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I ride MUP for 90% of my route, got a 30gb Ipod for Xmas, it's about half full. I have it on random right now, but I'm going to set up some playlists. The louder and heavier the better. It's always great when Motorhead happens to start right at the bottom of a steep hill.
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Originally Posted by Buglady
I HATE trying to pass people (on bikes or feet) who have their music cranked so loud they don't hear my bell. I also hate the people on bikes with the music so laugh just like some joggers/walkers that you can't move around them as they're as manueverable as you are and you can't predict thier movement till you alert them. I've tried passing one rider beore with the audio so loud I could hear it before I even got close to them and they just freaked out and almost took me out into the water bank as I was passing them. Also having both ears plugged especially for ladies on foot just cuts down thier awareness to what's around them and you while feel sorry for them if they are attacked but in a way you kind of can see that attack just sooner or later happening as they can't hear others behind them. |
I avoid listening to music or anything other than my environment as much as I can . I will admit to listening to a Sunday afternoon hockey game recently on a rail trail ride with my girlfriend, but even then I had the earbuds dangling below my ears suspended by the helmet straps. I won't even consider using them on the road.
Even when I'm in a "safe" environment like a rail trail I still don't actually put the bud in my ear. I do it like this. http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/7...acementzp4.jpg The bud (green) ends up right below my earlobe allowing me to hear the radio, but doesn't impede my hearing. I by no means advocate this for traffic, but in a "safe" setting it works for me. |
somewhat on topic... has anyone tried bone conduction speakers?
i would love to try some but don't see them readily available anywhere and am not inclined to purchase without playing first. then more on topic... i listen to both in-ear plugs and am more likely to ride when i have the freedom to so. if it is a more dangerous ride then it is nothing noticeable to me, i almost always see an approaching cyclist in my mirror and i have never have had anyone make a negative comment towards me regarding the headphones. my favorite tracks for cycling would be highly energetic. i dig metal.. Strapping Young Lad- Detox Gojira- Backbone In Flames- Take This Life Death By Stereo- The Plague Opeth- Bleak also am into real punk.. not the Dookie bubblegum crap... Nofx- Don't Call Me White Gogol Bordello- I Would Never Want to Be Young Rancid- Olympia, Wa Suicidal Tendencies- Possessed and if i had to admit it, i like good country... no Shania/Toby crap Steve Earle- Tanneytown Drive By Truckers- Gravity's gone Uncle Tupelo- Chickamauga I Can Lick Any Son of a ***** in the House- 665 then for the standard Radio Rock type stuff... Tool- Rosetta Stone System of a Down- IEAIAIO Deftones- Knife Party Chevelle- Another Know It All Rap... NWA- Straight Outta Compton Public Enemy- Don't Beleive the Hype House of Pain- Top O'The Morning To Ya DMX- RuffRyders Anthem Beastie Boys- Pass the Mic Audiobook Favorites... Stephen King- Wizard and Glass Jeffery Deaver- Garden of Beasts Jeff Lindsay- Dearly Devoted Dexter Walter Mosley- The Man in My Basement Listening while i ride gives me plenty of time to hear new stuff whereas if i didn't listen i would have little to no time to enjoy new music. |
Anyones audio setup waterproof or water resistant? Any shortouts?
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Originally Posted by Zero_Enigma
Anyones audio setup waterproof or water resistant? Any shortouts?
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I wear headphones. It cuts out wind noise, but I keep the volume low enough that I can hear traffic.
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