winter riding tips?

[Geonz]

I got home just fine - it was s nowing but it was all wet. THis morning we'd had an inch more... but I remembered to stick to the better roads (not all good, but pretty good).
I'm plowin' through the nasty stuff, doin' okay... and this dude on a yellow road bike streaks by me on the right. He had no trouble... didn't look like knobby tyres to me Nice thing about heavy but very well made bike - it is pretty steady as she goes like a big ol' Mercedes...

[nuthatch]

So, Sue, how are you doing in this incredibly cold weather? I gave up about a week ago and I'm already feeling "lumpy"!! Too much black ice up here in northern IL right now, so I'm waiting for a bit of a thaw.

BTW, do you hose down your bike after riding in all this salt? It's just awfully heavy on the roads right now. I worry about my bike dissolving by spring!