Does anyone sing on their bike?

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Just curious. I know lots of people sing in the shower or in their car.

I actually perform singing sometimes, and I used to practice my singing while driving my car, for about 4 hours a week. Now I hardly ever drive and I bike a lot, but feel a little too funny about singing while I'm biking. I also hesitate because it might block out safety sounds.

So does anyone sing while cycling? If so, what were your experiences?

[han-grrl]

its usually when i am climbing and it goes something like this...
http://www.vcei.org/tbp-words.htm

no i'm not kidding, it seems to make the hills go faster!

[chutch]

All the time. I am not a good singer at all, but I love it. If I'm riding by myself I'll usually have a song stuck in my head anyway so I'll start singing if the mood hits. Usually it's on long descents or flat sections. If I need some positive reinforcement, I'll change the words of a song and sing about how fast I am or how quickly I am going up a hill.

So far I've not embarrassed myself, but the roads I'm on are pretty quiet without many people around.

[Bad JuJu]

All the time. I am not a good singer at all, but I love it. If I'm riding by myself I'll usually have a song stuck in my head anyway so I'll start singing if the mood hits. Usually it's on long descents or flat sections. If I need some positive reinforcement, I'll change the words of a song and sing about how fast I am or how quickly I am going up a hill.

So far I've not embarrassed myself, but the roads I'm on are pretty quiet without many people around.

Pretty much the same as my experience. I get a song stuck in my head and it plays like a loop in my head while I sing along--as loud or soft as I want to. Currently, it's Neil Young's "Long May You Run" on the flats: "With your chrome heart shining/In the sun/Long may you run." On descents, I hum along to the Wicked Witch's theme from The Wizard of Oz. On uphills, it varies.

BUT, I only do this when I'm riding alone.

[csr1210]

"All the time. I am not a good singer at all, but I love it. If I'm riding by myself I'll usually have a song stuck in my head anyway so I'll start singing if the mood hits. Usually it's on long descents or flat sections. If I need some positive reinforcement, I'll change the words of a song and sing about how fast I am or how quickly I am going up a hill.

So far I've not embarrassed myself, but the roads I'm on are pretty quiet without many people around."

That's pretty much what I was gonna say (except not on long descents -- more like on long hills for me! and NOT about how fast I'm going up )

My bike even has her own theme song -- Windy -- cause that's her name, so it just kinda fits, in a personification sort of way....

(Another) Christy

[Kimmyt]

was singing Part time model from Flight of the Conchords today. Haha.

looking round the room
i can see that you
are the most beautiful girl in the
room

and when you're on the street
i bet that you are definitely
in the top three
*dependant on the street


you're so beautiful
you could a waitress

you're so beautiful
you could be a part
time
model


<3 The drivers must have thought i was a crazy person talking to myself

[indigoiis]

Someone sent me this track from Tremelo. It's very very catchy and fast - good for cadence. I play it in my car the night before a ride, several times, so it sticks in my head the next day. I highly recommend it for download:

Tremelo - You were born for this

I see you not like you do
Not the part but the whole
Stage lights on now take your cue
Alright, Alright, Alright...

Why so scared of your shadow
Prisoner of your own life
Sleeping on your star of gold
Alright, Alright, Alright...

You were born for this
You were born for this
C’mon light it up it’s your life you don’t want to miss
You were born for this
You were born for this
C’mon light it up it’s your life you don’t want to miss You,
You don’t want to miss you
You don’t want to miss you
Alright, Alright, I said Alright...

No one else can play your part
Liberate all of your dreams
Speak the lines within your heart


(same chorus as above)

Don’t believe in the rules
Don’t believe in the stars
I believe you were made for your life
yes you are alright, alright, I said alright

(chorus.)

[Zen]

I sing to my bike.

Sometimes when I'm rolling along at a good clip "the Mexican Hat Dance" tune pops into my head.

[Thorn]

My bike even has her own theme song -- Windy -- cause that's her name, so it just kinda fits, in a personification sort of way....

Oh nooooooo.....now that song is going to get added to the repetoire...I had to memorize that one for marching band (it was a much newer song then). Very appropriate.

Personally, the one that gets stuck in my head the most is the Simon and Garfunkel song (don't remember the title)..."slow down, you move to fast....You've gotta make the morning last...."

[csr1210]

RE: Bike named Windy

It's a multi-meaning name (with multiple songs on the soundtrack )

She's fast like the wind (compared to my mountain bike that I rode on the road.

It's a bad wind day - then she's "Riding(running) against the wind"
It's a bad hill day - she's (I'm) "Dust in the Wind"

I'm sure there are more, but that's what comes to mind right now....

Yes, I AM a nerd!

Back to thread topic -- Sometimes the songs just go on in my head, but when I do sing, it's not usually TOO loud.

[Geonz]

"Feelin' Groovy" (the 59th Street Bridge Song) happens to be one of the songs I'll let leak out, since I figure it might just cause a pleasant flashback for somebody. Lookin' for love and feelin' grooooovy

[crazycanuck]

Umm Mr Silver..American pie? Wouldn't that make you sleep? Good song but kinda slow for a bike ride..Unless you're doing a victory lap!

I don''t sing on my rides but I have memorized quite a few songs...K..Lately i've had "Driven By You' by Brian May, "39" by Queen, " Shove it" By the Cross," Groove is in the heart" by deeeeeee-lite and I Was Made for Lovin you" By Kiss...

C

[Zen]

Personally, the one that gets stuck in my head the most is the Simon and Garfunkel song (don't remember the title)..."slow down, you move to fast....You've gotta make the morning last...."

What makes you sing that?
Are you Feelin Groovy?
it's really the 59th Street bridge Song

GEONZ I like that song already. put it on You Tube for us

[divingbiker]

A few weeks ago on my morning commute, I saw a man wearing an orange-sherbet colored striped shirt with a matching tie, and I thought to myself that he looked like a dandy.

That led me to the old New Christy Minstrels song Today that has the line "I'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover, you'll know who I am by the song that I sing." (The old folks in the crowd will remember it.)

I sang that song out loud for weeks while commuting. People looked at me funny, but in a nice way, not in a "she's weird" way. At least that's what I told myself...

[Thorn]

What makes you sing that?
Are you Feelin Groovy?
it's really the 59th Street bridge Song

No, usually, it pops into the head when I'm pushing the pace...I wanna be out there longer, not shorter!

When I'm dragging, it is the Rawhide theme...Rolling, rolling, rolling...keep those bikes a rollin (memorize the words? Heck, no! Make 'em up as you go a long--never the same song twice! Never boring!)

And, when I'm riding down a road that was once a pretty rural road, but isn't anymore...."little boxes on the hillside...little boxes made of ticky tacky" (Pete Seeger sang it) or Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi..."they paved paradise to put up a parking lot..."

Wow....I'm really dating myself, aren't I? No, wait, I love retro music! Yeah, that's it!