"Avoid using headsets to listen to music"

[crazycanuck]

I don't use an ipod or walkman or whatever else is out there while riding/walking etc mainly becuase i'm deaf in my left ear. It's better that i not use them as i'd feel a danger to myself *& would hate to cause an accident. I

I have a hard enough time distinguishing car sounds & other sounds when biking/walking-esp when it's windy or even just a bit of wind. I just memorize songs...

(this is one reason i'm a mtn biker-don't have to worry about cars...)

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[Dogmama]

Seems like last time we had this thread, we had more people arguing for riding with headphones than against it.

I agree with Velogirl way back there - not only do I NEVER ride with headphones, but I go WAY out of my way to avoid those who are riding with headphones.

(Don't ask me about the time I road with my cervical collar on after my neck surgery though -- that was truly stooopid....)

[Trek420]

I'm in the no headphone camp.

I work in a call center, off the job I don't want anything in/near/around my ears. that discomfort I can get at work.

Then there's the hearing loss thing, I'm bad enough without headphones. and that hearing loss folks? Caused by the headphones. I wear earplugs at work now to protect what's left. Sorry to get preachy but this next generation will loose their hearing approx 20 years earlier than their elders. It's not worth it, unplug, turn it down.

I workout to unplug, to get away, to enjoy nature and other like minded people.

On the treadmill, eliptical, indoor trainer only.

[KnottedYet]

I've posted it before... this is what a sign on the Burke Gilman trail said, about 20 years ago. (the Walkman era)

Two things on this trail
Will get you dead
Having music in your ears
And no helmet on your head