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14-02-05, 08:27 PM
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Salt ?
 Has anybody else noticed the amount of salt there using on the roads lately?I keep my bike garaged ,when the bike dryed off from the days before riding, the dripped water on the ground is White Salt crystals!!!  Never noticed it before! Has anyone else noticed? or is it just the Local Council round here?
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14-02-05, 08:29 PM
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Make sure you give it good hose down to get it off wont you?
says the man who hasnt hosed it down since last week's 100 mile blast.  D'oh!
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14-02-05, 09:02 PM
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Some one @ work said that if you use hot water it will agravate the salt and made is rust quicker, Anyone know if this is true?
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14-02-05, 09:34 PM
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Someone elsewhere was discussing this. The conclusion was that the new salt/grit mix with the molasses extract is more difficult to wash off (that's exactly what is intended, it doesn't wash off the road as easily).
Using warm water to wash it off the bike might work, it should dissolve it better. While the point about the faster chemical reaction is true, once it cools down you're better off with less salt left on the bike. The words rock and hard place spring to mind. ....and yes, my drive is now white where the car stands 
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14-02-05, 11:07 PM
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So it's not just Shrewsbury & Atcham Borough Council then....
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15-02-05, 09:40 AM
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In Cardiff (Wenvoe) last night, my back wheel kicked out in a pile (I do mean a pile, not just a thin coating, it was about 2" thick!) of salt in the edge of the road.
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