How do you keep on cycling after summer?

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  • unixnerd
    unixnerd Posts: 2,864
    riding at night with a torch when its snowing (assuming the roads are still ok) is awesome

    Yes, fantastic experience mountain biking in snow. Better yet is cross country skiing at night in falling snow :-)
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  • sbbefc
    sbbefc Posts: 189
    Does anyone know any good bright front lights? I need them to light up unlit country roads.
  • AchillesLeftKnee
    AchillesLeftKnee Posts: 713
    sbbefc wrote:
    Does anyone know any good bright front lights? I need them to light up unlit country roads.
    http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20005&t=12660193
    This thread *points up* from the mountain bike forum contains a ton of info regarding lights to see with, which is what you're after.
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  • daxplusplus
    daxplusplus Posts: 631
    This morning was probably the best ride of the year in terms of views and atmosphere - glorious sun, a light mist covering some of the dips in the rolling Cotswild hills, hardly any traffic on the country lanes and, with all the right kit on, cycling through it all in perfect harmony with my surroundings.

    Bloody awesome.

    That's how you keep on cycling after summer :-)
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  • nolight
    nolight Posts: 261
    By living on the equator. It's summer after summer.
  • Ron Stuart
    Ron Stuart Posts: 1,242
    We don't have summers anymore it's just daylight for longer :shock:
  • mabbo
    mabbo Posts: 117
    wilo13 wrote:
    I love riding in the dark. I do shift work so spend most of my time cycling in the dark. Nothing better than whizzing through the countryside B roads in total darkness at 11pm and the only thing I can hear is the humming of my tyres on the tarmac. Also the amount of animals (foxes, badgers, bats, mice and the odd dear) I come across makes things interesting.

    Its important to have a bike with mudguards, decent lights are a must, decent tyres for the crap months and some decent clothing. All this will make or break your winter night riding experience.


    Would that be an old dear then?
  • mabbo
    mabbo Posts: 117
    Same answers as everyone else, lights, mudguards, reflective gear.You don't have to spend a fortune on any of it.

    Not sure when you ride after work, but as a thought, I commute all year round, a couple of days a week,unless the weather gets really bad,( Ice and Snow.......................rain you can put up with), I use the commute for winter training. Is that an option for you? Even in the depths of January I get 60 - 70 miles a week in. That tends to keep your fitness levels up.

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