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Tonight will be my first night ride - any advise?
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The clocks have gone back and Winter is nearly upon us. Tonight will be the first night I will be riding home in the dark - i have my cat eye lights all ready and willing to go - can anyone offer any advise on riding at night - 95% of my commute home is off road so advise geared ('scuse the pun) towards this would be appreciated! Ta Lee |
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Tonight will be my first night ride - any advise?
"Lee" gnippernospampleasemuchly@nospampleasemuchlyverym uch.btinternet.com wrote in message ... Hello! The clocks have gone back and Winter is nearly upon us. Tonight will be the first night I will be riding home in the dark - i have my cat eye lights all ready and willing to go - can anyone offer any advise on riding at night - 95% of my commute home is off road so advise geared ('scuse the pun) towards this would be appreciated! Ta Lee DOH! I meant advice every time i put advise - bloody computers and spellcheckers ;-) |
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Tonight will be my first night ride - any advise?
Lee must be edykated coz e writed:
Hello! The clocks have gone back and Winter is nearly upon us. Tonight will be the first night I will be riding home in the dark - i have my cat eye lights all ready and willing to go - can anyone offer any advise on riding at night - 95% of my commute home is off road so advise geared ('scuse the pun) towards this would be appreciated! Ta Lee Make sure you have a flashing rear light as well as a steady one and assume all car drivers are blind, place yourself further out into the road so you have more manoeuvring space than usual and keep a constant check all around you, avoid looking directly at on coming cars as it wrecks your vision, if you do happen to get caught by a full beam pervert then stop and allow your vision to clear before continuing. And watch out for giant bats. -- Ian http://www.catrike.co.uk |
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Tonight will be my first night ride - any advise?
"Ian" wrote in message ... And watch out for giant bats. Eek! |
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Tonight will be my first night ride - any advise?
"Lee" gnippernospampleasemuchly@nospampleasemuchlyverym uch.btinternet.com wrote in message ... Hello! The clocks have gone back and Winter is nearly upon us. Tonight will be the first night I will be riding home in the dark - i have my cat eye lights all ready and willing to go - can anyone offer any advise on riding at night - 95% of my commute home is off road so advise geared ('scuse the pun) towards this would be appreciated! Turn on all your lights. Point your front light so it lights you way. Get on bike. Pedal. That's it. You may find you cycle more slowly to compensate for the poorer visibility. Pedestrians on your route may be even more clueless than normal. However, if you have good rear lights (one flash, one steady as Ian suggests) you will probably find that motorists give you more room than they do in the daylight. T PS. Remember to put a spare set of batteries in your pack. |
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Tonight will be my first night ride - any advise?
Lee must be edykated coz e writed:
"Ian" wrote in message ... And watch out for giant bats. Eek! They are in the employ of the dark side, they hunt down wedgie riders at night, he he. -- Ian http://www.catrike.co.uk |
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Tonight will be my first night ride - any advise?
"Ian" wrote in message ... They are in the employ of the dark side, they hunt down wedgie riders at night, he he. -- Ian http://www.catrike.co.uk Ahhh, THOSE bats ;-) |
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"Tony W" wrote in message ... Turn on all your lights. Point your front light so it lights you way. Get on bike. Pedal. That's it. You may find you cycle more slowly to compensate for the poorer visibility. Pedestrians on your route may be even more clueless than normal. However, if you have good rear lights (one flash, one steady as Ian suggests) you will probably find that motorists give you more room than they do in the daylight. T PS. Remember to put a spare set of batteries in your pack. Aye, fingers crossed I should be ok - I have all the necessary kit apart from a spare set of batteries - i can see a shopping trip coming on at dinner ;-) |
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Tonight will be my first night ride - any advise?
"Lee" wrote
The clocks have gone back and Winter is nearly upon us. Tonight will be the first night I will be riding home in the dark - i have my cat eye lights all ready and willing to go - can anyone offer any advise on riding at night - 95% of my commute home is off road so advise geared ('scuse the pun) towards this would be appreciated! If that's off road as in cycle path watch out for people approaching without lights. If it's off road as in paths through the woods, fields etc remember that every rustle or pair of reflected eyes is probably something out to kill you. |
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"AndyP" wrote in message ... If that's off road as in cycle path watch out for people approaching without lights. If it's off road as in paths through the woods, fields etc remember that every rustle or pair of reflected eyes is probably something out to kill you. Its off road cycle paths - ill bear in mind not everyone has a brain ;-) And there is a small section of my commute actually in a secluded area - so that will be nice then ;-) |
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