Here is part of the big tease in our area once it does start to warm up. A snow is predicted so the towns 'brine' the roads to make plowing easier. It snows 2 feet and the snow sticks, so the towns salt the roads. Now the plows come along and scrape off the brine and salt, entombing it in the snow banks along the road. Repeat every 2-3 days for months. Now we have 6-8 foot snow banks along ALL the roads. As the weather begins to warm and the glaciers are in retreat the snow banks begin to thaw, sending little streams of water out across the roads. Including all the afore mentioned salt. Driving through the water coats your car with a heavy saline solution that dries to a thick white film. Then one day it suddenly is all the way up to mid 40s, the sun is shining and it looks like a perfect ride day. Then you see the little salt laden water streams across the roads. Would you ride? Knowing the big snow banks could be resalting the roads for a couple of months would you say screw it and ride anyway? Do you want to wash your bike after every ride? If you do, what are the chances that you get all the salt out of all the little metal bits and more worrisome, all the electrical connections? Well, we still have a while before we have to make these big life decisions
