In search of...single headphone/earbud for mp3 player

[alpinerabbit]

a) buy a cheap mono set and chop it off...

b) don't ride with even a single. please. I know opinions vary but this is mine. it distracts you from traffic.

[Ciao]

Thanks... but I neeeed mine. It allows me to ignore the whining of my body... My body whines all the time but it's just a big fat liar.

I've found that a great quality headset allows me to keep the volume low. But what I'm missing is that bit of coil that we see on the pro's versions that gives your head freedom of movement....

... the search continues.

[Tuckervill]

You can have some custom ones made:

http://outside.away.com/outside/gear...er-gear-1.html

But I second the thing about not wearing them when you're riding. It's just dangerous.

Karen

[Veronica]

But I second the thing about not wearing them when you're riding. It's just dangerous.

Do you listen to music in the car while you drive? Talk to the passengers? Eat? Drink?

Those are all distractions too.

V.

[Tuckervill]

Yeah, but I'm protected by an airbag and couple hundred pounds of steel and plastic in my car.

Karen

[Veronica]

But the folks on the side of the road that get hit when a driver is distracted by those things aren't protected by anything.

I don't really like it either when I come upon a cyclist, runner, walker, whatever... who can't hear me because they have their earphones in. But it's not my choice to make. I wish they weren't so self centered as to think they are only ones out there, but whatever... maybe they need to shut out the world for a while. “Don't judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.”

AND I love wearing my Thump Pro sunglasses when I ride or run. Music does make running and climbing easier.

V.

[KnottedYet]

I was under the impression the pros are listening to their coaches/team while wearing those single coil-y earbuds, not their iPods.

What are they listening to?