Riding at night!

Riding at night is a lot like skiing at night.  The roads are empty.  The slopes are less crowded.  You find yourself going faster because you can't see the risks: no pebbles of death, no potholes, no slippery wet leaves, no pedestrians whose movements you can't anticipate.  All of these things are there - you just can't see them with your upgraded front bike light.  Not the $10 blinky light that says quietly "I'm here.  Look at me.  It's dusk." But the $50 beam that says "Oh look, that might be a pothole!  Oh watch out! Car screeching to a halt at the stop sign."  When you throw caution in to the wind, literally, you get home much faster than usual.