Music While Riding....

[The Snowman]

Never do. Tried it, didn't like that there were moments I was paying more attention to the music than riding. Not good when on a bike.

I'll stick to wearing foam ear plugs and protecting what little hearing I have left. Besides, you have to listen to it so loud to get over the bike and traffic noise.

[Cerberus]

listening to music while riding reduces my situational awareness and increases my likelihood of riding too aggressively , and therefore the likelihood of getting a ticket..

[Twheat18]

I listen every time I ride. Ipod in my left pocket with the buttons facing outward. that way I can pause it as needed or skip tracks. I'll most likely be deaf in 5 years.

[The Snowman]

I listen every time I ride. Ipod in my left pocket with the buttons facing outward. that way I can pause it as needed or skip tracks. I'll most likely be deaf in 5 years.

Huh? What?

[Twheat18]

Huh? What?

I put my ipod in my left pocket (clutch side) so I can use my hand to pause music if I need to (i.e. stop light to talk to people or a very populated area were I dont want music). Basically I was just saying I like to ride with it but also want to have the option of losing the music if need be.

oh and the deaf part was random, i just think im killing my ears because its louder than i would normally listen to my ear buds.

[hurstshifter]

I've done it once before but I was very uncomfortable doing so. It just felt dangerous having all the noises around me drowned out.

[curiouser]

Used to keep an iPod earbud in one ear during the stop&go morning commute to DC (from VA). It was almost all highway riding and I'd turn it off upon exiting, so it didn't seem foolish at the time. It made the horror commute almost bearable.

[Jim]

long trips (1 hr+) i'll use an iPod

[The Snowman]

long trips (1 hr+) i'll use an iPod

When do you EVER ride more than 15 minutes on a ride?

[Jim]

When do you EVER ride more than 15 minutes on a ride?

shut up fat ass, and thanks for returning my call yesterday

[JettaJayGLS]

Pretty much all the time....


But I have big ol pause/answer call button on my headphones which I leave hanging right below my helmet, so I can turn em off whenever I hit the twisties, or need to talk to someone at a light. Unless its Nick, cause I can't hear him anyway.

And since I use my blackberry for music, when I stop, I can answer phone calls through the headphones just by pushing the button. Or pull out my phone and make call without removing my helmet. All of that is when pulled over and stopped of course. No one can hear anything coming form me when I'm moving, and I can't pull my phone out of my pocket to make a call when I'm moving either.

Quoting myself...epic.


But yeah, just another point. When I dirty ride, I NEVER use music.

[drop]

Quoting myself...epic.

epic self quoting requires multiple self quotes in the same post.

But yeah, just another point. When I dirty ride, I NEVER use music.

this is just an example of how epic would be done. PM ceo for further assistance.

[ssg]

I put my ipod in my left pocket (clutch side) so I can use my hand to pause music if I need to (i.e. stop light to talk to people or a very populated area were I dont want music). Basically I was just saying I like to ride with it but also want to have the option of losing the music if need be.

+1, just takes a bit to learn where it sits...but I have a cellphone pocket on my riding jacket that it fits in perfectly and permits the same functionality.

Alternative is I have a Monster "ipod sports remote" that is waterproof and clips on the bars...works via RF to control the ipod.

[The Snowman]

shut up fat ass, and thanks for returning my call yesterday

That was you? I don't return calls unless someone leaves a message. I get too many calls from people work-related on weekends that I don't like to answer.

[cact]

Occasionally for longer rides...and I found the following Zeppelin tracks particularly enjoyable:
Travelling Riverside Blues/BBC Sessions, Out on the Tiles and Tangerine/Led Zeppelin III, Custard Pie/Physical Graffitti

[Femmekat]

I listen to music when slabbing it, or riding alone but I find it distracting on group rides, so don't in that situation.

[jhawley]

yes,
I try not to when im around town in traffic, but anything else usually
but i found this little gem to work with the ipod.
the watch is banded on to the top of my triple and the ipod is tucked away in the inside of my jacket.

so i have full control of the ipod.
and its handy cuz you can pause it to chat at stop lights.

[Ray-Ray]

A lot of slabbing I do, sometimes on the commute home/work. Twisties no, stunting no.

[duganc1717]

long trips (1 hr+) i'll use an iPod

Long trip is a (1+)? Poser!


And to answer your question sometimes.

[teemstah]

Nope. The motor is music to my ears.

[Fitz]

I can't have music in the background when I'm driving/riding aggressively on the street and earplugs make me feel disoriented, even while racing on the track so I avoid those too.

Fitz

[Ducrappy]

Earplugs on the other hand really reduce distraction and fatigue while making me more aware of other vehicles. Win/win.

[khuygie88]

I voted no. Though I do occasionally: solo, long rides. Generally on the highway when the wind is making aware enough of my surrounds that music is okay (no fairing on my naked)

[Golgo13]

No, because I figure your hearing is already reduced enough as it is with everything else going on with your helmet. Why add another level of complexity? Maybe the Harley guys with the little brain buckets, smoking a cigar and listening to the speakers in their dresser have something right?

I am thinking though that I ought to wear ear-plugs. I don't think my bike is necessarily loud, but an hour or so of sound pressure in the helmet does leave my ears a bit numb at the end of a ride.

[mrezra]

I voted no, but for long, boring slabs I would consider it. I usually just wear a nice pair of silicone ear plugs. When I'm cycling I sometimes put in one earbud, enough to keep me entertained, but aware of traffic.