Is this sad / strange / normal.?

[Nick_Giles]

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Saturday night I could not sleep. (must have had a guilty complex about something. )

Get up, make a brew etc. Still don't feel sleepy.

So about 1:00am I decide to 'just go for a ride' - So I did for about an hour and a quarter. Next to no traffic and the law boys gave me just a casual glance presumably preferring to give the local drunk chav scum a whack over the head.!

Mentioned this nocturnal 'ride because I could' to a few people yesterday and today and they all looked at me with a quizzical 'you are not right in the head' kind of way and "You did WHAT.?" type remarks.

Is this considered normal logical behaviour or should I seek help.?


Nick
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[MattJ]

If my bike was not blocked in the garage by my dads car overnight I would do this fairly often. Don't think it's weird at all.

[iMark]

Nothing to do in the house... Bike is there to ride... Why the not?
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[Sable]

*Creaks in* Been a long time scince I was up and alive past 12 midnight.... Unless my bladder thinks differently... But thats what the bags and buckets for....

[pepperami]

Going for a ride when it`s quiet, ??? why should`nt you? is it against the law to ride a bike at night just because you want to?.... no it`s not .

You want to , you do it
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[-Monty-]

Thats the best time to go out. As you said yourself, no other traffic on the road. I don't think that as being odd at all.
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[Shaft]

When I first started riding, one of my favourite things was to cruise around London's West End at about 4 am.

London wasn't quite so 24/7 then, so it was just me, the odd cabby and the dustmen, clearing up from the day before; there was almost an excitement in the air, as the world's greatest city prepared to wake up.
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[Nick 50]

Done it a fair few times and enjoyed it thoroughly

1 of the times was for the North Tag challenge which was a 150 mile round trip at 3am
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[DJS]

Perectly normal as far as I'm concerned! Life's too short to worry about other peoples opinions. If you want to ride in the middle of the night just for the hell of it then JFDI and enjoy!!!

[Tungtvann]

I'd do this more often if my bike wasn't at my parents at the moment and I'd have to explain why I'm taking the bike out in the middle of the night. I'd frequently extend my journey home at night if I was on the bike though.

[GTR1400]

I do this quite frequently too... sometimes for the odd trip to Asda at 3am for ben and jerrys.

Went out about a month ago now from 4am until about 8am as I couldn't sleep.. not unusual for me at all

[kernow24]

Always out in the wee small hours.. There's something refreshing about going for a ride in the fresh morning air.

Grabbing a coffee and looking over the bay, seeing the harbour come to life and small boats going out for the day, then watching the sun rise.. great start to the day / end of the night.
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[yaigi]

If my bike wasn't such a pain in the arse to get out, and I wouldn't wake Mr Yaigi with the noise, I'd do it. Doubt I'd do it in the hope I'd come back and sleep though, it'd wake me up even more!

When I was at uni I worked full time hours in a bar as well as doing full time uni stuff, it played havoc with my body clock and I had real trouble sleeping, I used to do all kindsa things at daft o clock in the morning. One of my fave things to do would be my weekly shop at a 24 hour tesco - not a soul in the place apart from a few staff, it's awesome.

These days I have no trouble sleeping at all, quite the opposite in fact! Mr Yaigi doesn't believe I've ever had trouble sleeping
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[Vincent]

I like to ride through the night myself but prefer warm, moonlit nights in Summer.
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[Xinthus]

unfortunately i do this too just to goto work
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[Clutchy]

I don't know why but it's one of the best feelings in the world to do.

I think it's because it's slightly naughty in my head and against the norm.

Mentioned this to a mate who had a car and his reply was 'it's like you ride a bike for the enjoyment, how weird'

Told my mate who has a bike, he said it was a bit weird, till I got a call at 3am one morning asking me to go for a ride. Told him to sod off on that occasion but went out at 3am with him another time, was really good fun! Like you're on a high, no tiredness at all.

For making me feel less weird people!
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[bikertomm]

I think it's fucking awesome, and quite frankly cannot wait till those hot summer nights come in and I can't sleep, because my bikes coming out

To hit the country lanes in the middle of the night would be bliss! And like someone said the exitement before the city gets up, awesome.

I wish I could explain to people that don't understand.
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[Nick_Giles]

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I can feel an organised BCF North West midnight meet at the 'Cat & Fiddle' forthcoming.


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[Joncrete Cungle]

Motorbike, pushbike, car or just for a walk in the wee small hours. Only ever told the old man about my nocturnal wanderings, he thought I was wierd, I am not fussed what he or anyone else thinks.

I find it helps clear my head if I can't sleep or is imho the best time to be out and about if it is my day off. When I go fishing I often set off at 3 to 4am, it is the best time to be out and driving, while all the numpties, smidsys, talivan operators etc are tucked up in bed.

[mysterious_rider]

At night the road is my racetrack. I love having the empty tarmac to myself, it's great. Most of my miles on the bike have been racked up between the hours of 12 and 5am.
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[bikertomm]

Always love it when you're out late or whatever and you can just hear the violent echo of some bloke absaloutely caning his bike somewhere

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[haroman666]

I too have had people think i'm a nutter for going out for a ride at silly hours.
I think these people are weird for thinking it's weird.

People are so caught up in the day-to-day routine, daily activites from X-oclock to Y-oclock, dinner at Z-oclock, bed at Q-oclock etc etc I think they forget that life isn't a pre-set timetable of events. Humans are able to do things when they want to. And so if I want to ride my bike at 1am then I fucking will... What's the big deal?
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