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Adjusting the suspension set up will counter this, but at the end of the day (pun intended) you are treating a symptom, not the cause. This exaggerates the stalling effect that they have on the bike. Gripping on tighter and riding with a higher level of anticipation leads to more abrupt and unsettling feedback from even smaller trail features.

Additionally, if you are new to riding after dark (or just a bit scared of the Bogeyman) you might be riding a little tighter than usual. Softening your suspension and slowing your rebound might help with containing the negative effects this can cause. You may well miss some of the smaller bumps and stalling effects that the trail holds. Although lights are pretty powerful your peripheral vision will be what suffers most. In terms of set up, itвЂ™s pretty much a case of business as usual with the slight exception of perhaps softening your suspension a little and slowing your rebound at least until you have got used to riding after dark. It's easy to miss things when operating by torch light so checking your bike over fully before you go is the easiest solution. Do your pre-ride bike check before you load up and leave to get to the trail head. The more you can do before the ride in the relative comfort of a workshop, shed or front room the better your night ride experience will be. On-trail adjustments and tweaks should be kept to a minimum. Even the smallest of rear lights (often no bigger than a coin) could make the difference between being seen, or ending up in a hospital bed, or worse. No street lighting, tree cover, high banks and unchecked roadside vegetation all put the rider at more risk at night. If your ride is to take in any amount of road the rear LED will be enough for traffic approaching you to see you early. It is not, however, just a case of seeing what is ahead, but also being seen by what might be catching you up fast. Carrying a phone in one hand and riding is not the best approach (but can be done) yet if you need to walk your bike home so be it. Most modern phones have a pretty powerful light on them that can be accessed and used as a torch. Light weight and low cost, emergency back up lights are essential in your kit if riding solo and a good idea even if out with a group. A set of tiny LEDвЂ™s wont cost more than a few pounds and, although by no means a tool for the job when it comes to blitzing your favourite trails, will be enough to see by at walking pace if all else fails. DonвЂ™t think just because your lights burnt a hole in your bank account there is no possibility that they wont burn down your house too! If you are charging your lights by day while out of the house would it really hurt to play it overly safe?ДЄs well as your main source of illuminating the trail ahead, a secondary emergency light source is worth considering. If it can happen to cheaper lights so too it could happen to high-end lights. Horror stories of cheap lights catching fire when charging may be a myth perpetrated by more expensive manufacturers, but just in case they are founded in truth, err on the side of caution. Although many of the cheaper lights now burn bright and will make night riding accessible to a wider audience, for piece of mind, when charging them putting them in a biscuit tin is not a bad idea. Lights are now available to suit all budgets. Shelling out an extra few quid for a second battery pack is a worthwhile consideration particularly if you like to ride longer or are more inclined to ride on the spur of the moment.

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Many light manufacturers offer a second battery pack as an upgrade at point of sale. Spontaneity and night riding are not good bedfellows. Modern or more antiquated, you want to make sure that your lights are fully charged. Even when you are riding in virtual daylight staying fluid, not tensing and to a certain degree feeling your way down a trail are still important skills which will be considered in more detail below. Better energy management skills were then obviously more important. You had a rough idea of what was in front, but every detail of the trail was not illuminated and immediately clear.

Back in the day there was more an element of not quite knowing what lay ahead. Having the power to turn night into day by shedding a couple of thousand lumens hundreds of yards down the trail takes the edge off an old school night riding experience. Although no doubt these advances in lighting technology are welcomed by the vast majority, arguably they have changed something that was at the heart of the night riding experience. These days it is all about lumens.thousands of them.

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