1st time for night riding..........wow!

[ClockworkOrange]

Hi Sally!

I can imagine it would be a BLAST to go night-riding provided you have the proper lights....

The other night we decided to go out & see how our lights worked.... The town we drove to doesn't have any street lights. In the pitch black of night, these lights are NOT strong enough -- (esp the headlight).
The tail light was really pretty good, but....the headlight wasn't bright enough (for my liking).

After 4 miles into our ride, I started thinking of new plot lines for a scary horror book........ I mean, my mind was really running away with some pretty creepy thoughts

We turned around, put our bikes on our car rack & drove home ....

Let us know what you find !

Hi Denise

Big thanks for the advice about the lights. No way would we go off road at night without decent lights.

Quite like the following:

http://www.cyclesmart.co.uk/shop/index.php/product/lighting/cateye-cm/ABS_20N-cm.html

Looking forward to getting a pair of decent lights.

Sally

[pkq]

Night riding is good. I, too, have poor night vision now and the more light the better. I use a Nite Rider HID, which does a great job for me. Some of the others don't illuminate enough. Veronica has a couple of websites that compare lights. Maybe she'll be kind enough to post them.

[ClockworkOrange]

Thanx for all the advice.

My partner has just ordered a couple of sets of Cateye ABS-20N's.

They have both a 10watt spot light and 10watt flood light. Runtime is pretty good, 10w – Upto 2hr 25mins and 20w – Upto 1hr 10mins.



Looking forward to trying them out.

Sally