Does cold weather make a bike slower?

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Eric H

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Today is the first morning I rode my bike this season with the temp below 40F. Things seemed to be a little sluggish, but everything looked normal. Was it my muscles being cold, or does the bike grease in the bearings etc. get a little sluggish at cold temperatures?
 
no it would be ur muscles, happens to me too, ur knee will hurt too somtimes , its cuz the cold is cold on ur knees and ur joints will kill , alot of people just from being inside and out
 
It's not that i makes the bike slower, it just makes the rider slower...

The airway passages of the cardiorespiratory system, which governs your breathing mechanisms, tend to narrow, making the inhalation of air more difficult. This is particularly problematic to those who are susceptible to asthma or exercise-induced bronchitis as they'll have an even greater difficulty breathing in cold air. Additionally, the bodily stores of glucose, stored as glycogen in the liver and muscles and converted to the energy component adenosine triphosphate (ATP), are depleted approximately five times more quickly in cold weather, which forces the body to switch to the conversion of body fat to ATP for its energy requirements...
 
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