What do you hear when you bike?

[kenyonchris]

My ipod. Yes, yes, I know. But it is better than my own dang heartbeat or the trash truck that is getting ready to run my butt over. One bud only, the other is left exposed to hear whatever is coming up behind me.

[tulip]

On some recent rides I've heard bobwhites. I used to hear them all the time growing up, but then suburbia invaded and chased out all the bobwhites. Now I am near the country again and the bobwhites are back! I always answer them, too.

[crazycanuck]

If i'm on the dirt, I often hear wallabies or kangaroos or some type of thing rustling in the bush, kookaburras laughing & other annoying birds squaking.

On the road, i only hear the wind as cars sound the same to me. Good thing I ride with my good ear to the right side of the road!

[kenyonchris]

If i'm on the dirt, I often hear wallabies or kangaroos or some type of thing rustling in the bush, kookaburras laughing & other annoying birds squaking.

On the road, i only hear the wind as cars sound the same to me. Good thing I ride with my good ear to the right side of the road!

Now that is something I have not heard here in Texas, the laughing of the kookaburra. Kooks, yes. Burros, yes. Only one Kangarroo, it was a pet that went awol in the suburbs here. And yes, the police were called.
Do they really box?

[Lakerider]

Barking dogs
Some seem to be saying, "Hello!"
Others are definately saying, "Go away!"

[TrekTheKaty]

I've also experienced a lone bagpiper practicing in the park, very early in the morning. Very beautiful

[crazycanuck]

Kcrhis-it looks like they're boxing but sorry to tell you..no. I asked Ian & he says that when roos fight they don't use thier front paws, they use thier MASSIVE hind legs & tails for support. When in fighting mode, they lean back & push thier chests out & scratch eachother.

Ya don't want to be kicked by a kangaroo, it kind of ruins yer day.

I saw one zip accross the trail this afternoon in one bound..Weeeeeeee..boing into the bushes it went.