Listening to music whilst riding.

[thomas]

Listening to music? Potentially. So is thinking about what you will be having for dinner when you get home or how pretty the sky looks.

I cycled into a hedge a month back because I was looking behind to see how far my back light would go

 

[longers]

Good bodge BlackPanther, a firm were selling moulded clip ons to do the same job as your deflectors a few/couple of years ago but I've not seen or heard of them since.

It's good to hear that yours work, unfortunately you might not be able to patent them.

 

[Jezston]

Maybe people who say it's silly to have headphones on have never actually never ridden with them. Just like on a motorbike, earplugs, far from 'blocking' hearing, actually get rid of the whooshing noise and make hearing clearer. Try it doubters.

This.

Many 'headphone haters' appear to be of the impression that wearing headphones makes you completely deaf to the world. I would LOVE to find a pair of headphones that actually do this without using dodgy isolation processing!

 

[Jezston]

I cycled into a hedge a month back because I was looking behind to see how far my back light would go

See I told them on that '...lights!!!' thread this powerful light fetishism is going too far!

 

[DrSquirrel]

They work really well. I don't mind that I look like a cyber-man as it means I can listen to music/podcasts with the volume on quite low. In fact, the reduced wind rush makes it easier to hear traffic coming. I wonder why no-one's marketed a helmet with this feature.....if it was designed into the helmet, it would look even better (!) than my effort.

I did use to use a headband (well, a cut down neck tube) to cover my ears which also works really well, but they make it a bit sweaty on hot days. Maybe people who say it's silly to have headphones on have never actually never ridden with them. Just like on a motorbike, earplugs, far from 'blocking' hearing, actually get rid of the whooshing noise and make hearing clearer. Try it doubters.

I tried something like the same on mine mainly to stop the wind catching my ears making them cold.

https://www.cyclechat.net/

Works well, takes some of the wind rush off.

I have also used ear plugs, industrial ones are not meant to cut out all noise, just harsh noise and like you mention it helps with the wind rush and you can still hear and talk in them fine. I mainly used them in just one ear though so I could tilt my head to compare the noises etc.

Listening to music? Potentially. So is thinking about what you will be having for dinner when you get home or how pretty the sky looks.

+1

I've almost wobbled into a bush whilst staring at a bird of prey hovering dead still...

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

I wonder how distracting it would be to listen to commentary of the TdF whilst playing music

Just to swap things around for a change

 

[BlackPanther]

I tried something like the same on mine mainly to stop the wind catching my ears making them cold.

http://www.cyclechat...71358-cold-ears

Works well, takes some of the wind rush off.

How about something that works well, takes some of the wind chill off, AND scares the living daylights out of the twonk who's cut across you 20 yards before the bus lane ends.....simply pull up alongside, tap on the window, and shoot them a glance. I figure that if they cut me up and scare me, the best way to make them more careful next time is to scare them back.

 

[aberal]

I take it neither of those is your real face?

 

[Iainj837]

I do listen to music whilst on the bike but only when the roads are quite like 6 in the morning or late @ night but never when road s are busy

 

[Bigsharn]

I use one headphone on the way to work (though granted it's only ~a mile up the road) and when I'm out on a ride to Selby or down the river, otherwise they both come out

 

[Jezston]

I use one headphone on the way to work (though granted it's only ~a mile up the road) and when I'm out on a ride to Selby or down the river, otherwise they both come out

When you say 'out' do you mean you use earphones rather than headphones?

Heres a test for you. With both earphones in your ears but nothing playing through them, do you find you hear anything any less?

 

[Glow worm]

This.

Many 'headphone haters' appear to be of the impression that wearing headphones makes you completely deaf to the world. I would LOVE to find a pair of headphones that actually do this without using dodgy isolation processing!

Totally agree. I suspect it's simply a case of some folk are just programmed not to be able to cope with listening to music and cycling at the same time. And some of us are- simple as that. Next question.....

 

[Domeo]

I've had a few comments from people when they notice that I have my MP3 player on whilst riding. I don't have it on loud, it's usually not music anyway, just Chris Moyles in the morning, and some podcast on the way home. At the ATM yesterday, some old chap even said I SHOULDN'T be listening to music whilst riding! WTF! I pointed out that almost all drivers have their stereos on, and that you're allowed to drive if your deaf! Besides, I hear more on the push bike with the MP3 on than I do on the motorbike with my helmet on. Low music good....loud music, maybe a bit of a distraction? I wonder what percentage of us listen whilst riding, and has anyone had a lapse in concentration because of it?

Ignore everyone and do your own thing. I've been listening to music whilst riding for 20 years and it is not illegal.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

If people want to listen to music while riding, that's great. But it's not for me, I prefer to actually listen to my music rather than just having it on in the background.

 

[Tynan]

nothing like the defensive arguments, with a few word changes these threads could be about music, hi viz or helemts