General Cycling Discussion - Music Poll

We've all heard about the incredible danger and illigality of headphones whilst riding. How many of you listen to tunes during commuting, cruising, or working? Any particular bands?

I used to...i stopped when i had an accident, though the music was unrelated to the accident. Hearing is key in traffic.

never

never ever.

nevAr evAr.

Strictly SLAYER. Reign in Blood especially gets me moving at a rate close to the speed of light.

I listen in one ear and always postpunk..... of course Ive been involved in 6 accidents of varying degrees this past year.... alcohol may or may have not been involved.......

When riding fixed or ss, right?

I listen to music often when I ride, but I never ever ever listen to Danzig. I've got a theory that, if you die while listening to Danzig, you go straight to hell. If Mother Theresa was on her death bed and someone started humming "Twist of Cain," she'd be polishing Lucifer's pitchfork as we speak.

I think the same thing applies to Slayer and the Bee Gees as well.

I don't go much of anywhere or do much of anything without my music.

I ride with earbud headphones every single time I go out. I also live in
a craptastic relatively smallish area and don't spend most of my time
weaving in and out of traffic, maybe that would change things.

Kaz

I listen to music often when I ride, but I never ever ever listen to Danzig. I've got a theory that, if you die while listening to Danzig, you go straight to hell. If Mother Theresa was on her death bed and someone started humming "Twist of Cain," she'd be polishing Lucifer's pitchfork as we speak.

I think the same thing applies to Slayer and the Bee Gees as well.


Hahaha! Good theory. It just might be true. Just think how long that list really could be if you wanted to get technical.


On a side note, I don't actually listen to headphones while i'm riding. I live in Chicago for christsakes, have you seen how people drive here?

earbud in one ear... most of the time. how else am i going to ignore the traffic around me! =]
fixed.
usually along the lines of 7 seconds or some ratatat or dj krush or shadow

if there's one thing i love, it's being stuck on the bridge behind someone riding all bowlegged and swervy rocking out to headphones who can't hear you yelling for them to get the eff out of the way. that said, if i were that type, i'd get my swerve on to 'electric' by the cult.

Not being able to hear traffic completely sketches me out. I've tried it and I hate it.

m.

I would never do that but I always have a song playing in my head... often it's just the chorus over and over again.

I crank the volume all the way up, and leave the headphones around my neck. You can only really hear it at stops and when the traffic is light. Its fun on random though. Whats it gonna be? Fugazi? Harry Nilsson? DFA1979? Caetano Veloso?

I almost always listen to music while I ride. I find the iPod earbuds let in a pretty decent amount of extraneous noise, so I don't get too freaked out.. as far as what I listen to, that runs the gamut from jazz to hip-hop to indie to klezmer. But I think I bounce most stylishly with the Outkast bumpin.


Did that make sense?

Never...Safety first...and should I be lucky and have a peaceful ride with wind/birds and all those good noises...Well, why ruin a good thing...
and from one who is interested in and loves to hear my kind of music...

I would never do that but I always have a song playing in my head... often it's just the chorus over and over again.

Funny you mention that. I always thought I was the only one that "looped" songs in my mind's ear. Just the other day I was "playing" the chorus of Clutch's "Mob Goes Wild" while digging DEEP to stay with the group on a local climb. That only after having to force myself to put some lame assed disco song out of my head.

i find Venetian Snares is not good for getting your spin smooth

plus people look at you funny with all the spastic head jerking...

off topic: my pet peave on the rode isnt the kids with the tunes but the tourist riders takin up my lane at a snails pace...... I appologize for the 2 inches of clearance I left as I blew past (some of us have somewhere to go ;) )

this is a bitter topic for me... i was REALLY close to purchasing a JVC boombox backpack, which isn't being made anymore, but now i can't (the damn store ran out before i decided to buy it). unnnnnnngh that was gonna rule.

but no, i don't ride with headphones.

Pearl Jam, Snoop Dogg, and AC/DC, over and over.

i'll wear them if riding the bike path, but not on the street. I don't think thats the most intelligent idea because cars hurt when they hit you.

thats an urban legend :p

i bet those dudes on the show mythbusters would take it on.

between you and me I would love to watch those guys go head to head with some cars ;)

I hook my Califone (http://www.primeaumusic.com/Phonos/califone1430.htm) up to my dyno light generator and set it on my front rack. I only use it to play Air Supply (http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/air_supply/bio.jhtml) records.



If one listens to music that is dependant on stereo sound, you may want to get one of those adaptors for your earphone that converts stereo to mono.

cars hurt when they hit you.

I don't give a ***** how the car feels. I know I hurt. :)

Pearl Jam, Snoop Dogg, and AC/DC, over and over.

i'll wear them if riding the bike path, but not on the street. I don't think thats the most intelligent idea because cars hurt when they hit you.

I;ve got one by osiris co. It rocks when mountain biking, partying in the middle of nowhere and scaring/annoying the diehard triathletes who show up at the century ride.

