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Old 06-11-18 | 08:37 AM
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Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem

I have a new pair of bluetooth earbuds. They are LEOPHILE ZERO with active noise canceling. I don't use the noise canceling feature, so I could have gotten the model without the feature. I hear the feature consumes battery, which makes sense.

The set is a horseshoe which goes around the back of the neck. The earbuds hang from the front of the horseshoe. Sound quality is pretty bad, as it lacks bass. The earbuds catch a lot of wind and introduce more noise into my ears, but it's not horrible. The microphone is on the underside of the horseshoe, which is great. I occasionally need to talk on the phone, and this prevents wind noise from getting into the audio stream. People can hear me just fine, even when I'm riding on the bike. My previous headphones were utterly unusable as a phone because wind noise was deafening.

Controls are on the top side of the horseshoe, easy to reach and feel.

Another nice thing is that it's easy to use just one earbud rather than two.

Some people on Amazon complain that the dangling of the earbuds is annoying. I don't mind it, but you could rig up a magnet or piece of velcro if it bothers you.

I listen mostly to spoken word, so sound quality isn't that important to me. If good bass is important to you, don't buy these.
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