Whn I first started riding, I carried a radio with a single earpiece. I suspected that riding for exercise would be boring. Subsequently, I saw much advise against such a practice and decided to behave in favor of safety and stop wearing it.
When wearing it though, I did find that I was paying attention to what was going on on the radio rather than what I was doing. I also noticed that I was irrtitated at having to change stations or adjust volume frequently, again distracting me.
The main reason the radio now stays with the weight machine rather than the cycle is that I find that cycling is not at all boring.
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