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I agree, its both.
We get epic dust build-up up here over Winter. When theres no flowing water, and cars are tearing around With metal studded tyres. Yet they do use shit loads of grit, and always include loads of drainage.
So in spring theres a load of grey powderised tarmac suspended in the surface water. Which isnt running off, because parts of the drainage system will still be frozen or full of snow. Apart from making a horrible mess of Your bike. Its fecking slippery
In autumm the the wet roads are super clean, and you can ride as if they're dry. Which kinda sets you up for a fall come the following spring.
I went around a corner sideways last race (to be fair is was bloody snowing). If I hadnt of been dropped by the main Group. My sideways antics would have taken half the riders out.
CSB etc.
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Regarding the annual Giro road surface discussion...
@andyp and @sumo are both right. The roads get a bit greasy if it hasn't rained for a bit. But also they lay roads in a way totally unlike ours and use less grit in the top layer. Those smooth (and fast) surfaces aren't very nice in the wet.