I am in the minority I guess. I only ride at night if I get caught out after it turns dark because of bad planning or because I have to. Last year I tried riding at night for training during the summer. There was a 9 mile climb up a canyon road that never has much traffic even during the day. The climb wasn't too bad once I got good lights but the decent was not as nice as durning the day. Even with two 150 night Riders pot holes don't tend to show depth and bumps don't show up at all. As someone else mentioned Racoons and Opossums are known to cross the road when you least expect it and it might be because they can't hear you coming? Whatever the reason I would rather ride when I can see the road and the things that are around me. for me there are few things as uncomfortable as seeing lights coming up behind you and not knowing how close they are till they pass.