I'm not comfortable with earbuds. One, I'm concerned about the limiting of my awareness of my surroundings. Secondly, even when riding through my neighborhood with the iPod, I kept fussing with the earbuds. They fall out, the wires get caught on any/every twig or branch i brush by. It was more trouble than it's worth.

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handle bar mount capable speaker that allows for an iPod connection.
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I've been pondering on this for a while, even thinking of customizing existing products for this application.