Just a quick story from the ride I took yesterday:

I took a nice little 22 mile ride on the backroads of my state. While doing this ride I did not see much motorized traffic. I didn't get to the ride start until late. My fault for sleeping late. Started the ride at 8:30pm. A half hour later it was dark enough to turn on my main lights. Half way into the ride I decided not to do the planned route because it would of been more hilly and well....since it was dark I wouldn't be able to see the great scenery. This meant getting onto a main road. Still, it was a quiet night and not much traffic back in "Sticksville" if you catch my drift.

The road I was on was a very nice road. Mostly flat and with nice wide shoulders. I had a full moon looking at me head on and it was a beautiful night. It was about five miles to the next town where I had a planned rest stop at a 7-11. For the most part I had all my lights going; Gloworm X2 on the front bars, mini 70 lumen flasher on the front fork....Rimfire wheel lights on the wheels...Cygolite Hotshot on back of the helmet, Xeccon Geinea "1" rear lamp on the seat post....two cheap D/X frog type lights on my chainstays. I think it safe to say I was hard to miss. Funny but I think only about five or six cars passed me on that whole stretch of road. After a while I turned the main rear lamp off. With no traffic why waste the battery? When a car approached I would turn it back on ( it has a remote switch ).

When I was almost to the next town I got passed by a guy in a jeep that yelled out the window, "WE CAN SEE YOU REAL GOOD!". ( made me laugh ). With about a mile to go I got passed by a white pick-up with an exhaust pipe coming up through the bed of the truck and going straight up. I made note of it because of the smoke it gave off. When I got to the 7-11 Mr. White pick-up was there.

As I'm locking my bike the driver yells over to me about how well he could see me. "Man!", he said. "I could see you REAL GOOD". I smiled and replied, "Yes, that pretty much is my intention". Then he says, "I thought you was the police on the side of the road it was so bright. I smiled again. Then he says, " I guess if you're gonna ride a bike at night around these parts that's the way to do it". The End... Anyway, I thought the story worth sharing.