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My experience is that low temperatures are not a problem for cycling. Precipitations are, be it rain or snow.

If it's -15C and sunny it's good, but if it's +15C and raining it's a pain.

> If it's -15C and sunny it's good, but if it's +15C and raining it's a pain.

In the Netherlands and I think even in Copenhagen, 15C and raining is much more common. In my own experience, raining isn't the biggest pain. I hated the wind the most.

Actually the worst is the -3C and that snow that's really wet but also icy enough it hurts your eyes, and windy.

Wind _and_ high humidity _and_ rain _and_ low temperature is worst, say 2°C and horizontal rain. Typically goes with gray skies, so no sun.

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