mazdatech10

now that there is less daylight after work , who has mounted their lights on to get longer rides in. did 30 miles last night with 3 other guys, seen 2 deer 1 rattlesnake a group of wild turkeys and a bunch of qail. well who else is out riding after dark

LowCel 

I finished my ride up in the dark last night. I was out by myself and had a great time. Just bought a mynewt 600 lumen light and I'm loving it. New tail light should arrive in a few days as well.

Doohickie

You can do group rides at least 4 nights week here at night- Tue and Thu from a bike shop, Sun and Wed from a local pub. The Sunday night ride is a pub crawl. Lights required.

TMonk

I'm a morning person.

Up at 5:30 to do tempo or threshold rides before work. I can shower at work so I drive there with my bike and I'm on the road by 6:30. I'm in the middle of a 4-week lazy/unwinding period, so I might get up that early to ride 1/week instead of 3.

malada

I've been riding at after dark all summer. I live in a small community.

Before dark the traffic is heavy, people are out walking for exercise or walking dogs even people riding horses.

I started going after dark and some nights I can put in 10 miles and never meet a car or a person.

You gotta love small town living

mazdatech10

one guy had a flat, and a nice lady stopped and asked if we needed help, we had more candlepower than her camry, only met five cars on this ten mile road , so we ride on roads that not many people on

Machka 

Actually, as of October 2, there will be 1 hour more daylight in the evenings than there is now. But even so, every day there is a little bit more daylight.

We continued to ride in the dark after work till about mid-May, but May was a particularly chilly, rainy month, and riding in the cold rain in the dark just wasn't appealing, so we quit our outside evening rides till August when we went to Canada.

nathan.johnson

Was out the door at 06:00 this morning for a 2.25 hr ride before work. No need for night rides really. The latest sunrise we get here is 7:25. On the other hand, the earliest sunset we get is 5:19. With a liberal lunch "hour", I get all the riding I need during the day.

Seattle Forrest

I have, not being a morning person. This time of year, I enjoy night riding. I can get the first half of my ride in while the sun is up, or at the horizon, and do the second half at dusk. It's not freezing or raining yet, and the city is very scenic at dusk.

By the way, it should be their and not there, in the title.

thehammerdog

I got my lights all hooked up one on my helmet the other on my bars but it was to late it gets very dark and I decided to delay my ride because I feared the Boogey man & being hit by a car but soon......

trdsupragt

At first, I was like.. What the hell are you talking about?? Then I saw you were Aussie lol.

LowCel 

Tested the light out again this evening. Still works.

JHendrix

I stopped doing night rides. It just wasn't worth the risk for me. Car drivers seem to have trouble enough seeing me even in broad daylight.

mazdatech10

well its been mid to high 90's here so its pretty hot when we leave and cools off to the low 70's by the time we get back

pdedes

i'll use some flashies to get me through dusk, but i don't enjoy riding in the utter darkness, even with decent lighting.

LowCel 

I actually feel safer riding at night. Riders can overlook you in the day time but it's hard to not see blinkies and bright headlights.

aham23

i need a front blinkie for dusk riding. any suggestions. later.

ticktockpedal

rode a 38mi ride last half of which was in the dark, as my first true night ride. absolutely great. the air feels clean; ditto the above, if you have good lights you are more visible than during day. in process of testing/upgrading light system, test ride had wires dangling around to helmet mount and was somewhat annoying. but anticipating more future stellar night rides.

doctor j

I haven't started the night rides yet, but the after-work rides are ending in shadows now. I've mounted the headlight and a couple of tail lights to check them out and be ready when we lose Daylight Savings time.

Doohickie

Not quite that desolate, but Fort Worth is kinda like that in the middle of the city.

Orca

Same here, on weekdays I have a short ride after work and before I set off the sun has already set It's only going to get darker from now onwards...

Matt Gaunt

I have an older version of this:
https://www.google.co.uk/products/cat...d=0CFgQ8wIwAA#

Plenty bright enough and a ridiculous battery life. I get much more than 50 hours out of mine and that's in cold, wet weather often.

I work quite long hours so a lot of my riding is at night (i.e. home from work), though admittedly the route is generally well-lit by street lamps.

savvy523

I avoid riding at night but if school end at 5:30 and I get home at 7:00 there's nothing I can do about it. It is quite fun and sometimes find some people to join their group rides in.

NRZ

A guy in our group uses one on his helmet and every time you talk to him he turns and blinds you!! Not cool.

M_Wales

I do most of my rides at night due to the heat here... Always alone, and most every ride I come across a deer in the road...