Video: Lone Wolf Productions - Matt Brooks' Starry Night

Oct 31, 2013
by Lone Wolf Productions  
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No-hander

As the days grow colder and the nights become longer you are forced to change your riding dynamic by turning on the lights. Old trails become unfamiliar as shadows bounce around a narrow tunnel of light that shines down from your bars. A new danger becomes apparent as you rely on a bubble of light provided by an ever draining battery to separate you from whatever may lurk in the darkness.

A pump track lap. Head and bar lights

As you ride the mind wanders, imagining sounds that aren't there, pushing you to pedal faster and make your escape. Breaks take on a new form, and you hope your riding partners are still coming behind as not to leave you stranded alone in the eerily quite forest. Your voices echo, nervous laughter is pressent and you hope nothing else is listening.

...

Wisps of steam flow out and around your helmet while the chill in the air seeps into your clothing. While you find the thrill of the trail exhilarating, you secretly long for the warmth and safety of your truck at the bottom of the trail. You race towards the end of the trail feeling uneasy. Your lights begin to flicker, and you become very aware that riders aren't the only thing on the trail tonight.

...

The sun makes its way over the hills melting the thin layer of frost that accumulated throughout the night. A police man speaks to a tow truck driver. His lights flash in the background, but no siren is turned on. Why would it be? Sirens are for emergencies and they are simply towing another abandoned vehicle.

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Commencal Bikes for making such a dependable and bright frame. For more information or to purchase click here.

Steve Riffel of Riff Stills and Keenan Kovacs of Lucky Nugget Films for their cinematography and photography work.

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80 Comments
  • 102 1
 Im not even that good during daytime.....
  • 11 29
flag guigui333 (Oct 31, 2013 at 0:45) (Below Threshold)
 hahaha
  • 18 0
 i just hit a bridge to a 1ft drop today felt like a badass, come home watch this, i feel ya
  • 12 1
 I'm not even sure if this guy really needed that flashlight, I think that frame is probably bright enough on its own....
  • 21 2
 Tried jumping in the dark with my lights .what a strange feeling you get .and it's a completely difrant ball game . Messes with you seances kinda like it :-)
  • 6 0
 Going down a trail you know really well with only a bar mounted light (no head light) is an amazing experience. Turning / taking off into blackness feels unreal. A bar mounted light shows enough of the trail for you to know where you are, but doesn't always show you where you're going/looking / landing!
  • 2 0
 Agree I'm trying a head light tonight :-)
  • 10 2
 difrant
  • 3 0
 Try running both. Minimum of 1000 lumens total should let you ride as fast as you want without out riding the light. MagicShine for the WIN!!!
  • 3 4
 I have 2 """4000""" lm ebay lights on my handle bars they produce more than 4000lm together but not 4000lm on their own. Amazing lights for an amazing price. there brighter than alot of care headlights and it's like riding in the day. I also have a 2000lm ebay light on my helmet. I get 6000 or so lm in total and when people ask how much i paid for them, i say "less than £100 from and they just gorgal while i ride off Big Grin
  • 2 0
 I use a LEZYNE MEGA DRIVE 1100 lums this light is fanatic USB charge so no cables to think about comes with spare battary . It has race mode that is great for saveing battary low for climbs full for hitting the downs . This light sees so far ahead it's great beem is nice and wide aswell . Just want to try a head light to spot my corners more .
  • 3 1
 awesome set of photos in the article


some years back we shot a "night shore" article at the old Esher Shore bike park for MBUK magazine here in the UK

check out the images I received from MBUK:

