You can try duct taping or velcroing a light to your helmet. Also, you should practice changing a tire in the dark sometime before the brevet.
Just trying to be helpful. Ken On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Anne Paulson <anne.paul...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > > > > I'd commuted at night for almost 30 years when I did my first brevet. > > The big surprise was how very hard it was for me to read the computer > > and the cue sheet after dark. I had a small blinkie mounted to my > > handlebars pointed down at the handlebar bag, but it was so bright on > > the cue sheet I was dazzled by the glare, and it didn't illuminate the > > mileage readout on the computer at all (and I had trouble reading the > > street signs as well) so navigating after dark was a big issue. > > I was worried about that, but it turns out I know the area well, and > there are only about eight turns. Once we get north of Santa Cruz, we > just ride the fifty miles or so up to Montara on Highway 1, then turn > around and ride back. > > It'll be very very dark on Highway 1 though, with no moon. > > 124 miles in eight hours? I don't think so. I'll be in the dark. > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > My hovercraft is full of eels > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Where did the spring go? Where did my hormones go? Where did my energy go? Where did my go go? Where did the pleasure go? Where did my hair go? -- Ray Davies -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.