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Old 11-25-08 | 04:20 PM
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From: Montréal, QC, Canada

Bikes: 2013 Norco Indie IGH Alfine 8, 2008½ Kona Jake, 2003 Giant Iguana, 1994 Rocky Moutain Équipe

From my experience, there are two main factors:
-You wear more clothes and therefore it's harder to move.
-The roads are slippery because of the ice and snow, so you hold on to the handlebar a little tighter and correct your trajectory and balance more often.

I could add the bike because mine is an older bike which is heavier and I ride mountain tires in the Winter: they are wider and have knobbies so there is more rolling resistance.
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