Tunes while riding

[pll]

So she puts on her iPod and after about 2 miles pulls way ahead of me and I'm running solo for the rest of the 12.5 mile run.

Wow! What is the point of running with someone if you intend to put the iPod on?

I have to say the lost-to-the-world look of people with iPods and smart phones brings my inner Luddite to the surface. Pedestrians texting walk erratically, cyclists with headphones are unpredictable...

Some weeks ago I had the first movement of Mozart's symphonie #25 stuck in my head. Watch this clip of Fabian Cancellara catching up to the peloton and you'll see where that came from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxXqQqAc2pA

[Jen12]

I have to say the lost-to-the-world look of people with iPods and smart phones brings my inner Luddite to the surface. Pedestrians texting walk erratically, cyclists with headphones are unpredictable...

I was biking with about ten people this past weekend on a multi-use trail. There was a kid on a skateboard with headphones on and he was texting. He was completely surprised at the group of bikes passing him even with bells ringing and "on your left" being shouted. It would have been funny if it wasn't so scary.

I don't have any problem sharing the trails. I'm a runner AND a cyclist, but when I run and have my headphones on, they're low enough that I can hear what goes on around me AND I hug the farthest right area available. Cycling I never wear them, which is why I prefer cycling with a group to doing it alone.