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Originally Posted by CliftonGK1
I wear a single earbud in my curb-side ear just about everywhere I ride. It leaves my street-side ear open to hear everything that's going on around me. Combined with a mirror, nothing is catching me off-guard. I recently rode an overnight solo century wearing that setup. I keep the volume low enough that I can hold a conversation with a rider to my right; I'm not blasting it loud enough to drown out all other sound.
When Cheri and I ride together many times we are both listening to our MP3 players...and still manage to talk to each other with no problem. Since I adopted using a mirror about 20 years ago or so, I can't recall anything sneaking up behind me.

Over the years here in BF I have observed that most who think riding while listening to something is so dangerous either have never done it themselves, or just can't do it themselves and think everyone else shares their handicap.

Sadly, there seem to be a lot of idiots out there who probably shouldn't be doing it...it's like the music puts their brains to sleep. I can see why those who have never done it, but have encountered these zombies, might consider the practice dangerous.
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