Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter
by LargoLasskhyfv on Saturday December 24, 2022 @09:01PM
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More wind chill? More weight by thicker clothing?
Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter
by pastage on Sunday December 25, 2022 @03:11AM
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I ride with heavy loads, 10+ kilos is common, no stats on that though. For my speed it does not matter much with 2 kg clothes.
Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter
by Lio on Saturday December 24, 2022 @10:26PM
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I definitely ride slower in winter too but I always assumed that was due to my body having a harder time in the cold rather than air density changes.
That seems to be born out by using better (read more expensive) winter riding gear. I naturally run a bit cold so spending on low temperature tights, base layer and jersey/jacket has made a massive difference for me.
With N=15 years of gps data and 40-70 of those days per year below zero very few below -10°C. I can say that I ride slower on cold days on avarage.
I am not fit and do not track that at all. I can barely keep my avarage above 25km/h in city traffic for 15km, very few conflict points maybe twenty but not comparable to road cycling. So a km/h decrease of avarage speed during winter is common but not a given. I do not count bad road conditions, but Stockholm has really good maintanance during winter, ice free asphalt all year.