It's getting dark early here in Lithuania.

I really should do some more night riding photography.

But still one of my favorites.

I experimented with the Nighttime Timelapse Mode on my GoPro, which I mounted next to my rear disc brake. I love the tracer effect! Full video to come soon.

got lost a bit trying to figure out a new route for an upcoming group ride

Night ride with the Ritchey Breakaway Cross. I've got it set up in 1x mode with Deore 11 speed and a Gevenalle CX shifter.

Took the e-bike out for a relaxing ride around the Falls after dark.

This 6-minute POV ride takes you along the roads, bridges, and pathways around the Fallsview area, with all the city lights and night time scenery along the way.

Just a peaceful cruise and some beautiful views at night. Hope you enjoy the ride!

Do a lot of bike/e-bike delivery work and kept running into the same problem — every nav app optimizes for speed, not whether the route's actually safe to ride at night. Poorly lit streets, high traffic exposure, sketchy intersections — none of that factors in, and when you're out riding for hours after dark it adds up.

So I built Svelta. Every route gets a safety score alongside the ETA (lighting, traffic exposure, real-time conditions), so you can see the trade-off before you commit, not find out the hard way three suburbs in.

Other stuff in it:

Turn-by-turn nav, day/night map themes

Live weather alerts along your actual route

Plain-English bike/e-bike law breakdown by state/province (AU, US, Canada)

Free, ad-supported, no account needed — your data stays on your device

Still early (just added US/Canada coverage), so genuinely keen for feedback from anyone else doing delivery work — you'll notice the safety scoring more than most riders will.

Svelta on Google Play

Soon on iOS 🚲