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aikigreg Moderator recumbent ninja Posts: 3685	TTTT night ride? Aug 28^th, 2007, 10:40pm I propose a dam ride this Saturday or Sunday night at around 8 pm?
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Killer Bee Five Star Member CA2.0 proto type Posts: 1308	Re: TTTT night ride? Reply #1 - Aug 29^th, 2007, 7:17am Quote from aikigreg on Aug 28^th, 2007, 10:40pm: I propose a dam ride this Saturday or Sunday night at around 8 pm? I'm game. Is that a "dam" ride or a "darn" ride? Which dam would that be?? Sunday would work best for me.
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Bud_Bent Moderator Posts: 3310	Re: TTTT night ride? Reply #2 - Aug 29^th, 2007, 8:57am Saturday night would work better for me. I'm planning on doing the Venus ride Monday.
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Re: TTTT night ride?
Reply #3 - Aug 29^th, 2007, 4:16pm

I got my Trailtech HID on Monday, and have been fooling with it some... Mounting it low, hanging the clip so the light is below the handlebar attachment gives very nice road coverage -- but I have to figure out a place to hold the battery if I do it that way. If I put it on the helmet (which I'm more used to), it works nicely, too, but it's a tad heavy -- but I can keep the battery in my seatback.

I probably won't join you on the dam ride, assuming you're talking about Joe Pool. But I agree, doing some practice rides at full speed with the headlights on is a GOOD thing... Somehow I'm having a difficult time imagining doing down Goatneck Hill at 35+ at night, HID or not!!!

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Reply #4 - Aug 29^th, 2007, 7:50pm

Quote from FlyingLaZBoy on Aug 29^th, 2007, 4:16pm:

I got my Trailtech HID on Monday, and have been fooling with it some... Mounting it low, hanging the clip so the light is below the handlebar attachment gives very nice road coverage -- but I have to figure out a place to hold the battery if I do it that way. If I put it on the helmet (which I'm more used to), it works nicely, too, but it's a tad heavy -- but I can keep the battery in my seatback.

I probably won't join you on the dam ride, assuming you're talking about Joe Pool. But I agree, doing some practice rides at full speed with the headlights on is a GOOD thing... Somehow I'm having a difficult time imagining doing down Goatneck Hill at 35+ at night, HID or not!!!

I purchased a Light & Motion HID light(on ebay) & T-bar light mount(Hostel Shoppe) which mounts in my front derailer tube. Very,very bright light. My battery is 4" long & weighs 25 grams,so I just put it in the bag mounted on my handlebar riser. Mounting the light on my front derailer tube gives me extra light coverage so I'm not lighting up my handlebars or my feet.

It sounds like we might have a conflict of which days works best for eveyone. I'm committed to a party Saturday. If we can't ride together this time,we can always arrange another day/time. I rode my neighborhood at 10:00pm last night with a 17.4 mph avg.(not bad considering all of the stop signs & this was my 2nd time to ride at night).

I was in Cleburne(on business) this morning & drove the course,making mental notes to myself about the route.

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aikigreg Moderator recumbent ninja Posts: 3685	Re: TTTT night ride? Reply #5 - Aug 29^th, 2007, 10:23pm Well we can always try it again next week. I'm definately going to ride Saturday night, since I'll be doing a long ride Monday morning. It'll just be with my weak cateye light, but it's all I have at the moment.
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aikigreg Moderator recumbent ninja Posts: 3685	Re: TTTT night ride? Reply #6 - Sep 15^th, 2007, 2:45pm I'll see you guys at the dam (darn) night ride tonight - I'll be there around 7:30 I suspect.
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Bud_Bent Moderator Posts: 3310	Re: TTTT night ride? Reply #7 - Sep 15^th, 2007, 2:53pm I'll be there for the darn dam ride by 8:00.
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Killer Bee Five Star Member CA2.0 proto type Posts: 1308	Re: TTTT night ride? Reply #8 - Sep 15^th, 2007, 5:14pm See you there,between 7:30-8:00pm. I'm looking forward to a night ride. Peggy & I rode 60 tough miles on those Celina Hills(19.0 moph avg),I ain't going for speed tonight...just seat time at night.
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aikigreg Moderator recumbent ninja Posts: 3685	Re: TTTT night ride? Reply #9 - Sep 15^th, 2007, 5:20pm Bud and I brouht down a large group of roadies today ourselves, so I don't think either of us is up for any challenges anyway. I just want to see how far my light will throw and how fast I feel comfortable with, and if the light works on the tica!
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Killer Bee Five Star Member CA2.0 proto type Posts: 1308	Re: TTTT night ride? Reply #10 - Sep 15^th, 2007, 5:48pm Yep. What time should I leave Frisco to meet you between 7:30-8:00pm? My GPS says the drive should take about 1 hr.
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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: TTTT night ride? Reply #11 - Sep 17^th, 2007, 5:07pm So how'd the night riding go??? Anybody still got bugs in their teeth???
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Bud_Bent Moderator Posts: 3310	Re: TTTT night ride? Reply #12 - Sep 17^th, 2007, 6:10pm Quote from FlyingLaZBoy on Sep 17^th, 2007, 5:07pm: So how'd the night riding go??? Anybody still got bugs in their teeth??? I don't know about "in their teeth", but I think Steve just finished digesting one. There was certainly no shortage of bugs, but it was a good ride.-
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Reply #13 - Sep 17^th, 2007, 6:27pm

Quote from Bud_Bent on Sep 17^th, 2007, 6:10pm:

Quote from FlyingLaZBoy on Sep 17^th, 2007, 5:07pm:

So how'd the night riding go??? Anybody still got bugs in their teeth??? Cheesy

I don't know about "in their teeth", but I think Steve just finished digesting one.

There was certainly no shortage of bugs, but it was a good ride.-

Oh yeah!! Lessons learned-#1-adjusted the angle of the HID light to light up more road surface AND keep by pie-hole shut while I ride at night,that was disgusting.

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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: TTTT night ride? Reply #14 - Sep 18^th, 2007, 12:14pm Having some good clear or yellow lens safety glasses is a GOOD thing for night riding... And keep your trap shut!
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Bud_Bent Moderator Posts: 3310	Re: TTTT night ride? Reply #15 - Sep 18^th, 2007, 2:04pm Quote from FlyingLaZBoy on Sep 18^th, 2007, 12:14pm: Having some good clear or yellow lens safety glasses is a GOOD thing for night riding... Exactly. I wear some photochromic amber lens glasses which are almost clear at night; they really make things stand out.
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