Ok, I recall small threads made a while ago about audio when riding and such so I figured to put it all in thread.

Which some poeple like ear plug/headphones for thier music some like speakers and such. Personally I find that if you're riding a bike and wish to listen to music you should only have one plug in the ear and should only be the right ear for obvious reasons as you're mostly on the right side of the road. The left ear should be clear so you can hear traffic and the volume should be low so you can still enjoy the music yet still have some outside hearing of what's around you as well to help increase your awareness of what's around you from the left ear doing al the work.

I myself use a speaker system. It's integrated in the bag. Speaker backpack which allows me to ride while hearing the the news radio for traffic reports and sometimes if/when I have the mp3 player hooked up for newscasts.

I ran into this a few days ago and thought it was interesting. Very San Fran and downtownish but I love the artistic bike side with the speakers loaded up. Speakers on bikes

I guess lets also make this thread a dual use thread other then audio sytems. Lets all post good riding songs as well. I'll start.

Please list songs in this format ' [song name] - [artist] '

Off the top of my head :

Watching the Wheels - John Lennon
Fender Bender - Kid Koala
Little Green Bag - Reservior Dogs the Movie (for full effect wear a suit!! If you don't get the reference watch the movie )
Starlight - Muse
Jumping Jack Flash - Rolling Stones
Low Rider - War (best if you're riding a chopper bike)
City of Blinding Lights - U2 (good tune for night riding)
Bicycle Race - Blümchen (good remix of Queens song)
Life in the Fast Lane - Eagles
Rockin' In The Free World - Neil Young
Another One Bites the Dust - Queen (I had a roadie go nuts when I had that playing when I passed them on the hills )
Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller Band
Take It Easy - The Eagles
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (NB: headbanging on a bike really gets all eyes on you )
Drinking In LA - Bran Van 3000
We Are All Made Of Stars - Moby
Dogma - KMFDM


That's it for more. Feel free to contribute in.

This is my ipod nano and speaker device:ipod spkrs0001.JPGI pop riveted a mop clamp onto it. Very light and tiny. I can hear music and traffic. Perfect solution.

A couple more tunes.

More then a Feeling - Boston
(19 or) Nineteen - Paul Hardcore (for those army fridays I think this guy was the first for the techno pioneers I could be wrong)

I listen to tunes on an empty wide open MUP. Headphones it is. Personally, when I hit the streets I don't listen to anything. I need to get my thoughts in order for work.


Tunes as of late:
I am an EBM freak and prefer full albums.
Here is what is on my mp3 player lately.

A23: storm
A23: failure
VNV Nation: Empires
VNV Nation: Futureperfect
Wumpscut: blood sweat....

and a few others for different moods:
Radiohead: Kid A
Primus: sailing the seas of cheese
Stabbing Westward: misc songs.

I wear in-ear buds. Both of them. No issues yet.

It cuts and replaces wind noise with audio for me.

ear-buds. Both ears, while it does mean I can't hear as much, it also means it's harder for cagers to startle me by doing stuff like screaming, honking, or dropping their plows to scrape along the road.

Songs:
too many to list, I have about 120 song play list I cycle through. But it's mostly New Wave or 70's/80's punk, in the vein of the Talking Heads, the Clash, U2, etc.

Also, some days I do it up techno style.

one ear bud, npr or sirius, streamed from my phone

That's a nice setup. Do you have a link for the speaker?

I use in-ear buds with my 2G iPod Shuffle (perfect for riding). I keep the volume fairly low so that I can hear everything going on around me (you can pull up next to me and talk and I'll be able to hear you).

As far as tunes as of late:
Laika: Lost in Space
Sea and Cake: Everybody
Wes Montgomery: Incredible Jazz Guitar of...
Tommy Guerrero: A Little Bit of Somethin'
American Analog Set: Set Free
Moose: random singles/EPs

Here's the link: https://www.miglia.com/products/audio...und/index.html
The mop clamp comes from my local hardware store, clips to my handlebars perfectly.

ear buds. Loud enough that I can hear acoustic guitars, but not so loud I can't hear my commuting buddy telling me to slow down.

Let the flame fest begin!!!

Seriously, these threads always turn into a flame fest around here.

BTW-I listen to my iPod sometimes when commuting.

Man, I'd love to get portable Sirius receiver. I'd listen to Howard Stern on my ride in and my ride home! I could probably give up my car completely if I did that!

I actually listen to music often, now that I have a Treo .

It works great, as I usually have to take a phone with me on rides (have, not want). So I found Pocket Tunes and a 2GB SD card. Loaded it full of MP3's. Then I plugged my el-cheapo corded earbud headset into the Treo.. away I go! I have one ear free to hear others around me, and music in the other. If I get a phone call I can push and answer it while slowing down, instead of fumbling around for the phone.

