say that, is while they stopped the "falling" there are still moments that feel really insecure. Anon
>>1957704 highlights the main ones. "Bad" snow has a very particular feeling riding on it, and I don't see how the training wheels will really address those, since they mostly involve the front wheel!
Another negative I have to throw in is they will make your bike wider, very low to the ground.
A very realistic scenario is "the snow is unplowed and too thick to ride through, so I need to walk my bike home." Which is already agony in deep snow, believe me! But now I'm picturing instead of digging 3 ruts through the snow (two bike wheels and your feet), you are digging 5 ruts through the snow.
Another scenario I can picture is you are riding on a plowed area with a high snowbanks on the side(s). The training wheels will limit how close you can get to the snowbank, before they catch (and possibly even throw you off the bike). But snowbanks prevent the drainage of water, so it's extremely common to have to navigate a lot side-to-side to try to avoid or find the shallowest part of a slush puddle.
