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Hi all,
Was driving home with my wife last night after movie & dinner (kids being baby-sat at their aunt's - woohoo!!) at the late (for us!) time of 10:45pm. As I drove through the "Woolloongabba 5-ways" intersection (right next to the Gabba cricket ground for non-BrisVegans), I saw a cyclist (roadie) go powering passed. He was dressed up in some pretty nice gear, but couldn't pick what sort of bike it was (too dark!). He had a flashing rear led, but couldn't see any front light to speak of... Anyway - I think this was pretty silly (and let's face it - I know everything!!). Although, can see the appeal with cooler night, and relatively less traffic than during the day. So - just wondering if many people venture out for a road ride in the late PM, or if this guy is an exception and most think it is a bad/unsafe/whatever idea?????? Cheers all, Absent Husband |
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Absent Husband wrote:
Hi all, Was driving home with my wife last night after movie & dinner (kids being baby-sat at their aunt's - woohoo!!) at the late (for us!) time of 10:45pm. As I drove through the "Woolloongabba 5-ways" intersection (right next to the Gabba cricket ground for non-BrisVegans), I saw a cyclist (roadie) go powering passed. He was dressed up in some pretty nice gear, but couldn't pick what sort of bike it was (too dark!). He had a flashing rear led, but couldn't see any front light to speak of... Anyway - I think this was pretty silly (and let's face it - I know everything!!). Although, can see the appeal with cooler night, and relatively less traffic than during the day. So - just wondering if many people venture out for a road ride in the late PM, or if this guy is an exception and most think it is a bad/unsafe/whatever idea?????? Cheers all, Absent Husband I regularly see people cycling (training) and running around UQ late at night, I see cycle commuters late at night also. I also saw a lot of this at the Gold Coast. They tend to stick to main streets where the lighting is good, I think the fiveways is okay, but if he was heading for the SE Fwy bike path I wouldn't be doing that late at night because it'd be really easy to get trapped by some psycho killer people, I'd take the main roads instead. Plus most of the really psycho drivers go along the quiet back suburbs, they do 30 km/h over the speed limit out the back of Rochedale etc, and I reckon you'd get killed pretty quick cycling around there after dark. T -- ______________________________________ Tamyka Bell, PhD Student School of Human Movement Studies The University Of Queensland w: +61-7-33656105 m: +61-4-00782972 e: ______________________________________ |
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"Absent Husband" wrote in message oups.com... Hi all, Was driving home with my wife last night after movie & dinner (kids being baby-sat at their aunt's - woohoo!!) at the late (for us!) time of 10:45pm. As I drove through the "Woolloongabba 5-ways" intersection (right next to the Gabba cricket ground for non-BrisVegans), I saw a cyclist (roadie) go powering passed. He was dressed up in some pretty nice gear, but couldn't pick what sort of bike it was (too dark!). He had a flashing rear led, but couldn't see any front light to speak of... Anyway - I think this was pretty silly (and let's face it - I know everything!!). Although, can see the appeal with cooler night, and relatively less traffic than during the day. So - just wondering if many people venture out for a road ride in the late PM, or if this guy is an exception and most think it is a bad/unsafe/whatever idea?????? Cheers all, Absent Husband I do most of my riding at night, to the point where riding in the day time seems strange. I use both a red and blue flashing light on the rear which seems to calm most traffic on the road. On really late nights I try and sneak back through town so the locals don't think I'm weird, (too late maybe). I always take my MP3 player and if the music's good I barely notice the distance. Much less traffic at night, starry skys like you wouldn't believe and nice and cool. You end up with a moon-tan instead of a sun-tan. One of my friends recently called me The Night Rider (from Mad Max). I like to run in the late afternoons when the sun is below the tree line, preferably on bush tracks. Marty |
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On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 at 02:13 GMT, Marty Wallace (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea: "Absent Husband" wrote in message oups.com... So - just wondering if many people venture out for a road ride in the late PM, or if this guy is an exception and most think it is a bad/unsafe/whatever idea?????? You're asking about road bikes aren't you? 'cause I do half my _commuting_ at night. I do most of my riding at night, to the point where riding in the day time seems strange. I use both a red and blue flashing light on the rear which seems to calm most traffic on the road. On really late nights I try and Impersonating police? Quite an offence. Over the weekend, just coming back into Lilydale from Warburton, some guy passes us on the left as we are turning right into the station, and he lets a siren off. Of course, it's just a couple of yobbos in a beat up old commodore, and it would have been nice if real police were around... -- TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/ cat ~/.signature Electromagnetic pulse received (core dumped) |
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Like TimC I do a fair amount of commuting at night, but must admit tha I rarely have as much fun as when I strap the halogens onto th mountain bike and take a quick lap around the local bike and mt trails... There's a weird solidarity thing with the other few peopl out and about on those trails after 10pm! If my couch weren't s inviting and comfortable when I got home I'd get out in the evenings lot more often.. -- eddiec |
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Like TimC I do a fair amount of commuting at night, but must admit tha I rarely have as much fun as when I strap the halogens onto th mountain bike and take a quick lap around the local bike and mt trails... There's a weird solidarity thing with the other few peopl out and about on those trails after 10pm! If my couch weren't s inviting and comfortable when I got home I'd get out in the evenings lot more often.. -- eddiec |
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"Absent Husband" wrote in message
So - just wondering if many people venture out for a road ride in the late PM, or if this guy is an exception and most think it is a bad/unsafe/whatever idea?????? Yes. Midnight training not out of the question.. Cooler, less cars, "different", fun.. It's almost certainly safer than my regular peak-hour commute.. hippy |
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TimC wrote:
Impersonating police? Quite an offence. Over the weekend, just coming back into Lilydale from Warburton, some guy passes us on the left as we are turning right into the station, and he lets a siren off. Of course, it's just a couple of yobbos in a beat up old commodore, and it would have been nice if real police were around... We were going home at 2am the other week from a bush fire. Three guys in the big fire truck and me and another guy behind in the light tanker. Guy coming the other way on high beam didn't dim, even after a couple of flicks from the truck. The guys in the truck turned on their blue/red flashing beacons. Instant dim of lights by the other guy. Impersonating a fire truck? :-) Theo |
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I've done a fair bit of night riding in the last couple of years. M first ever night ride was at the Fellcrag 24 hour which scared the cra out of me. Then I actually bought myself a good set of lights (Marw Nightpro - awesome light) and started riding a longer way home fro work. I actually found riding at night fairly safe, although you do reall need good lights. I wouldn't spend less than $30 on a flasher and think my lights were around the $250 mark (which is quite reasonable i you ask me!). My night ride used to take me from the city, along the Coro driv bikway, through UQ, down the back of Indooroopilly, across the bridge down Oxley Road, Sherwood Road, Ipswich Road, Granard Road, Beaudeser Road, Compton Road (there used to be a really scary bit going throug Karawatha Forest there, but it's being upgraded now that I no longe use it), then through a few dark streets in dodgyville... I always found it very relaxing to ride in the evening, and it feel like you are going a whole lot faster than you actually are. Enough rambling. In all, night riding is quite safe if you have decen lights -- LotteBum |
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"hippy" wrote in message
"Absent Husband" wrote in message So - just wondering if many people venture out for a road ride in the late PM, or if this guy is an exception and most think it is a bad/unsafe/whatever idea?????? Yes. Midnight training not out of the question.. Cooler, less cars, "different", fun.. It's almost certainly safer than my regular peak-hour commute.. With no front light? -- A: Top-posters. Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet? |
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