I did go down once while turning at a very low speed on wet pavement. It felt like hitting a piece of wet ice (I have done that too when I rode in MI). I think it must have been a bit of oil that the water had floated off of the road surface. But that was an isolated incident.
By in large, bicycles handle pretty well on wet roads. I think they do better on wet roads than autos do.[/QUOTE]
Today, travelling right along her in the People's Republic of Massachusetts, I saw, very late, a patch of ice and snow, I tensed up and rode through it, but it was a bit disoncerting, as I had pictures in my mind of sliding through and hitting something. Thereby damaging my bike, really didn't think of killing myself.