Night riding on Jack Jones

carbonfiend

out tonight though its hardly night as its still light down here till about 9.30 but just thinking why do I enjoy night rides on my own so much?

Billy no mates maybe

rocketraz1982

Mmmm Night rides, East London, Epping forest what you up to??????

UncleMonty

I've tried getting my mates out at night but no luck, can be a little scary though - all alone in them there woods !

mkf

i'v done a couple in llandegla on my own, your right it can be a bit spooky but the quietness is ace.
its the unknown thats what draws me .

biff55

carbonfiend wrote:

out tonight though its hardly night as its still light down here till about 9.30 but just thinking why do I enjoy night rides on my own so much?

Billy no mates maybe

because even tame familiar routes seem manic and exciting.
i find it most choice on a warm dry nite

cat_with_no_tail

biff55 wrote:

carbonfiend wrote:

out tonight though its hardly night as its still light down here till about 9.30 but just thinking why do I enjoy night rides on my own so much?

Billy no mates maybe

because even tame familiar routes seem manic and exciting.
i find it most choice on a warm dry nite

See, I prefer night rides or those really crisp, clear, still, winter nights, when the temp is hovering around freezing.

homers_double

I love night riding, I think doing it alone is a little bit more edgey because as you turn the next corner there just might be a cow in the middle of the path!

Moooooooove!

rieko

Ive done a few on my own but for me the thrill of everything coming at you out of the night thick and fast is far outweighed by my fear of the dark :oops:

Last time I did one was little over a month ago, and a rabbit the size of a bear (maybe a slight exaggeration) jumped out from the tall barley crops on a steep climb on one of my local trails. I nearly shat all over my lovely white seat.

Id much rather night ride with a buddy thx

Stevo_666

homers double wrote:

I love night riding, I think doing it alone is a little bit more edgey because as you turn the next corner there just might be a cow in the middle of the path!

Moooooooove!

Not sure what my wife would be doing out on the trails....

Wouldn't mind night riding in the boondocks but where I live might be a bit fraught due the trails being near quite a few local chav estates and we know a few of them hang around there at night. Would prefer to have back up.

Mental Mickey

Here's me on my latest night ride..

carbonfiend

was out again last night but good to see not the only one who enjoys the 'solitude' as I was heading home abut 9pm there was some guy just heading deeper into forest with an impressively bright light. I have had an episode where I as riding back across some open woodland and thought I heard a 'monster' behind me told myslef to stop being a dickhead theres no such things as monsters but then looked down and seen the big pitbull type dog thing closing in on me ! Needless to say I peddled away very fast feeling weird in the bum dept.

.blitz

Been solo night riding on the Chase since the 1990s. Riding the official trails in the opposite direction is quite entertaining. Allegedly.