Originally posted by Syd's bike
....and between all the salt and sand they dump on the roads here, I might as well use my mountain bike. How do some of you riders in the North ride on roads filled with sand?
The salt and sand on the roads (crap) on the roads makes a big mess, but can be dealt with. The riding on it isn't a problem, it's the mess it makes of the bike and cleanup afterwards. Good fenders keep a lot of the crap off the bike, but after a salty/slushy/gritty ride, you should hose off the bike. I had 2 extremely slushy rides Friday (to work and back). I rinsed the salt off at work, waited until Saturday to rinse it off at home. My
car keys (I leave them in a back pocket of my pannier bags)
were starting to corrode!!!! . Salt kills!!
People who sit around and wait for spring aren't fond of winter. When you're out in it, being active, winter is pretty good!!
