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Peter

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Dec 4, 2009, 10:19:23 PM12/4/09
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Saturday 30 January 2010
Find a body of water within striking distance with a good view of the
rising sun or setting moon. Start at an appropriate time and ride
through the night to get there at daybreak. Take some photos and let us
know how to see them.

Anyone else like the idea?

Peter

John Pitts

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Dec 7, 2009, 4:42:10 AM12/7/09
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I like the /idea/. I don't know if I'd like to /do/ it, though. Ride
all night? I'm getting too old and sensible for that kind of caper.

But you've got me thinking about nearby bodies of water, and people who
might be up for a night ride...

--
John
"Bicycling is the nearest approximation I know to the flight of birds. The
airplane simply carries a man on its back like an obedient Pegasus; it gives
him no wings of his own." -- Louis J. Helle Jr.

Peter

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Dec 8, 2009, 6:46:10 AM12/8/09
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John Pitts <jo...@fatcyclist.com> wrote:
> I like the /idea/. I don't know if I'd like to /do/ it, though. Ride
> all night? I'm getting too old and sensible for that kind of caper.
>
> But you've got me thinking about nearby bodies of water, and people
> who
> might be up for a night ride...

I'm going to leave at midnight but you could depart later if there's
something closer or you ride faster.

Peter

20cents

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Dec 9, 2009, 11:42:33 PM12/9/09
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In article <slrnhhpjf...@kisoau.homelinux.net>,
John Pitts <jo...@fatcyclist.com> wrote:

> On 2009-12-05, Peter <p5...@REMOVE.THIS.yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> > Saturday 30 January 2010
> > Find a body of water within striking distance with a good view of the
> > rising sun or setting moon. Start at an appropriate time and ride
> > through the night to get there at daybreak. Take some photos and let us
> > know how to see them.
> >
> > Anyone else like the idea?
> >
> > Peter
>
> I like the /idea/. I don't know if I'd like to /do/ it, though. Ride
> all night? I'm getting too old and sensible for that kind of caper.
>
> But you've got me thinking about nearby bodies of water, and people who
> might be up for a night ride...

There is a summer solstice ride from Martin Place, Sydney, starting at
2345 hr (21 December) and ending as the sun comes up at the beach. That
should be nice.
May have to think about the blue moon as well.

regards,
20cents

Peter

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Dec 10, 2009, 3:47:34 PM12/10/09
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20cents <nor...@bigpond.com> wrote:

> There is a summer solstice ride from Martin Place, Sydney, starting at
>
> 2345 hr (21 December) and ending as the sun comes up at the beach.
> That
> should be nice.
> May have to think about the blue moon as well.
>
> regards,
> 20cents

I like that idea. It sounds like the Dunwich Dynamo held each year on
the June solstice. It starts in London and finishes at the beach at
Dunwich at dawn. When I first heard about it there were hundreds of
participants. Now there are thousands.

Night riding is a lot of fun, especially in summer.

The idea of the blue moon ride is to let anyone at any level ride to a
nice place and enjoy the dawn. Last month I was out riding at about
4:30. The full moon was setting in front of me. As I crossed the Pioneer
River I saw thousands of flying foxes streaming home after their night's
foraging. The first light of dawn was breaking through behind me and
illuminating their wings.

One of those magic moments that's hard to forget.

Pete

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