If you have to go on a solo night ride just tell someone what time to expect you back by and the route that you are taking.
Just understand that IF you did have an accident you'd tie up additional resources as someone would need to follow the route to locate you (hence more time away from other potential emergency calls).
If you're happy with that. Fine.
Personally I think its reckless.
Bloomin ek.. most of the replys are to do with "telling yer woman to bogoff" What about the actual experiances of night riding?
I don't do these very often, for some reason I'm not inclined to go out unless it's a full moon (Yoooowwwwwlllll, hahaha) no seriously. I'm a lover of forests but it can get mighty dark in there without some serious Luminaires and I don't really like riding like I've a WW2 Air Raid spot light loosly tied to my bars, so I only take a small but reasonably powerful Exp with me, then turn it off at every moon lit opportunity..
But some nights are just sublime.
Must do more, must do more before this hot weather scoots off back Africa way..
Mountain biking is a luxury activity Houns. Every time a mountain biker has an accident resources are tied up 'unnecessarily' whether at night or not.
Maybe we should just not do it at all?
sweepy - Member
Mountain biking is a luxury activity Houns
Houns <> Hora 😯
I was told at hospital that mountain biking injuries are classed as "self-harm". Similar goes for Rugby injuries.
I was gobsmacked.
Sometimes I wish someone [i]would[/i] smack you in the gob!hora - Member
I was gobsmacked.
You must think I'm completely reckless. I mean I ride at night [i]on my own[/i] I even go out and walk/climb up hills [i] on my own, in the winter[/i] and everything.
How is your view of life looking through all that cotton wool?
In your mind, do you allow others opinions that differ to yours?
Whoops, sorry Hora, and Houns.
I wonder if hospitals consider sitting on ones backside watching X factor and eating crisps as 'self harm'
The worrying thing is that unlike Hora, there are people who would happily ban many activities as unnecessarily risky, and a drain on resources. One in particular who I know would ban mountain walking, yet smokes like a research lab beagle.
In the dark ?
On a bike ?
Over an uneven surface ?
Are you mad?
Do you have some sort of death wish?
Do you really want your last hours ,to be spent fighting off woodland creatures ,while they gnaw at your broken limbs?
No ,of course you don't.
As Winter approaches it's far better to stay where it's cosy and safe.
Oh , and ignore all that rubbish about most accidents happening in the home.
😆
Self-harm 'putting one in harms way' possibly?
Although keeping fit, getting fresh air and activity - surely if you slid off - how is that self-harm?
Benefits balanced against risk IMO.
It's a good job you apologised 😡
Yep, night ridden and run solo in Delamere quite a bit over the last 2-3 years and enjoy it. Always take mobile JIC the worst happens.
Oddly I seem to move along a lot quicker and don't ever stop until at the stones on Old Pale but I do get a rather odd sensation between my shoulder blades if I don't focus on what's in front of me.......
i could not ride solo in the dark, have to have a nite light on when i go to bed
