Woke up and decided to start cycling...

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Roger Irrelevant said:

MiloD said:

The difficulty I am finding is getting out on the bike during the week after work - it's dark, cold and often wet so I'm restricting myself to the weekends... time to man up I think.

...this is another reason why doing at least part of your commute by bike if you can is good - if I don't cycle 25 miles in the cold and dark tonight then I don't get home, simple as that! Though really, decent lights are so cheap now, as is good warm/wicking cycle clothing, that it needn't be a chore. I actually really like the long ride home at night, but I accept that not everyone will be fortunate enough to have the quiet, mostly rural commute that I do.

Same here, have a rural commute, dead quiet lanes, £40 of lights them up as good as a car

Used to do Reading - Bracknell, that was a bit dicey during rush hour as lots of traffic, complete opposite now

If you live in an urban area just go out after 9pm on week nights, the roads are quiet, I used to do a couple of 10 mile "laps" of my local town that was all street lit. With Strava you can then challenge your and other peoples times, also doing the same routes mean you are aware of any risky bits at night