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So i went on my first ever night ride with a couple of friends yesterday. Just a couple of trails that i've done regularly by day but wow, how much fun? It's a great way of making even the more boring sections a lot more fun! Dare i say made the trails come alive(tm) even with old fashioned 26" wheels! Really slippy/slidey/muddy though
Definately reccomend it if it's not something you already do, bring on winter!!
Lights wise total spend was £40 ish with a x2 solar storm on the bars and a magic shine copy ebay special on my helmet. Seemed a good combination, nice spread from the x2 and a good spot from the helmet mounted light. Rode for 90 mins with no loss of light using their standard batteries.
good stuff. It is great fun and you can absolutely spank it down rural roads at night because you can see when cars are coming from a mile off. If you're going through some woods I wouldn't look behind you and those noises are definately not werewolfs or large beasts out to get you!
definitely loving it at the moment just got my first decent light and makes the local boring stuff much more exciting, don't have a car to get anywhere interesting at the moment so is a godsend
It's brilliant fun isn't it - the boring trails become much more entertaining, also lots of wildlife seem to pop out too.
It is great, something that surprised me is how different things look.
Even on a route that I ride quite often in daylight, I missed a turn the other evening.
Yes it does make the old familiar trails a little different and , given the temps, it s great this time of the year
the real issues is will you MTFU In deepest winter with sub zero temps or tons of mud everywhere
Reckon i will, i'm used to surfing 9 degree water and changing in a snowy car park in jan/feb so sure it cant need more manning than that! 🙂
Hey Ceepers, i want to get into night riding. Can you send me a link for the lights as if it's decent i'll give the same combo a try. I'm over in Sweden and people seem to do alot of night riding
Welcome to the dark side. Or the dark side of the light side. Or whatever.
It's a total win-win. Livens up familiar trails, opens up far more riding possibilities during the winter if you have other commitments and gets you fitter trying to out-ride those werewolves (aka mice).
Enjoy!
As above, the 'grin' factor, coupled with the feeling of 'living' does it for me, probably more than day riding. Don't take that amiss, I love summer rides and lust for those hazy vistas but night riding, I guess, feels a tad naughty??
Fun fun fun.
I've never gone "night-riding" for the sake of riding at night.
I ride at night cos thats the only free time I have, and it just so happens that for 6 months of the year, that means riding in complete darkness.
Surely, if you're doing it for the buzz of riding in the dark, you don't need bright lights, the darker it is, the more surprises you'll get...
Here are my lights:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130941337921?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
and
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280999931866?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
Hopefully that works!
I'm not sure i'd go so far as to choose night over day but needs must and a ride is always better than staying in!
I remember the same buzz when I started night rides earlier this year... still love it now!
Although like Bandito above - night time is the only time I get chance to get out really so it's a good thing I enjoy it!
Let's see if I can MTFU and keep at it when it gets cold...
Ride on your own, have a couple of near misses, and you will not LOVE IT so much...
but... other nights, you will love it. I have to ride on my own 🙁 my usual riding buddies don’t want to night ride, so I have a mixed bag of good and scary bad night rides, I saw a badger last night. Watch out for owls riding right next to you or right in front of you.
Have fun though, beats sitting on the couch watching rubbish on the TV.
Love night riding good lights,good clothes,good mates and hip flask make it better just don't stop for too long that's when the weir wolves get you 😆
😆fatsimon mk2 - MemberLove night riding good lights,good clothes,good mates and hip flask make it better just don't stop for too long that's when the weir wolves get you
Another good thing about night riding for me, is that it has improved my confidence to tackle more technical stuff.
FFS, will nobody think of the [s]children[/s] werewolves ? 🙄
Did my first ever proper night ride on Sunday. Stupendous stuff! Its amazing how noisy you are as you cycle through mud/leaves/puddles and its equally amazing how noisy the woods can be when you stop! Lots of things move about at night......
Thanks for then light pointers . I'll give them a go. Slightly concerned about the Wolves seen near my local park but I'm sure it will be fine