Music suggestions...

[dhd.evans]

Anyone else notice that pumping dance music makes you work harder on the bike?

I got this this morning and averaged 18mph (a feat for me!) for almost half my morning commute.

Anyone have any suggestions for music to listen to on the bike? I kind of want to build a playlist of 50 minutes or so worth of 'pulse-racing' music so I can power into work.

 

[MontyVeda]

Motorhead.

 

[rowan 46]

The problem with dance music and driving rock is it needs to be quite loud to have the effect of making you work harder. I listen to music on my way to work but I have it set on a level low enough to hear cars behind me and not loud enough to make me work harder.

 

[superbadger]

I have it loud enough to bop 2 but i only put my left earphone in so i can hear whats coming up behind with the right ear . One of my fave tracks is 'The Race' by Yello,Its the extended version about 14 mins long.... love that tune

 

[Beebo]

You've just opened a can of worms with one of your first posts!

(Pulls up deck chair, opens can of beer and waits for sparks to fly)

 

[StopsAtRed]

How about a monotonous drone - stop at red, it's not a race, stop at red, it's not a race. Or, safer, nothing.

Po-faced I know, but cannot understand how you can ride safely with any loud music in your ears.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Ramones or The Dickies - you'll get there before you set off.

 

[ianrauk]

 

[Buddfox]

I tend to listen to dance music as it does get the adrenaline rushing but bizarrely, trying to get up a big hill, I found Franz Ferdinand pretty good. Not because it's pumping music, but because it helped be set a solid cadence and crack through it. At 120bpm plus, you can't use the beat to set our cadence (at least I can't) so you lose that aspect of it.

 

[dhd.evans]

To clarify, my commute is a nice gentle 10 miles on cycle paths that aren't on roads! No red lights either. Only time I have to stop is to go through the gates at the Docks.

 

[superbadger]

You've just opened a can of worms with one of your first posts!

(Pulls up deck chair, opens can of beer and waits for sparks to fly)

 

[threebikesmcginty]

It doesn't have to be headphones...

 

[Jezston]

I have my phone randomly alternating between fast electronica, rock and modern classical and ambient stuff. I like the unexpected transitions. Don't really find music as something that drives me on, more something that stops me getting bored on the same old commute.

Oh and ignore the fools that accuse you of being suicidal or an idiot for listening to music whilst riding in the same way you ignore the non-cyclist fools who say the same thing about riding a bicycle in traffic.

 

[fossyant]

To clarify, my commute is a nice gentle 10 miles on cycle paths that aren't on roads! No red lights either. Only time I have to stop is to go through the gates at the Docks.

Back pedaling

 

[Becs]

I like the Two Door Cinema Club album for running and cycling - pretty much has the same fast (ish) beat throughout