Late night off road trail riding - anyone interested?

So I went for a lone cruise and found myself riding some gravel and dirt trails around my area and got to thinking, there is the Monday night crew in the city, why not some folks on mountain bikes going for short group rides?

I live on the nw side and used to spend hours riding local trails during the day as a kid and I revisited some tonight. Would anyone be down?

Obviously you'd need a good headlamp, I have a Magicshine 808E, but even a good flashlight might work too. We could get a group started and ride once a week or once every other week.

Thoughts? Anyone done this before?

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Permalink Reply by Michael A on July 23, 2014 at 6:16pm

I ride the DPRT trail very often in the dark, just make sure to dim your lights near the park entrances as it is technically illegal to ride the trail after dark. Also a carry a back up light or battery to get you home just in case of a delay.  For me I try to get on the trail while it is still light and just finish the last 1-2 hrs as the sun goes down. As the days shorten it gets harder to do that and I have to cut the rides to under 3 hrs making sure my light's battery will allow me to get home safe.

Permalink Reply by Chitown_Mike on July 24, 2014 at 1:23am
How often you ride? I live not too far from parts of the trail.

Michael A said:

I ride the DPRT trail very often in the dark, just make sure to dim your lights near the park entrances as it is technically illegal to ride the trail after dark. Also a carry a back up light or battery to get you home just in case of a delay.  For me I try to get on the trail while it is still light and just finish the last 1-2 hrs as the sun goes down. As the days shorten it gets harder to do that and I have to cut the rides to under 3 hrs making sure my light's battery will allow me to get home safe.

Permalink Reply by David P. on July 24, 2014 at 3:38am

Mike,

Sounds fun - I'd be up for it depending on when. I've got the bike and the lights for it.

Permalink Reply by Kevin Mulcky on July 24, 2014 at 4:30am

I'm in! I've been wanting to ride the offroad at night for a while. I have a dynamo setup and a headlamp.

The battery on my magicshine pooped out earlier this year. 

Permalink Reply by Tom A.K. on July 24, 2014 at 4:43am
Sounds interesting. I'm sure you would find some MTB'ers who would be down for it.
Permalink Reply by Rich S on July 24, 2014 at 4:56am

This sounds fun! I've got a cyclocross bike that should work for most of the stuff around there. So long as I can make the date/time I'd be in. 

Permalink Reply by Chitown_Mike on July 24, 2014 at 6:36am
What nights work for most people?

And is the DPRT good? Or there is places like Labaugh (sp?) Woods, the old rail bed along 94, Forest Glen woods had some nice trails years ago.
Permalink Reply by Apie (11) on July 24, 2014 at 6:45am

I'm in, any of those places will do.

Permalink Reply by Michael A on July 24, 2014 at 6:59am
Labaugh is under water as well as a lot of the Dprt . I am riding the Dprt tonight and will scope it out
Permalink Reply by Mike M on July 24, 2014 at 8:21am

I could be game. Have the appropriate lights and bike(s). North Branch trail woods?

Permalink Reply by Seancarl on July 24, 2014 at 8:39am

I rode the DPRT last friday from River Grove (grand ave) to Libertyville (rte 176). The cook county portion was not underwater, but had a bunch of wet and muddy spots. There were a few places were the path was blocked by fallen trees and limbs. Its passable, but slow going in spots.

Permalink Reply by Apie (11) on July 24, 2014 at 8:44am

Gompers to Central and back? Not a very far ride but I don't think we'd be going very fast.

Mike M said:

I could be game. Have the appropriate lights and bike(s). North Branch trail woods?

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