Thursday, 15 March 2012

Night riding

I've finally gathered the courage to get out riding at night since I'm at work during the day. With a Lezyne Superdrive LED light mounted on the bar and Alpkit Gamma headtorch mounted to my helmet the trails are lit up bright enough to ride. Riding the trails you're used to in daylight at night is quite different. The biggest difficulty I find is the inability to see well round corners and far down the trail. When night riding it's a good idea to have a helmet mounted light so when you turn your head to look into corners before you hit them, the corner is lit up (the bar mounted light won't illuminate the corner until you're turning into it). It's also a good idea to always use a red light on the back just in case you need to head onto the road.




So get yourself some lights and go out at night. Don't be scared!

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