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Well, the other thing is how some people use wind chill (or "feels like") temperature to measure the conditions of their ride, when it's just not comparable.
Sorry, "it felt like -18 °F with the wind chill" is not the same as riding in air temperature of -18 °F.
And on a moving bike, the first statement is meaningless.
So there are two issues really - does wind or moving air speed affect heat loss, particularly from exposed skin? Yes. For a moving cyclist, is that effective temperature that you look up on your weather app meaningful? No.