Anyone flys by me blasting Limp Bizkit, I will be sorely tempted to clothesline him and bury the body in those very same woods. Forcing amplified noise on unwilling listeners is bad enough in the city; out in the trees its grounds for homicide.
If you're truly far enough away so you won't bother anyone (very rare where I live), then its entirely up to you, but I really don't see the need. The smooth-running bike, your hard-working body, and the busy woods all make their own musics -- and much better than anything some overpaid Hollywood jackass is likely to be yammering about. I wouldn't want to pay the weight penalty just to decrease my awareness and enjoyment.
Of course when I was twenty I probably would have thought it was a great idea -- but with Van Halen instead of the Bizkit. Of course it wouldn't have worked when I was twenty, because the bumps would have made the Victrola skip.
To each his own.
Last edited by Big Helmet; 10-23-02 at 12:44 PM.