How many other night riders are there on here?

[trio25]

Yes, although I get scared on my own I am often found on the moors at night on my own.

 

[User482]

Yep, go out on a club ride on Monday nights. Some "interesting" sights in the woods near Bristol once it gets dark!

 

[Globalti]

Also been doing it for years. Some of my most memorable rides have been at night. Recently bought a really good HID light but haven't been out much this Autumn as I'm fed up with the mud and can't afford to keep replacing chainrings, chains etc.

 

[bonk man]

lots of MTBers in Malvern take to the hills after dark..... I ride with a small group on Thursday nights and often come across large groups of riders hurtling about.
If anyone fancies joining us you are more than welcome. 6 pm at the Barnards Green bus shelter and out for about 2 hrs which is within the limit of most peoples battery packs though my mates lights died the other night with hilarious consequences.....slither slither arg bloody hell etc...

Good fun...............

 

[bikevigilante]

its alright riding at night but no matter how many or how good my lights are cars seem to think ah b------- its only a bike and pull out, this is why i am in the process of making the world more aware if these idiots.

 

[MichaelM]

its alright riding at night but no matter how many or how good my lights are cars seem to think ah b------- its only a bike and pull out, this is why i am in the process of making the world more aware if these idiots.

The past week or so I've been out at night on the country lanes - at first with just a Fenix L2D on the bars and had the same experience as you.

I then mounted it on my helmet. I've found that if I aim it roughly at the drivers side of the car they pull over and stop to let me pass.

 

[barq]

I've done the trails at Coed y Brenin a few times at night. Its scary and seems far more technical than normal. But the Surrey Hills at night is my usual. I particularly enjoy riding through the forests - love that tunnel of light effect.

 

[madm00se]

I ride at night-but not as much as I should do. Knackered my DH's home made lights (well the battery anyway) on last ride nr baildon/bingley-I don't know, it was dark & I was lost (with 15 other riders!!) Set of batteries on aren't supposed to be run down completely, and I didn't realise the length of ride & ran them down. Oops, DH NOT impressed, but he didn't warn me NOT to run the batteries down, so what's a girl to do?!!!!

 

[Bodger]

I used to. Used to enjoy it too.
But just can't get on with the bit afterwards....stood in the back garden in the dark and cold and wet, trying to clean a filthy bike before it is allowed back into the house. And that was when I had the easy to clean SS, now I've one of those complicated geared things that picks up dirt and crud like nobody's buisiness.

 

[Globalti]

Yeah, like I wrote earlier... it got to be a ball-ache cleaning off all the muck then stripping off in a freezing garage then eating something then having a shower then getting moaned at for coming to bed so late.... I dream of those cool dry nights when you got home and could just chuck the bike in a corner. This has been the shittiest summer I can ever remember.

 

[numbnuts]

I love riding at night in the summer time on country lanes you see all the wild life really amazing

 

[trio25]

It takes me five minutes to clean the bike before it comes in the house, that's why I ride a singlespeed - I was going to say in the winter but this summer as well - the geared bike used to take ages. It's also what I like about riding from home.

 

[bonk man]

We went up the Malverns tonight, bloomin freezing but at least the mud was minimal. I have been using the cross bike at night so it is even more exciting than normal, no get out of trouble boingy forks for me.....
I bumped into [ not literally ] an Mtber the other night and his jaw dropped when he saw the drop bars and skinny wheel... love it

 

[wyno70]

Living on the edge of Eping forest, I have done quite a bit of running in the forest after dark and having just myself soem new lights, have started to do some night riding too.

I really enjoy it but is it just me, or...................

Do other people get spooked by odd noises too and suddenly find a new burst of speed all the way home???????

 

[mr Mag00]

hahahahaaaaa