Can low temperatures damage a bike?

[ayceejay]

The temperatures here have been way into the double 'f''s' lately, even in the garage where I keep my bikes it was minus 12 yesterday and today, can this cause any harm to a bike?

 

[ianrauk]

No

 

[slowmotion]

At lower temperatures, moisture in the air will condense on surfaces more readily. Your bike will get more damp.

I think.

 

[PhilDawson8270]

Bike lives in the bedroom here

 

[jhawk]

Bike lives in the bedroom here

*Wants to post a naughty joke pertaining to "riding"...*

 

[Hacienda71]

If you slide off on ice you might damage the bike.

 

[Jonbek]

Can a vented tumbledryer without a vent which causes moisture in the garage damage a bike..?

 

[cosmicbike]

Can a vented tumbledryer without a vent which causes moisture in the garage damage a bike..?

Not directly, but the increased moisture content in the air as a result may well have an effect.

 

[Davidc]

At lower temperatures, moisture in the air will condense on surfaces more readily. Your bike will get more damp.

I think.

Only if the bike is colder than the air around it - unless there's already a fog (RH=100%) The unvented tumble dryer could create this condition.

Ian is basically right, the only ways I can think of are if the bike's wet when put away, so the water expands in crevasses, seams, whatever, or if it gets so cold lubricants solidify.

 

[Jonbek]

I bring my best bike in the house now when I'm doing the tumbledrying, leave the triban 3 in there though.. probably not doing it much good

 

[L14M]

Leave a disposable de-humidifier in the room, it'll be fine I heat my shed though with full insulation as its also a work shop full of rc bits and bobs

 

[Fab Foodie]

No

This.
FFS it's a simple bike, not the Mona Lisa .....

 

[slowmotion]

It's been a while since A level physics, but how about this? Cold air can contain less water vapour than warm air. When it's cold, water vapour condenses out into the liquid phase. If you have a cold shed, you will get more condensation, hence a damper bike.

I think.

 

[Kestevan]

No... unless it's carbon, then all bets are off.

 

[green1]

It will shrink a bit and be a teency bit more brittle but other than that it will be fine.