Last night we headed out to the Walnut Creek Trail for a quick bike ride after work. The sun was supposed to set at about 5:15ish and we didn’t hit the trailhead until almost 5. We got on the bikes, and set about a 16mph pace heading from Poole Rd, onto the Walnut Creek trail, and then as far as we could go, until we felt the need to turn around.

We hit 3 miles and decided it was probably time. On the way back down the trail, the sun had set but it wasn’t really dark. It was that weird twilight period where it’s probably a little darker than I remember, but I didn’t have any trouble seeing what was ahead. Maybe a mile after turning around, I started to hear the whiz of 2-stroke engines, and then a second later headlights coming toward us. Being that we were on the MUP, I didn’t have a headlight on. I quickly moved as far to the right as I could and thankfully the couple 4 wheelers and dirt bike riders saw us and went around.

I was instant pissed. The Greenway system isn’t for these sorts of vehicles, and when their tearing down the Greenway, they could easily hurt a cyclist.

Now, I’m wondering if it would be worth picking up a couple cheap headlights and taillights for these nights on the MUP when we are getting back to the car right about dark.