I used to live in salt/snow country and didn't own a car. In winter, I rode a fix gear with brakes, fenders and cyclo-cross sewup tires. Salt made a mess of everything. Rims were irregular polygons by March. (Too many bottomless potholes and low enough tire pressure to survive any ice.)
Early spring the ritual. Cut the spokes out. Lace in new rims with new summer rubber. Pack bearings. Clean, HB tape. Fresh new bike for those rainy days, around the city and when i just want to run fixed. Early December, the CX tires go back on and the winter h*** starts all over again for the bike.