I used to ride down on Dundas, Dupont and St Clair W from the Junction to Y&E every night between 3-6AM for work. It was amazing during warm summer nights.
Ohh yes, chill wind, no deadly laser from outerspace so no need for sunblock. Though i only ride in my residential area so no need for high lumen light, i just need to be visible by others.
Definitely depends where you live lmao, I aint doing that in a Socal city unless I wanna get robbed or attacked if I stop. Not to mention the people that drive like maniacs and race down the empty streets.
My experience is the opposite. The hours 3-6 feel more dangerous to me because many drivers are in a rush and very uncourteous. At night there are just way less cars on the road and in general they are much more courteous. However I generally don't ride light enough for them to suffer from very bad sleep deprivation.
Make sure to buy lights that follow German StVZO regulations if you're on the road. They're not necessarily expensive. they have controlled beams with a horizontal cutoff so they don't blind people, like motor vehicle lights.
Actually I got it on Aliexpress (link). There might be better priced options but I got this one because it comes with an adaptor for GoPro mounts so I could mount it under my bike computer. It's otherwise much too heavy and large to mount on handlebars.
100%, the world is better at night. I am aware where I live there are more dangers, I have had to push myself to go as fast as I could in the past to get away from some people who were out at night, but the majority of the time I have found that the night-life is the best time to go out.
My city has a nice grade separated trail system that is dead quiet at night with the exception of the occasional homeless person or the time I flew around a bend to find kids setting off fireworks in the middle if the path (extreme fire danger that year too >:-( )
I have to cross a fee stroads to get from the trail back home and my destination isn't always perfectly trail adjacent, but on nice summer nights I like to ride the 25 miles into the entertainment district and back 90% of which is trail riding.
I don't love bikers super bright lights that aren't designed to point primarily at the ground. Been considering bringing a mirror with me on my runs so they can see what it's like
I don't have a need for riding in night I can choose quite or separated roads. But I have to say there is something about it I like. Unfortunately I usually do it only when I am in rush to get to bed/somewhere where I needed to be few hours ago (because some unexpected delays on route).
24 Comments
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 2y
Fuck yeah!
Past 1AM in TO you can ride on major arteries without see a car for minutes. Faster and safer than any other time of day.
dubyakay@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 2y
I used to ride down on Dundas, Dupont and St Clair W from the Junction to Y&E every night between 3-6AM for work. It was amazing during warm summer nights.
Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc · 14 pts · 2y
Ohh yes, chill wind, no deadly laser from outerspace so no need for sunblock. Though i only ride in my residential area so no need for high lumen light, i just need to be visible by others.
jaxiiruff@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 2y
Definitely depends where you live lmao, I aint doing that in a Socal city unless I wanna get robbed or attacked if I stop. Not to mention the people that drive like maniacs and race down the empty streets.
thenextguy@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
David Hasselhoff?
Scrollone@feddit.it · 10 pts · 2y
I like it, but I think it's dangerous because of crazy car drivers. So if I do it, I stick to small residential roads.
RickyWars@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 2y
My experience is the opposite. The hours 3-6 feel more dangerous to me because many drivers are in a rush and very uncourteous. At night there are just way less cars on the road and in general they are much more courteous. However I generally don't ride light enough for them to suffer from very bad sleep deprivation.
RickyWars@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 2y
Feels safer than day riding too with a 2000LM light.
lazynooblet@lazysoci.al · 4 pts · 2y
You turn it down when a car approaches right?
Right?
RickyWars@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y
Well my light is angled downwards hopefully it's not a problem. But I'm not sure if it's actually brighter than modern car lights.
yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
Would you mind posting a link to your lamp on Amazon?
sping@lemmy.sdf.org · 7 pts · 2y
Make sure to buy lights that follow German StVZO regulations if you're on the road. They're not necessarily expensive. they have controlled beams with a horizontal cutoff so they don't blind people, like motor vehicle lights.
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com · 2 pts · 2y
Based on the link in his other comment, it does have horizontal cutoff
RickyWars@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
Actually I got it on Aliexpress (link). There might be better priced options but I got this one because it comes with an adaptor for GoPro mounts so I could mount it under my bike computer. It's otherwise much too heavy and large to mount on handlebars.
CounselingTechie@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 2y
100%, the world is better at night. I am aware where I live there are more dangers, I have had to push myself to go as fast as I could in the past to get away from some people who were out at night, but the majority of the time I have found that the night-life is the best time to go out.
TheFriar@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
“Oh no…youths.”
CounselingTechie@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 2y
You call me a youth, I'm only 29, and have been biking at night since I was 19.
njordomir@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
My city has a nice grade separated trail system that is dead quiet at night with the exception of the occasional homeless person or the time I flew around a bend to find kids setting off fireworks in the middle if the path (extreme fire danger that year too >:-( )
I have to cross a fee stroads to get from the trail back home and my destination isn't always perfectly trail adjacent, but on nice summer nights I like to ride the 25 miles into the entertainment district and back 90% of which is trail riding.
BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com · 5 pts · 2y
If it wasn't for my astigmatism causing me to get blinded by every headlights, yeah, probably.
kersploosh@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
Hell yeah. The nighttime is the right time.
pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 2y
I don't love bikers super bright lights that aren't designed to point primarily at the ground. Been considering bringing a mirror with me on my runs so they can see what it's like
plactagonic@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 2y
I don't have a need for riding in night I can choose quite or separated roads. But I have to say there is something about it I like. Unfortunately I usually do it only when I am in rush to get to bed/somewhere where I needed to be few hours ago (because some unexpected delays on route).
xiao@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
Nice 👍
SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
One thing I've always wanted to try is a bike ride with night vision on. Idk why I just think it would be cool