IMHO, it's the end-all-be-all. I'd never consider taking my iPod(s), but my Treo is awesome!

Bike speaker

This link is just something I found on Ebay.

Also that ipod speaker before looks like it'll work with any other mp3 player as well. It says for the ipod but that's probably because all the ipods (I don't own one) have thier headphone jakcs at the bottom so it's more convienent for the ipods to stick in but if you stuck your mp3 player in I'm sure it'll play as well. Heck if you need to have a female-to-female adaptor then that will allow you to place that mp3 player anywhere you want without being stuck on the speaker.

Maybe I'm weird... I just don't have any desire to listen to music while I ride. Most days that is the only quiet time I get, and I find I need silence to decompress from the day. In the morning I have birds to listen to, and I really enjoy that (heard a Swainson's Thrush this morning, I think, along with about a billion robins and a couple fo red-winged blackbirds).

I like taking my Shuffle to the gym, because the white noise from the fans and/or the crappy music there drive me batty, and I'm about 50/50 when I'm walking or running; but for some reason my bike is different.

I HATE trying to pass people (on bikes or feet) who have their music cranked so loud they don't hear my bell.

I'm using one of these. It seems to work ok. Pretty inexpensive. Works with anything with a mini headphone jack.
I'm currently listening to Guster and Gomez. Working my way through the alphabet.

The gizmo that I use to listen to my iPod.

What I had on my "On the Go" playlist today.

Ani DiFranco:
Outta Me, Onto You
Shameless

BOC
Godzilla

Dylan
Hurricane
Gotta Serve Somebody

Cake
Stickshifts and Safetybelts
Carbon Monoxide
Short Skirt, Long Jacket

Disposable Heros of HipHpoercy
California Uber Alles

John Lee Hooker
Boom Boom
One Burbon, One Scotch, One Beer

The Kinks
You Really Got Me
Picture Book
Superman

Lucious Jackson
Strongman
Rollin'

Moby
Bodyrock

Morphine
A Head with Wings
Top Floor, Bottom Buzzer

NIN
head like a hole

Soul Coughing
Super Bon Bon
Rolling
St. Louise is Listening
Circles

Talking Heads
Psycho Killer
Swamp

Tom Waits
On a Foggy Night

Violent Femmes
Waiting for the Bus
Gimme the Car

Wall of Voodoo
Mexican Raido
Spy World

I don't have a portable sirius receiver.
I have a palm treo windows mobile pda phone.
I can stream my account into the phone over the web for free.

I don't wear headphones, but I've been known to sing to myself -- particularly

Kraftwerk "Computer Love" (like singing the 'dee-do, dee-do, dee-dee-do-do' synth parts), sometimes remixing it on the fly with "Tour De France" if a nice tailwind kicks in.

Boards of Canada "Hi-Scores" (in the morning when I'm still waking up)

Dinah Washington "Is you is or Is you ain't my baby?" Rae & Christian mix from the Verve Remixed CD (when I'm warmed up)

Veruca Salt "Seether" and "Volcano Girls" also sometimes transitioning into slower tempo Pixies songs if I feel tired.

... stuff like that ... I mean, why have an Ipod if you can't easily pick your songs to suit the situation

Next week for bike week I'll take a break from audio books and return to the music I love to ride to (as well as everything else.) Turned up loud on headphones so I DON'T have to hear traffic, though nothing cuts out the obnoxiously loud exhaust racket of Harleys and old Pickups.

Next week's playlist has been uploaded and ready to roll, starting off with a little Holy Roller Inspiration:
Kirk Franklin - Gonna Be A Lovely Day
Kirk Franklin - Hosanna
Kirk Franklin - Revolution
Kirk Franklin & Fred Hammond - My Desire
Kirk Franklin & God's Property - Stomp (Remix)
Kirk Franklin feat. Mary J Blige - Lean On Me

Then on to the Real Deal: (on Shuffle mode)

