> everything is relative. biking in vienna in winter isn't similar at all to biking in winnipeg in the winter.
Perfect is the enemy of the good: just because you can't cycle everyday, twelve months of the year, doesn't mean you shouldn't perhaps cycle for 6/8/10 months of the years when it is "possible".
But on the topic of locations, how about Finland? "Why Canadians Can't Bike in the Winter (but Finnish people can)":