i have lots of music in my head.
since most of the t threats to my life on the road are coming behind me, my ears are what i use to stay alive. I can't IMAGINE putting anything between me and my "early warning system"
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08-13-2008, 07:50 AM #1
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08-13-2008, 07:54 AM #2
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With cars and trucks on the road, I need my ears for safety. On the bike trail, I also need my ears to hear what's going on. Plus, I like to hear the sounds around me and be in the world as fully as I can. No music while riding here, but I love spinning classes with good tunes.
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08-13-2008, 07:58 AM #3
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I have a Sandisk Sansa 4GB player. It uses flash memory, not a mini hard drive, so no skipping. I like it, and the price was right, but I think I'd buy something bigger if I had it to do over again. Maybe 8 GB?
I don't ride with it except on the trainer. The other posts in this thread have pretty much stated all of the reasons why I choose not to.
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08-13-2008, 08:52 AM #4
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+1 for the Sansa. I have the 6GB, which can be cheaply expanded (I think they all can), into an 8GB. No skipping ever is nice. I can plug it into my car, and I bought a case with a clip so I can clip it to me while on the trainer (I've never taken it on the road, but have used it in the gym). I got mine from woot.com, kind of the Steep and Cheap of electronics.
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08-13-2008, 09:12 AM #5
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I have a classic iPod and have never had a problem with it skipping. Not sure how it would, really since there's nothing TO skip. I've never tried listening to it while riding, but I do while jogging, which is a lot more bumpy, and I plug it into my car's stereo system with no problems (unlike a CD that will skip on bumpy roads). If you're really concerned, though, get a player with a flash drive (like the iPod Nano, which is also nice and tiny) since it'll have no moving parts to bump around.
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08-13-2008, 10:28 AM #6
listen to the bees
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Aside from my feeling strongly about how unsafe it is to ride with earphones/earbuds....
I like to feel like I am a connected part of the world around me when i ride my bike. All the sounds stimulate me in many various ways- weird sounds, pretty sounds, sounds that jog my memory to my past, sounds that make me think and wonder. I love feeling so intimately connected to the world when I' am riding my bike!
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08-13-2008, 10:33 AM #7
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Sometimes when Im out in the woods I will bring my sansa with me to listen to some tunes, but I have this little adapter case that is a speaker. I plug the sansa in and listen to it while its in my "under the seat" bag. I dont turn it up very loud but its just loud enough to get me moving when I need a jolt. Its just loud enough to cover up my cursing when Im doing a hill that Im huffin and puffin on. LOL
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