Listening to music while riding saved my life..... well let me explain. I have been listening to music while commuting since Run DMC on my sony walkman. The other day my smart phone just up and died so I had to ride with no music. Now I ride through the Downtown East Side in Vancouver every night around midnight as part of my commute. With out the music I am hearing people cursing at me, challenging me to altercations and the icing on the cake was a hooker told me my flashing light was too bright so I told her it sure was because I saw how ugly she was. Well her "male friend" (pimp?) threw a beer bottle at me. Now if I had my music I would of just kept riding and not been my usual witty self and had projectiles lobbed at me.

Plus I like to ride to Miles Davis... Calms me down

Cheers,

Dave