Photo: Century Cycles
In September, Mary Ann participated in the Neocycle night ride in Cleveland with 1,500 other cyclists and shared photos and enthusiasm on Facebook.
Joshua Gunter covered the story for the Cleveland Plain Dealer: “Glowsticks and headband lamps replaced headlights in eastbound lanes of the Shoreway on Saturday evening, when about 1,500 cyclists took over the road for the first NEOCycle Night Ride.
“The unique ride, which started at Edgewater Park and featured the Detroit-Shoreway, Gordon Square and North Coast Harbor neighborhoods, was a highlight of the weekend-long NEOCycle — Cleveland’s newest cycling event and the Midwest’s first urban cycling festival.
“Cyclists as young as 8 joined the casual ride, whose full tour covered 15 miles, or two laps of the 7.5-mile course.”
For tips on getting ready for a night ride, check out Ohio-based Century Cycles, here.
Photo: Joshua Gunter.The Plain Dealer 
Suzanne's Mom's Blog 
I feel like I may have already told you about the intense night I spent biking in a huge pack of people — about half of whom appeared to be Chinese and half foreigners — across Shanghai, onto a ferry to Pudong, all around big, empty, beautifully landscaped blocks of new development in Pudong, and then back on the ferry and home across Shanghai. My beloved host’s oldest son, who was 16 and very independent, shepherded me and two other foreign visitors — making sure that we were able to keep up and not become separated from the main pack of riders at big intersections. This ride happened once a week and was somewhat anarchic in the sense that almost no one stopped at red lights. But the local government and police seemed to tolerate it. And I got to see a lot of the city using my peripheral vision…as my main focus was not falling down in the midst of hundreds of other exuberant bicyclists. I would definitely do it again.
I hadn’t realized it was at night. Lovely description!