Originally Posted by wolfchild

10 inches of dry powder snow is nothing and will not ice up your rims...Freezing drizzle, heavy wet snow, slush on the roads coupled with below freezing temps will ice up rims very quickly and compromise braking performance. Here in my area there is tons of salt and grit on the roads, every time you squeeze those rim brakes it's like taking a grinding disk to your rim, that stuff is extremely abrasive and will wear down rims very quickly.