Savor those eveing rides!
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Savor those eveing rides!
I hate the end of summer. I really enjoy coming home from work and going for a ride. It is very relaxing. I doubt that there are many evening rides left this year. Just not enough daylight. I really hate the end of summer.
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Yep I know what you mean. I'm getting my lights ready for days when the temp is at least tolerable. Also getting the rollers and trainers + videos ready.
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Wimps! Night riding is great.
But I'm thinking about getting the rollers/trainer gizmo thing for when it snows and I still need to "bike" 30 miles.
Do they allow different levels of resistance pedaling?
But I'm thinking about getting the rollers/trainer gizmo thing for when it snows and I still need to "bike" 30 miles.
Do they allow different levels of resistance pedaling?
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I enjoy riding at night, in some ways more than during daylight. The air is cleaner, of course the traffic is less if you ride late enough. Give it a try, just pick up a couple of (maybe 3) lights and go for it. I like a light on my handle bar as well as on my helmet, and at least one tail light.
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And I've been thinking how great it is that we're finally getting more daylight here! By the time Rowan and I get back home, it should be light out till at least 6:30 (instead of shortly after 5:00) and it should be starting to get a bit warmer ... I hope.
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I don't really care. My weekday rides are during lunch. It is always light during lunch.
Weekend rides will need to end a bit sooner. All in all it is more the temp than anything that irritates me. I like it warm out.
Weekend rides will need to end a bit sooner. All in all it is more the temp than anything that irritates me. I like it warm out.
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Mostly commuting so either way I am out in it. I am however looking at some sweet Dyno setups for the winter!
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When I lived in Limburg (which is nearly at the same latitude as Alaska), the sun would go down as late as 11:00 at night. I'd get off work at 5pm and get in a hilly 150kms before the sun went down. Usually I was so exhausted by September it was almost a relief when the days started getting shorter. (Which was soon followed by a depression that would set in at daylight savings time, which would be the last I'd see of the sun for 4 months.)
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Buy yourself a good headlight with rechargeable batteries. Personally I think riding at night is more peaceful.
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Wish my night rides could be more peaceful; around here, because so few people ride, drivers are oblivious to even a well-lit bike. But there are a couple months when I ride anyway, even after dark (commuting). For that, I have a blinky taillight, a helmet light, and this year, a bar light and a snazzy lil LED contraption that will mount to my right fork leg. I WILL BE SEEN!
Other than that, my evening rides happen before I get home in the evening.
Other than that, my evening rides happen before I get home in the evening.
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I really don't enjoy riding at night. It is hard enough to not get hit during the day. Narrow roads and few have shoulders. You could be lit up like a Christmas tree and still get run off the road.
We have a crazy woman that runs on the roads in the wee hours of the morning in all types of weather. I must curse at her every time I see her because I don't usually see her to the last minute, during dark mornings or bad weather. I don't want any one cursing at me, saying "there goes that crazy guy on the bike again".
We have a crazy woman that runs on the roads in the wee hours of the morning in all types of weather. I must curse at her every time I see her because I don't usually see her to the last minute, during dark mornings or bad weather. I don't want any one cursing at me, saying "there goes that crazy guy on the bike again".
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Once I came to embrace winter, and learned to enjoy a lot of the aspects of an winter evening ride, it goes by so much quicker now.
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Ahhh our Raincouver winter. Fenders may prevent water sprays from the road. But one can still get pelted in the eyes. Worse is when the my glasses fogs up.
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Same same for me. When I leave the house it's dark year around. I work 10 hour shifts or more, so in the winter it's dark when I go home. Same diff. I just carry my headlight and rear blinky year around.
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how are the "big box store" headlights? I don't want to spend an arm & leg on a light that I may or may not use. However, I would like to get one that can be EASILY removed, as in snap/slide on, snap/slide off.
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thanx, I'll check it out. I dont want to leave the light on the bike all the time. If its daylight, no need for the extra gizmo......for my kids to play with during breaks.
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i went out for my usual after-work ride yesterday. normally i do 8-10 miles. well last night it was so nice i ended up past 20 miles and wasn't ready to stop, but it was dark and i have no lights. thats probably the farthest i've ever ridden at once (i'm still new at this ) and it was because it's so nice outside, and i was right on the water. i'm gonna look into that $15 light so maybe next time i can keep going.