@Brent 75259 wrote:
Getting corrosive de-icer on my bike is my biggest concern with winter cycling (I don’t have a good place to rinse it off) and why I’m currently trailing on Freezing Saddles (that’s my excuse, and I’m sticking to it!)
After talking to many people, I’ve come to learn that Arlington County uses non-corrosive chemicals (like beet juice or something) to de-ice the roads and sidewalks.
What about other jurisdictions? Or private entities? It seems like my apartment building is using old-fashioned salt.
I heard on Morning Edition this morning that some places are using brine and beet juice, and then salt and gravel on top. Which just raises the question of what the bleeding point was of using beet juice if you’re going to salt anyway.
A couple of the side streets I go through had grit, but no discernible salt. My guess is that was a private entity thing.
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