So you're Satan's offspring and you wear headphones!

[Goffins]

Well what's your poison?

I've got a little IPOD Nano that's my cycling pal and I've found a pretty varied bunch of tunes that aid my riding.

Prodigy - All Albums make me pedal like a nutter {the new Omen is particualry good}
SlipKnot - I ride harder but find I have far less tolerance for the world.
Timerbland - I keep my cadence for every two steps but it's still much nicer on the early mornings.
The Maccabees - the coulour it in Album alows me to ride at more ambley pace of 18mph but I could ride forever listening to the tunes and for some weird reason it always appears to match the scenery.

So, what's the soundtrack to your life riding?

 

[Jimmy85]

I haven't yet started cycling (soon, soon!) but I shall be listening to some thrash metal to get me pumping. I don't like dance music (which would've been good for cycling) so I'll just have to metal it out

 

[Dave5N]

Ah well.

I want to hear the car behind before it kills me.

 

[Jimmy85]

Ah well.

I want to hear the car behind before it kills me.

I'll mainly be cycling on cycle paths and in parks, so hopefully I'll be okay Though I'm sure there will be some idiot whizzing around on a motorbike or something, there nearly always is round here

 

[rossbarney2003]

I like to listen to a bit of Basement Jaxx when cycling. They have good energy in their music, but when i'm really wanting to go for it, I tend to listen to a bit of trance.

 

[colinr]

Anything Dubstep (mostly podcasts from http://dubstep.fm) or equivalent repetitive electronic music - 130bpm seems to suit my pace.

 

[Lisa21]

Nickelback&3 doors down. Only one earpiece in tho and if im on a road i leave it off so i can hear cars sneaking up on me to squash me

 

[Wigsie]

I want to hear the car behind before it kills me.

Me too!

I do have a number of tunes in my mental Mp3 that seem to be on repeat when I ride longer distances or if I am attempting a particularly long climb. It does vary a fair bit but a few keep popping up, these include;

Shadow on the Sun - Audioslave
Cross Town Traffic - Jimi Hendrix
Stereophonics - Bartender and the Thief

The 3rd seems to be the one that varies the most....

 

[nigelnorris]

Nokia N73 full of techno. !50 bpm gives me a cadence of 75 plus it integrates with my GPS dongle and gives me directions when I fancy venturing into the unknown.

 

[Crackle]

Leonard Cohen

 

[Angelfishsolo]

+1

Ah well.

I want to hear the car behind before it kills me.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

I get wound up when pedestrians where these things whilst walking along a shared cycle way. I shout "Hello", ring my bell and when I eventually have to pass them I get a look of indignation Hence I will not cycle with them in, I like to hear as much as possible going on around me.

 

[Wigsie]

I get wound up when pedestrians where these things whilst walking along a shared cycle way. I shout "Hello", ring my bell and when I eventually have to pass them I get a look of indignation Hence I will not cycle with them in, I like to hear as much as possible going on around me.

I also enjoy riding for the surroundings and if I have a major sense taken out of the equation it restricts the enjoymet levels for me.

 

[puddleglum]

I wouldn't listen to music whilst out on the bike. As someone with Auditory Processing Disorder, it might be one risk too far!
But current favourites are:
Echoes - Pink Floyd
Best of Love and Rockets
early Japan
Mothership - Led Zeppelin

 

[AlexInWonderland]

Well songs which motivate me to spin them pedals faster when doing my paperround (i dont listen to music when on proper rides) include:
Highway to hell: ACDC
The Chain: Fleetwood mac (i first heard this in my dads car on an empty motorway, the bassline seem to make his rightfoot heavier)
Whole lotta love: Led Zep
Comfortably numb: Pink Floyd
Wont get fooled again: The Who

and many more =]