the joy of cycling AND radiohead

[c2c]

ive been laid low with a nasty fluey chest infectioney type bug and not felt up to my normal ride to work........... but today, i got up at 11,( been on night shift), and the sun was shining and i felt a little bity better, so i donned my walkman, hit the button for radiohead, and did 12 miles of just turning the pedals....sheer joy......... i love cycling.....

 

[hackbike 666]

Walkman? What's that?

 

[c2c]

Walkman? What's that?

lol.......... oooops showed me age there..its actually a creative zen nano..........and i got an i pod, and i know how to do that e mail thingy..........

 

[hackbike 666]

That's more like it.

I know what a walkman is btw.

 

[Bollo]

Two words I never thought I'd see in the same sentence - 'joy' and 'Radiohead'. Tom Yorke is scowling, and he's scowling at you, c2c!

 

[c2c]

Two words I never thought I'd see in the same sentence - 'joy' and 'Radiohead'. Tom Yorke is scowling, and he's scowling at you, c2c!

i love scowling..... especially the way radiohead do it, although there was irony intended in the post title. the sun shining, the pedals turning, and thom scowling....... marvelous.

 

[thomas]

ive been laid low with a nasty fluey chest infectioney type bug and not felt up to my normal ride to work........... but today, i got up at 11,( been on night shift), and the sun was shining and i felt a little bity better, so i donned my walkman, hit the button for radiohead, and did 12 miles of just turning the pedals....sheer joy......... i love cycling.....

Tisk...I'm not a fan of earphones when cycling. But, ages ago I got some cheap speakers from poundland. The other day I selotaped them to my rucksack and listened to some Pendulum as I cycled around. Averaged 17mph, usually average around 16mph on the route I did.

Unfortuanly, as the speakers were so cheap, I couldn't hear the music when there was either wind, or I was going at a reasonable pace. During the quieter moments it was quite nice though to have some music just playing out loud.

Definitly going to put it on my commuting rucksack when I've got a longer distance to do.

I'm going to play a bit of Kid A now .

 

[Bollo]

i love scowling..... especially the way radiohead do it, although there was irony intended in the post title. the sun shining, the pedals turning, and thom scowling....... marvelous.

Mrs Dr Bollo works in Oxford and has on the odd occasion seen Mr Yorke pedalling up and down St Giles. He was usually scowling.

 

[J4CKO]

"Cracked eggs dead birds
Scream as they fight for life
I can feel death can see it�s beady eyes"

Always cheers me up


Only joking, you had a nice ride, sun, music and the joy of cycling, amen to that.

I cant bring myself to use headphones, I suppose I could somewhere with no cars but not on the roads.

 

[MajorMantra]

I feel obliged to be disapproving of headphones while cycling, but I love Radiohead. "Exit music (for a film)" is just fantastic. As "Talk Show Host", "Street spirit" and many others.

Matthew

 

[Steve Austin]

Just in case no-one knows, There are a load of album reissues soon. Loads of extras and unreleased tracks. Its the Bends, Ok Computer and Pablo Honey iirc

 

[hobo]

Get some Morrissey on there too.

 

[c2c]

I feel obliged to be disapproving of headphones while cycling, but I love Radiohead. "Exit music (for a film)" is just fantastic. As "Talk Show Host", "Street spirit" and many others.

Matthew

i must admit, its not a brilliant idea to listen to music whilst cycling on the roads.. ones ears are often a first line of defence against pesky car drivers.. but, i do love listening to music when im cycling, and often, as a poster above has said, when for instance a particularly fav track comes on, ie creep, by of course radiohead, i do seem to ride faster. well perhaps not faster per se, lets just say im oblivious to road undulations....music seems to flatten out the road. and because i know that i cant hear road traffic, im much more aware of looking behind, and around me........

ps.i know its old but, marchin already, by ocean colour scene, is a great album to cycle too....

 

[Duds]

headphones whilst cycling = deathwish.

no two ways about it.
muppet behaviour o the highest order

Doesn't matter if it is Central London or the depths of Countryside - the risks are the same.

 

[Davey101]

hit the button for radiohead, and did 12 miles of just turning the pedals....sheer joy......... i love cycling.....

Sounds nice bit I never cycle with headphones except on my old MTB on quiet cycle paths/grass. Never on the road bike.

Just in case no-one knows, There are a load of album reissues soon. Loads of extras and unreleased tracks. Its the Bends, Ok Computer and Pablo Honey iirc

Interesting news... although I expect I'll have them already! Bought all the CD singles years ago and compiled them into my own CDs - 2 discs with 20+ tracks per disc at original quality.

ps.i know its old but, marchin already, by ocean colour scene, is a great album to cycle too....

Good call, though for me it could never eclipse Moseley Shoals. If you haven't already, get a copy of B-sides, Seasides and Free Rides.