I would also like to know if your freewheel suffers a lot from these weather conditions.
Do you have knobby tires on your strida?
For some reason, I don’t trust the front wheel when the road gets slippery (automn leaves on the road 
), I expect it to slip in every corner. I don’t have that feeling with a normal bike. It is maybe due to the weight distribution which puts a lot of weight on the rear wheel?