www.pinkbike.com/photo/1159279

www.pinkbike.com/photo/1159278

www.pinkbike.com/photo/1159274

www.pinkbike.com/photo/1159275
  • 1 0
 can anyone help me? i want to start night riding , what fullface helmet mounted light are there? i have looked but cant seem to find any.
  • 2 0
 most lights will come with a helmet mount in their packaging just get lights that are between 750 to 1500 and you'll be fine. get two lights one for your head and one for your bars. And set the bar light to be more powerful, it will create shadows, helps with depth perception
  • 1 0
 thanks Smile any suggestions of good lights?
  • 1 0
 I've found the magicshine mj872 pretty good, especially for the price
  • 1 0
 helmet mounted or just bar mounted?
  • 1 0
 Came with both a bar mount and a helmet strap which I've not used. It's just one strap which I guess you run through the vents in you're helmet, rather than one going around and one over the top like Hope ones for example. Battery is pretty big too which is something to bear in mind.
  • 1 0
 you reckon i'd be able to mount it on a fullface? thanks Smile
  • 1 0
 Doubt it mate, the mesh across the vents would stop the strap from being threaded through. Unless you could botch something like this by wrapping the strap around a few times. Not sure if it would work though: www.pinkbike.com/photo/5699324
  • 6 1
 Night riding is the best, get a decent set of lights though, I've got a set of NiteLights 1400 lumens on my helmet and 900 on my bars, fast trails winding down through the forest keeps you on your toes, its the shadows that are cast from the lights on the trees that freak me out the most, keep thinking its an animal darting across the trail. If you haven't tried yet, DO IT.
  • 2 1
 I love night riding Smile i has about 6000lm of light coming of my bike and i Big Grin 2x 4000lm ebay lights (more like 2000 a pop) and one 2000lm ebay light (proper 2000lm) on my helmet. One light aimed as far ahead as possible, another 10ft in front of me and last one on my helmet Smile ))) i beast down trails
  • 2 0
 I bought my light about 4 years ago. It is a Cygolite 350 lm. Woe fully under lit. Since I started night riding, I have become more comfortable on my trails and it is too easy to outride the light. Saving the pennies for a second light and put the old one on the bars.
  • 1 0
 where can i get a light that will mount on a fullface??
  • 1 0
 I zip tie mine through the vents in the visor, the power cord runs back into my camelback,
  • 1 0
 what light you got Smile ?
  • 1 0
 I have two Serfas True 1500 lights. One on the bars and the other on the helmet. They're perfect since they have three lights per unit as opposed to one. Way less of the phantom shadows I got with a single bulb setup. I run them at a lower setting so I have more run-time than I'll need on any given ride.
  • 1 0
 yep my bar lights also have 3 lights in the one unit and 1 on top of my helmet, plenty of light and also has 3 light settings, went out for a ride on saturday night, when i played back the footage i got to see all the reflections from the eyes of animals in the forest mostly Kangaroos, although one set of eyes were larger than what you'd expect from a roo, more than likely a wild boar, the things you miss when riding at night, concentrating more on whats in front of you, going back out again this sat night to try a downhill run, we're meeting up at 10pm at the top , should be interesting. The Serfas retail for around $390 which is around the same price I paid for mine,
  • 1 0
 sorry to come back to this thread, but do you think i would be able to fit this light: www.amazon.co.uk/Magicshine-Bundle-MJ-872-Helmet-Extension/dp/B007715E4C/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1384385506&sr=8-2&keywords=mj-872 to a fullface?
  • 1 0
 I bet you could. I used something really similar once.
  • 1 0
 thanks Big Grin what were the lights used in the video, do you know?
  • 1 0
 agree with LWP 1600LM is heaps , not sure what lights they used in the vid but the link you gave us is definitely worth a look at, I'm heading out again tonight, its a full moon, can't wait.
  • 9 0
 im starting to really respect commencal videos.
  • 7 0
 Puts new meaning to "spot your landing."
  • 3 0
 I "see" what you did there!
  • 2 0
 most speech less I've ever been after a video, I think I had my mouth wide open in disbelief not breathing for at least 30 seconds towards the end, and great follow up full open aperture shots. Truly breath taking, most amazing thing I've seen ever! I'm watching it again!
  • 3 0
 @ Mr Wolf!

