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It'll be dark in them there woods quite a bit earlier than that though (I'm fine with that though)

7.30pm works OK for me, the later the better. Best scenario is that I go home and drive over in the car with the bike, might be unlikely though given what time I'd need to leave work to do that.

More likely that I cycle there from work, maybe train it, and cycle home afterwards

How angry are Liverpool Street evening commuters? Do they get upset with a muddy bike on the train when they're trying to go home?

Lights fine with me

Some questions from the new boy if that's OK -
Is this likely to be a weekend or a weekday?
What might a rough start time be?

I'm keen for any form of night riding - I like the eerie feeling, the quiet, seeing pair of eyes reflecting back at you, and surprising the odd dogger

Am cool with either big or small groups, and most nights, though would struggle with anything too early

I like getting lost, it's quite exciting! It's amazing how easy it is to get lost in the woods too

I'll keep my eyes of this section of the forum

Thanks. I was probably exaggerating there actually - a few nice toys (that's the 'keen' bit), no skill to be able to use any properly, just get them dirty and break them. I'm the proud owner of ZERO strava KOMs, and have no plans to change that any time soon!

It's spring now isn't it? :-) OK, maybe that's next week officially

I'd definitely be game for any form of night riding

Thanks, but if I'm honest the road riding side of things interests me slightly less. I do a fair bit of riding on the road as I tend to cycle commute into Central London, but I just don't find it as fun. I'll pretend to use the excuse of not having the right bike, but that's actually a bit weak...

(I like riding my bike, it's plain fun, but I prefer for it to be off road!)

Last time I went to Epping with a mate we pottered around on the fire roads. I've been in the dry on my own (in the daytime) and found a few bits of singletrack, but I was clearly lacking insider knowledge.

I appreciate the potential for slop and mud as I used to ride in Broxbourne Woods a fair bit, and Trent Park isn't exactly dry

Hi folks, 1st post on here

I'm a North Londoner who shamefully doesn't know his way around Epping Forest. I have young kids so struggle to balance being able to get away for a ride in the daytime, do you folks ever go out in the evenings?

I'm a fairly keen cyclist with a distinctly average ability - have preference to off road rather than road biking.

I regularly night ride in areas that are slightly more local to me - e.g. Hadley Common and Trent Park - so am happy enough to ride at night and have lights that are plenty bright enough

I have a geared hardtail as my nice bike but tend to ride a rigid singlespeed (badly) in the local slop