Originally Posted by
VegasJen
It's actually a lot worse after rains. You guys back east probably see rain as washing the roads off. Out here, a good rain ends up flowing across roads/bike paths and dragging sand with it. That's what happened in this particular case. We had a good rain a couple weeks before and the city hardly ever sweeps bike paths so that crap stays there for weeks or months. 23c tires slide right through it.
Here, when the sand is wet, it's not really a problem. They dump the stuff on the streets in winter to improve traction. It's after everything thaws and dries out that the stuff is a lubricant.