Night rider
Last week I got to do my first off road , bicycle, night ride. I met up with some other MORC bikers at a trail we've worked on this summer (they much more than I) and one of them had an extra light setup for me. It is a very different experience. I think it would have been more fun at an easier pace, but these guys practically live on these trails and know every obstacle where I was kind of: ride it as I see it...in the dark. It was pretty cool when I could keep up with the guy in front of me because I could use his light to see ahead. When I was on my own I kept tilting my light up and down trying to find the perfect distance of what I wanted to see (I think it was falling as I took some bumps also). I didn't wipe, and was able to keep up with the other night virgin (even though he was MUCH better at obstacles I kind of had him in the hilly cardio stuff). I'll do it again, I just have to resign myself to not trying to keep up with the big boys.