I am in the camp of my light is on my bike for any ride which starts after noon this time of year. I use a 500 lumen bar light if I don’t plan on being out in the dark. I also have a rear red light for the cruise home along the road.
whether I bring a pack or not depends on the weather. still feels like summer, for now.
Changing flats in the field if you are running inserts is not something I have yet to have to do and not something I look forward to. I guess whether or not you run it flat depends how far you are from home. around here it’s pretty easy to tick off 20-50 km rides in a few hours if you count the commute to and from the trailhead. not far from home on a bike, a long ways from home on foot or pedalling a flat tire.
Oct. 3, 2022, 6:49 a.m. - Adrian Bostock
I am in the camp of my light is on my bike for any ride which starts after noon this time of year. I use a 500 lumen bar light if I don’t plan on being out in the dark. I also have a rear red light for the cruise home along the road. whether I bring a pack or not depends on the weather. still feels like summer, for now. Changing flats in the field if you are running inserts is not something I have yet to have to do and not something I look forward to. I guess whether or not you run it flat depends how far you are from home. around here it’s pretty easy to tick off 20-50 km rides in a few hours if you count the commute to and from the trailhead. not far from home on a bike, a long ways from home on foot or pedalling a flat tire.