Originally posted by tomdavis80
I'm not entirely sure that it's bad to have cold water. I'm in Arizona and having cold water would be a premium in the summers considering that the water is used to keep the body cool and it lowers the body temperature. Perhaps in 80 degree heat, it'd be fine, but in 100 degree heat, not having cold water and in fact having it hot is much much worse because the body has to work that much harder to cool it down and it sweats out water at a faster rate due to thermodynamic laws.
Thomas Davis
Yeah, I'm sure I would rather drink cold water than body temp water. After a half hour mid summer ride you can almost chuck in a tea bag and make a cup as you ride! Cold water feels a lot better as it goes down and has the advantage of actually cooling you down. Warm water is not as satisfying.
Also at the tour down under in Adelaide it is daily 45 Centigrade and the pros are always whinging at their bosses for cold bottles.