Night racing - any insider tips?

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Permalink Reply by Scott Hendricks on November 16, 2011 at 6:30pm

clear lenses

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy on November 16, 2011 at 6:38pm

We do a night series here in Memphis. 3 races at a sports complex primarily made of softball and rugby fields. Unfortunately, the lights are rarely on during the races....

 

My suggestions:

Glasses - if you don't have clear lenses for your riding glasses, get some inexpensive safety glasses from Home Depot. I race in some $10 3M safety glasses.

Pre-ride - Pre ride the course in daylight if possible. Find all the holes and ruts that will hide in the shadows when the sun goes down. If you don't, something will hit you just wrong during the race.

Lights - I like a helmet mount light better than a bar mount light. The bar mounted light got in the way, and flails around a bit during portages, whereas the helmet light 'goes where you point it'.

Clothing - watch the temps in the hourly forecast. Temps change fast at sunset!

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Permalink Reply by Joe B on November 17, 2011 at 10:37am

Thanks guys! I've got the lenses, and will arrive plenty early for course recon. And I'll move the light from bar to helment.

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