Loved it dude, shooting at night is a completely different ball game! (as is riding) and you nailed it. Nice one!
  • 8 3
 Epic! Night riding is so fun!
  • 3 0
 Not that he was alone but I only ride at night in a group. Too many bears come out at night in my 'backyard' and they don't like surprises, not even on Halloween.
  • 2 0
 i ride at night alone all the time. i've talked myself into believing that the bears are fast asleep.
  • 1 0
 the cost of life in Canada I suppose, especially here in BC (aka bear country) - Kelowna in my case
  • 1 1
 It is sorta shocking that BMXers and DirtJuMpErS didn't start using Headlamps and bike mounted lamps two decades ago when mountain bikers started riding at night. You guys missed out on a great many scary rides. I would never do it on a downhill.
  • 4 2
 Did my first night ride in several months tonight, soo good! DH riding at night though would be nuts!
  • 3 0
 Best night riding video I've seen. Nice work!
  • 1 0
 that was awesome!!! im just getting into night riding. i only have 1 light , need another for my lid!! thanks for the inspiration!!
  • 2 0
 There's "night-riding" and then there's "night-shredding". This video is definitely the latter.
  • 4 2
 That's it... No sleeping tonight, I'll just go shredding.
  • 3 1
 One of Lone Wolf's best videos. Nice one!
  • 1 0
 Turned out great homie! Two 650 lumin niterider lights, one on the bars one on your head. You can pin it in pitch black.
  • 1 0
 I never tried night biking. After that video I will try it for sure. Thank you for that Inspiration.
  • 1 0
 Night can give you some different light opportunities!

like fire:

www.pinkbike.com/photo/10244742
  • 2 0
 Magic Shine....HOOSKER DO.
  • 1 0
 There is not a better feeling then sending your favorite trail... at night!!
  • 1 0
 In theory a road gap will be less scary in the dark because you can't see the drop, just the landing!
  • 1 0
 I love how the dust is accentuated at night. Not just in the video but in real life night rides as well.
  • 2 0
 I wouldn't even hit that road gap during the day.
  • 1 0
 Gapping at nite is nutty. Having a light on the landing makes it less freaky. Stills are cool.
  • 3 2
 What is Joost Wichman doing there?
www.pinkbike.com/photo/9316652
  • 2 0
 Awesome vid!
  • 1 0
 LOOOOKSSSSS SSSSOOOOO FFFFFUUUUUNNNNN
  • 1 0
 Uglyguy only comes out at night. Only I can't shred like that.
  • 1 0
 those trails look like they'd be a lot of fun during the day...
  • 1 0
 Hucking blind taken literally
  • 2 0
 INSANE
  • 1 0
 Song please?
  • 3 3
 what lumen rating? what brand of led?
  • 2 0
 Looks like a Niterider system. Dunno about power.

If you are starting up it's hard to beat a cheap Chinese system though. Here in the uk you can order a 'Magicshine' clone direct from China for £25-30 and they are more than good enough. I did buy a UK brand light too at 5-6x the price and, whilst the light quality and build are better, I personally can't justify the additional cost when financially I'm not all that flush. Or just search eBay and you can find similar options...
  • 1 0
 Yeah, that's true. I used some of those knock off ones during the beginning stages of this edit and they worked quite well. Not having a cord to a battery is a nice feature to have with the more expensive models though. You can get those cheap lights for nothing at Deal Extreme www.dx.com.
  • 2 0
 "Turned out great homie! Two 650 lumin niterider lights, one on the bars one on your head. You can pin it in pitch black." says BetaTwo....they're his lights.
  • 1 0
 All the Chinese stuff is so so good. You can even find UK sellers for most now too. Outstanding performance and VFM
  • 2 0
 @Lone_Wolf_Productions

Yeah - dx is where I started. Lights do have a definite bright spot with a sharp edge but I can live with that! I've found eBay is now even better though with stock already in the country (UK for me) so no long wait for delivery, and prices the same or cheaper. Everyone eBay 'bike lights'!

Oh, and in a slightly geeky fanboy manner I've watched your edits for what seems an age - thank you as they are awesome! Geek-out over...
  • 1 0
 i have a niterider too, and two cyglolite. there are sub 100 dollar lights that goes to 2k lumen around
  • 2 2
 My eyes!!!!!!!!!!! Flash blind my eyes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • 1 0
 Straight badass!
  • 2 1
 A very lame job matt
  • 3 0
 All I want is a Keenan Kovacs edit.
  • 1 0
 Then get a bike!
  • 1 0
 I will! stop buggin me lol
  • 1 0
 night rides are the best







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