Aretha Franklin - (Pride) A Deeper Love
Aretha Franklin - Another Night
Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools
Aretha Franklin - Elusive Butterfly
Aretha Franklin - Gentle On My Mind
Aretha Franklin - Groovin'
Aretha Franklin - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer
Aretha Franklin - I'm In Love
Aretha Franklin - Jimmy Lee
Aretha Franklin - Jump
Aretha Franklin - Jumping Jack Flash
Aretha Franklin - Let It Be
Aretha Franklin - Natural Woman
Aretha Franklin - Never Loved a Man - Live
Aretha Franklin - Oh Happy Day
Aretha Franklin - Pitiful
Aretha Franklin - Respect
Aretha Franklin - Save Me
Aretha Franklin - Soul Serenade
Aretha Franklin - Tracks Of My Tears
Aretha Franklin - You Send Me
Aretha Franklin - You're All I Need to Get By
Janet Jackson - Control
Janet Jackson - I Miss You Much
Janet Jackson - Nasty Boys
Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation
Janet Jackson - The Pleasure Principle
Janet Jackson - When I Think of You
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
Jimi Hendrix - Blue Suede Shoes
Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic
Jimi Hendrix - Fire
Jimi Hendrix - Gloria
Jimi Hendrix - I Dont Live Today
Jimi Hendrix - Johnny B. Goode
Jimi Hendrix - Little Miss Lover
Jimi Hendrix - Manic Depression
Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary
Jimi_Hendrix - Mannish_Boy
Luther VanDross - Dance with My Father Again
Luther Vandross - Anyone Who Had A Heart
Luther Vandross - Love The One You're With
Luther Vandross - Lovely Day
Luther Vandross - Power Of Love_6min
Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson - Best Thing in My Life are Free
Madonna - Celebrate
Madonna - Crazy for you
Madonna - Deeper and Deeper
Madonna - Die Another Day (Dirty Vegas Mix)
Madonna - Don't Tell Me ( DJ Dream Weaver Remix )
Madonna - Express Yourself
Madonna - Holiday
Madonna - Like A Prayer
Madonna- Ray of Light (Sasha Twilo mix)
Prince - Let's Go Crazy
Prince -1999
Prince - Apollonia 6-Sex Shooter (ext mix)
Prince - Controversy
Prince - Forever in My Life
Prince - Gonna Party like its999
Prince - Hot Thing
Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover
Prince - I Would Die For You
Prince - Insatiable
Prince - Kiss (Daft Punk Remix)
Prince - Let's Go Crazy
Prince - Love 2 the 9's
Prince - Nothing Compares 2 U
Prince - Sign O The Times_albumtrack
Prince - Slow Love
Prince - Take Me With U
Prince - The Max
Prince - Thieves_in_the_Temple
Prince - U Got The Look - Long Version
Prince - Wanna Melt With U
Prince - When You Were Mine
Prince - Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad-
Flip 'n' Fill - I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Whitney Houston - Didn't We Almost Have It All
Whitney Houston - For The Love Of U
Whitney Houston - He Fills Me Up
Whitney Houston - How Will I Know Junior Vasquez Mix
Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Accapella
Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight 2002 (White Label Mix)
Whitney Houston - It's Not Right But It's Ok (SM Trax Remix)
Whitney Houston - Love That Man (Peter Rauhofer Retro Remix)
Whitney Houston - Love Will Save The Day (Junior's 2000 mix)
Whitney Houston - So Emotional (David Morales Mix)
Whitney Houston - Step By Step
Whitney Houston - Thinking About You
Whitney Houston - Whatchulookinat (P. Diddy Remix)
Whitney Houston - Who Do You Love
Whitney Houston - You Give Good Love
Whitney Houston - Your Love Is My Love
Whitney Houston - You're Still My Man
Whitney Houston- I Will Always Love You - Hex Hector Mix


Sorry, I have all my digital music listed out in Artist - Title format.

Good thread. My commute along a pretty busy lane in east Portland takes me through a heavily Hispanic neighborhood called Rockwood. Lots of thumping lowriders, so when I hear the heavy bass coming up behind me it's no big deal. A couple days ago I hear it and glance back and it's a guy on a three-wheel recumbent with the biggest freakin' boombox strapped to his bike. I just had to smile. Wish I had a picture.

Here's the BEST bike song ever, lyrics by Gram Parsons and Chris Hilman and done by the Flying Burrito Brothers. Originally written about motorcycles I think (or tour buses???) I give you

"Wheels"

We've all got wheels to take ourselves away
We've got telephones to say what we can't say
We've all got higher and higher every day
Come on wheels take this boy away
We're not afraid to ride
We're not afraid to die
So come on wheels take me home today
Come on wheels take this boy away
Now when I feel my time is almost up
and destiny is in my right hand
I'll turn to him who made my faith so strong
Come on wheels make this boy a man
We're not afraid to ride
We're not afraid to die
come on wheels take me home today
come on wheels take this boy away
come on wheels take this boy away

Who makes that thing Allen? I like it!

Digital Concepts is the name on the front. I found this one in an airport Brookstone of all places, but they are carried by Walmart. They are in the $15-$20 ballpark.