I use my mini disc player when I am doing really long rides on backroads on my touring bike but other than that no. And even on those rides I use only the right ear so I can hear cars as they approach me. I have a hearing loss as it is so riding my fixed gear on busy roads with headphones on would not be smart.

I would never do that but I always have a song playing in my head... often it's just the chorus over and over again.

in hi school i would listen to entire albums in my head while cycling, especially on hilly rides...

but no headphones ever, i listen to the sounds around me when outside. sometimes i sing.

once i had a radio-shack bike radio. it was hilarious to ride home in rush hour traffic listening to NPR. until the novelty wore off and the clamps broke.

sometimes i sing
guilty
i have a terrible voice too.
call it my warning bell




i'll wear them if riding the bike path, but not on the street.
amen to that.
its rare that someone will pass me on the path. so i don't give an eff who's behind me. but in traffic, you have to keep your game sharp. the second you slip your going to get doored, or pinned, or crowded or SOMETHING bad is going to happen.

in addition to that.
my taste in music is terrible.
and not really worth listening to anyways. ;)

i wear headphones. i ride in the city. i like it. i used to ride with a crappy cd player with no skip protection back in the day, and before that, a walkman thing. i've always done it, and feel it too quiet when i'm not listening to something.

it's a personal choice, very much like my ride or my decision to wear a helmet and ride with brakes. everyone says it doesn't matter what you do, as long as you're riding. i agree.

I have to say, I really love listening to music when I ride. I find it really puts me in a zen-like groove, and drastically improves my proverbial *flow*.

That said, despite liking it, I never ever ride in traffice with headphones. I'm thinking about rigging up a speaker that can attacth to my Chrome strap though, as it's right by my ear. I think that might work, without blocking dangerous amounts of peripheral sound.

never ever. it makes me paranoid if i can't hear what's going on around me.

the new ishuffle is ideal for cycling. p..p..p..pump me up!

We've all heard about the incredible danger and illigality of headphones whilst riding. How many of you listen to tunes during commuting, cruising, or working? Any particular bands?

Only on the paths, and only at very low volumes. I was joking with another forum member- my music is so low that I can't even hear half of it... I have to sing until I can hear it again, and that's good enough for me.

I like to hear the warnings and all, but I need the music most of the times. Sometimes I go without.

I always ride without on the streets.

Koffee

I only do this at school where people are so shocked to see someone on a bike, they roll out the red carpet for you. In the city, it's an awful idea and people that do this should be punched before they get hit (by a car). I agree that it puts me in a groove, but I'll gladly trade that groove for being able to hear sirens, car horns, and gun shots.

All I know is it is hard enough to ride without any more intrusions. LOL

I ride with one earphone in and the other out. I only have like 10 albums on my ipod. Out of sheer laziness i haven't transferred my CDs over yet. Out of these 10 albums and depending on my mood i usually end up listening to:

-The Unicorns
-Arcade Fire
-Yo La Tengo
-The Sea and Cake
-Sometimes Belle and Sebastian and the Silver Jews

I really need to get some more stuff on there. Listening to metal while riding would be fun, so would Electroclash...

Your my Hero...Reign in Blood is incredible sitting on the ground or car!

Your my Hero...Reign in Blood is incredible sitting on the ground or car!

Slayer is pretty good. My friend swears by fantasy metal...

singer sounds like a dragon. HA!

Slayer is pretty good. My friend swears by fantasy metal...

singer sounds like a dragon. HA!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/benar/slayer.jpg

i never bike without them. even in traffic. its not safe. but either are most fun things.
lately i've been pumping neurosis, black dahlia murder, decrepit birth, comeback kid, strife, and of course, rambo.

Slayer is pretty good. My friend swears by fantasy metal...

singer sounds like a dragon. HA!

speaking of fantasy (my prefered nomenclature is adventure) metal, 3 of the 4 times i have listened to dragonforce's fury of the storm while riding, a sudden downpour completely drenches me for the 7 minutes the song plays, then ceases. it rules. i don't even mind getting soaked because it's so appropriate.

speaking of fantasy (my prefered nomenclature is adventure) metal, 3 of the 4 times i have listened to dragonforce's fury of the storm while riding, a sudden downpour completely drenches me for the 7 minutes the song plays, then ceases. it rules. i don't even mind getting soaked because it's so appropriate.

it's been scientificaly proven that dragonforce makes your brain melt..

The streets are dead when I get off work at night, so I feel pretty safe. For a while I listened to Manowar every night but stopped when the deluded fantasies of lopping heads off of pedestrians with a broadsword and shooting arrows at other cyclists began to manifest.

Never ever. Sometimes I sing, though.

it's been scientificaly proven that dragonforce makes your brain melt..


true fact. far to wykkyd for human consumption.

i bet those dudes on the show mythbusters would take it on.
Those guys are awesome, but yeah riding with music devices is just not on. Tried it once, never worked for me. :(