Thanks! I guess I need to pick up nine more

DD

I may try to commute, or take my bike out to the Blackstone after work. Lights make all the difference.

The terrible thing about DST is having to get up at 2AM to change all the clocks.

The worst thing about it having to get up an hour later and do it again.

Real men *are* their own engines.

HTFU, ya pansies.

This is the same guy that finished the DD on some ancient, wood-rimmed, under-geared, hand-changed contraption???

I don't believe it...someone musta hacked his account!

...buy some lights.

Well, with the time change there's light again at 6AM here, so I rode to work. I expected to work eight hours and ride home before it got dark, but instead I ended up working 13 hours and it was pitch black when I got off work. Dynohub and blinkies on the wheels came through, though...

Another 16 hour day tomorrow, as I'm working the polls. And they're predicting snow...

I will make it out early on Saturday's & Sundays for the next month ot so. After that I will be in the basement on a trainer. Cold and dark is just not a good combination for me. Trainer miles just always seem to take 4 times as long as road miles.

My Bridgestone will be on the trainer soon. It has rear wheel pickup for the odometer but seems like I'm riding in mud because the miles just don't add up like on the road. I can only handle it for short duration but will try more DVD's this year to make it work better.

I'll just have to hit the roads on weekends now or the rare day I get home a bit early. Bummed because I have a 3 day weekend coming up but the forecast is for cold rain/snow mix :-( I'm in the country and once there is snow on the roads I won't go out. I'm getting too fragile at 58 to try that!

I will still park the car out and away from the bike shop and do a ride before heading in to do my shift. When I get off at 7 pm, I ride back to the car. Saves a little gas and just to make it perfect, I find a parking place next to a coffee shop fo thatr after ride brew !

Hope to keep this up for as long as I can, unfortunetly, my work hours have been drastically cut ! And yes, the wife thinks I crazy to do this !

No trainer for me, 3SS

I've really come to enjoy the subzero midnight rides. It's so still out.

Like many emotionally-muzzled descendents of Vikings, I suffer (correct verb) from Seasonal Affective Disorder. Getting outside every single day I can goes a long way toward warding this off. And since the holidays kind of stressball me, it's nice to be able to go swap rage for lactic acid. Winter riding has its good points.

That's my issue too. I live in a semi-rural area and what I don't see is the bigger problem.

I live in So.Cal. After reading all the stories about riding in the cold, wet and snow I should stop *****ing about darkness and the occasional Santa Ana winds. You guys have it a lot tougher than I do.

I will STFU and HTFU...

That's a beautiful statement. Hardcore and serene, all at the same time.

We are spoiled here. I love riding at night. There's a lot of year 'round riders in the Orange County area- not all by choice. Tonight, I walked the dog in shorts and a Hawaiian shirt. Temps are in the mid 70s. It gets down to the 40s in the height of winter.

LED lights are the greatest invention for the night time rider.

Gee I guess I should put full reflecters on my bike and some lights. I have comuted and road in the twighlight or even dark hours in fairly well lite urban enviroments fairly regular on naked bikes no lights for almost 20years and not had accident at night. Yet I have had a half dozen accidents in broad daylight.

It's cold here in Toronto, i've put the bikes away for the winter. Unfortunately i don't cycle in the cold weather, it's not very enjoyable for me. Now he hockey equipment is out and i'm ready to hit the rinks!

You want some serious lights?

THIS:



PLUS A PAIR OF THESE:



AND ONE OF THESE IN THE BACK



equals cars that will dim their high beams when they see you because they think you're another car.

I'm hoping I can do something similar this winter; that we get enough snow for me to hit the local XC-ski trails regularly.

If I did not get out and ride in the winter the other option would be to climb a clock tower... I do not mind the dark and enjoy night riding in the summer a great deal as you have the roads to yourself and it brings a great deal of serenity to one's soul.

ha ha- its dark whaaaaa!

I got the white sh it falling today
season is over untill may!
break out the drinks, time to hibernate.
the crap gets over 3 ft high-and sub zero for 3 months.
I got other thoughts....

I have an older lead battery Niterider that has a dual beam. I get the highbeam flash from cars when it's fully fired up. Now riding with a lightweight cygolight milion, gives me 2+hours of good light per charge and is compact.

+1. Battery and LED tech is to a point that bulky light systems aren't really necessary anymore. I was rockin' 2000 combined headlight lumens last night on my commute home, with one of my two headlights mounted on my helmet. As for motorists flashing their lights to get me to dim my lights, I always try and position my lights like a car's dim headlights are angled: slightly down and to the right. Not much, but just enough to keep the beam from being directed right into the eyes of a motorist who's heading towards me in a multi-ton vehicle.

It's just gotten comfortable enough to commute here (as of about a month ago.) We had a horribly humid and rainy summer and I haven't commuted by bike since the spring. The shorter days are less of a problem at my latitude, but they're still a drag...

Well it is cool that I can get studded bike tires here.
never tried them but I know they will help.
Im willing to bring a few pairs over to the states.....

14 years ago I rode my bike all winter to work, I cant count how many times I fell and how many holes I fixed.
they throw down crushed granite on the ice as salt wont work under a certain temp, sometimes the granite is like razors in the tire.

IMO those are junk even as a "be-seen blinky". They are almost useless.