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Old 10-23-06, 04:34 AM
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I have no scientific backing to this statement, but I don't feel I sweat even close to as much when it's cold as when it's warm. I hardly have to drink anything during rides in the winter.

As long as you don't bundle up so much that you're overheating, I don't think you need as much water in winter as during the summer. Sweat is produced for temperature regulation, so if you're cool/cold, you won't sweat as much as if you're hot.

edit: after researching several sites, they all said that you sweat less when it's cold, but the only metric I found was you sweat 1.7 times more during summer than winter.

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