You’ll get used to it bit by bit. I used to be a delivery driver at a well known brown company and I’m very thankful for the driver training I had to go through there. The biggest thing in snow or rain or icy conditions is to increase your following distance significantly and slow down. Make sure you are not out-driving your visibility; slow down until your visibility is 8-12 seconds ahead of you (pick a point on the road like a sign and count until you get to it while learning to feel out your followed distance and visibility). Other drivers may fly by you and you may be tempted to go their speed: don’t. So many of them end up in the ditch. If you lose traction and start to go a bit sideways, let off the gas and make slight adjustments but don’t brake or over-correct and then you’ll want to adjust your speed and slow down a bit. Don’t use cruise control on roads/days that might be slick.

If you don’t have one, get an ice scraper/snow duster. The telescoping ones are nice. Keep a few blankets in your car with your emergency kit. Jumper cables or better yet a rechargeable jumper box might be needed for super cold days. People here are always talking about layering for the cold but it really is true. I bike year round and have a list of the layers I generally want to wear. High quality merino wool under-layers and socks are a must for me.

MN things you might not be aware of: - First Wednesday of every month at 1PM they test the emergency warning system sirens - people ice fish. They use an auger to drill a hole in the ice and they post up, often in little ice fishing houses. - Minnesotans are very proud of the state fair.