Originally Posted by
gecho
Troubled -17C commute today. Started off with a frozen rear derailleur cable which I quickly unstuck. Then my freehub took several rotations to engage after coasting and would periodically slip. And at about the 1/2 point, the freehub completely refused to engage at all. So I had to walk 1.5km to a phone to call for a ride. The ride in the car warmed it up enough to unstick it.
The irony: I don't have classes on Thursdays, I only rode in today to attend a bike clinic

Sounds like you got some moisture trapped in there, probably from the up and down temps.