What music are you listening when you're in trail or road?
03-14-18, 06:51 PM
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I typically listen to a mix of a lot of stuff.
My playlist for when I am biking home with my speaker in traffic (which actually isn't super often so the playlist doesn't change to much) typically starts with The Agrrolites moves into The Swollen Goat by Clutch into some Don Drummond into Drain You by Nirvana into Hey Ya! by Outkast into Undone by Weezer into some Wugazi (Wu-Tang mixed with Fugazi) and ends with Love Me Two Times by The Doors.
However in the past the mix has had Charles Mingus, Black Sabbath, Red Fang, The Ramones, Pansy Division, Ravi Shankar, John Lee Hooker, KRS-One, Japanther, James Brown, Flogging Molly, The Little Willies and probably some other stuff I cannot remember. As you might can tell I love music and love all sorts of music and that list above is a tiny portion of the variety I listen to. Usually if I am not listening to music I tend to have a song in my head to keep me going.
If you are on a bike path/trail or riding in nature, I see no need for music unless it is private and there is no good way of doing that. When on the road I find it is handy because it is another way to make yourself more present and I find if you are playing good music people like it. Typically the reggae gets people groovin' and less angry but some people have noticed other music and given approval. I was on a ride and one of the riders requested more bagpipe music which sadly I didn't have at the time on that device (my computer and in CDs and Records I have plenty though some of it has annoying bands behind it rather than just the pipes and drums)
My playlist for when I am biking home with my speaker in traffic (which actually isn't super often so the playlist doesn't change to much) typically starts with The Agrrolites moves into The Swollen Goat by Clutch into some Don Drummond into Drain You by Nirvana into Hey Ya! by Outkast into Undone by Weezer into some Wugazi (Wu-Tang mixed with Fugazi) and ends with Love Me Two Times by The Doors.
However in the past the mix has had Charles Mingus, Black Sabbath, Red Fang, The Ramones, Pansy Division, Ravi Shankar, John Lee Hooker, KRS-One, Japanther, James Brown, Flogging Molly, The Little Willies and probably some other stuff I cannot remember. As you might can tell I love music and love all sorts of music and that list above is a tiny portion of the variety I listen to. Usually if I am not listening to music I tend to have a song in my head to keep me going.
If you are on a bike path/trail or riding in nature, I see no need for music unless it is private and there is no good way of doing that. When on the road I find it is handy because it is another way to make yourself more present and I find if you are playing good music people like it. Typically the reggae gets people groovin' and less angry but some people have noticed other music and given approval. I was on a ride and one of the riders requested more bagpipe music which sadly I didn't have at the time on that device (my computer and in CDs and Records I have plenty though some of it has annoying bands behind it rather than just the pipes and drums)
03-15-18, 04:21 PM
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Whatever tune pops through my head. I tend to use an 8-count cadence, in particular on climbs which probably is a result of having been in marching band through college and "8 steps in 5 yards" was ingrained in me.
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03-15-18, 04:28 PM
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I dont listen to music when I ride. These days I think it is dumb and dangerous.
Why not just enjoy the ride.
Why not just enjoy the ride.
03-15-18, 05:04 PM
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03-15-18, 05:14 PM
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I doubt you're aware, but it is possible to both listen to music and enjoy the ride. I don't see why they would be mutually exclusive. Probably not beneficial where you are, though-- you'd have to turn the tunes up pretty loud to drown out the ever-present howl of nothingness.
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For whatever reasons I frequently hum this when I am on a climb:
03-15-18, 06:39 PM
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03-15-18, 08:08 PM
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For whatever reasons I frequently hum this when I am on a climb:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl9gZSIZqmQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl9gZSIZqmQ
03-16-18, 04:12 AM
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For whatever reasons I frequently hum this when I am on a climb:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl9gZSIZqmQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl9gZSIZqmQ
"on the border" and "try and love again" more than other eagles songs. it will probably change tho in the next few months.
oh...forgot about the live version of "hotel california" from hell freezes over.
03-16-18, 04:20 AM
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What I have on my phone; mostly genres of rock and metal, some rap(especially MF DOOM), a little bit of EDM and mash ups. I can't do silence, my mind races and it helps slow it down, or to focus.
03-16-18, 05:12 AM
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Silence one of my favorite sounds.
03-16-18, 05:14 AM
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I'm in the "nothing" camp as well. I don't really need a sound track to improve my experience. In 44+ years of riding, I've never had any type of music that wasn't already within my head. Sometimes I whistle or sing softly to myself. Usually, I'm just listening and thinking.
Music or audio books mesh well with some things, like cross-country driving. But additional sounds aren't necessary for boating, skiing, bicycling, disc golf, or gym work. At least, not for me. I'll take this a bit further...
I'd prefer pro sporting events without the booming modern music, and don't feel that the production value of all of the lights and noise adds to the contest at all. The NHL expanded in 1967, doubling the number of teams. At that time, you had the organist and PA announcer. No one needed to tell us when to "make some noise". Duh, we understood when the drama was building and reacted accordingly. The athletes knew when to respond. They didn't need us to wake them up. Did they?
Music or audio books mesh well with some things, like cross-country driving. But additional sounds aren't necessary for boating, skiing, bicycling, disc golf, or gym work. At least, not for me. I'll take this a bit further...
I'd prefer pro sporting events without the booming modern music, and don't feel that the production value of all of the lights and noise adds to the contest at all. The NHL expanded in 1967, doubling the number of teams. At that time, you had the organist and PA announcer. No one needed to tell us when to "make some noise". Duh, we understood when the drama was building and reacted accordingly. The athletes knew when to respond. They didn't need us to wake them up. Did they?
03-16-18, 07:46 AM
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When I listen to music, it's usually older rock, CCR, Eagles, Boston, Foreigner, Queen, heck even Ted Nuget. Sometimes more in the John Denver mood.
But on my roadbike, IF I want music, it is more typically classical mix. Pandora has a station "Classical Commute" which I like. Don't know why, but for some reason this just clicks when I'm laying down road miles.
And then sometimes I listen to nothing but the wind in my ears and my own thoughts.
But on my roadbike, IF I want music, it is more typically classical mix. Pandora has a station "Classical Commute" which I like. Don't know why, but for some reason this just clicks when I'm laying down road miles.
And then sometimes I listen to nothing but the wind in my ears and my own thoughts.
03-16-18, 10:42 AM
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03-16-18, 07:01 PM
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Nothing at all. I have tinitus and the object is to get away from all the noise for a while. Nothing is more irritating to me than to have some jerk riding on the bike trail with a radio so loud it could wake the dead.
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