Tunes while riding

**szsz** · 08-11-2011, 07:43 PM

Originally Posted by roo4

People are posting that they only use one earbud. Why only one?

Following the law!

**lph** · 08-11-2011, 11:14 PM

Originally Posted by trista

Anyhow, if anyone has advice on good earbuds that don't whoosh in my ears that would be awesome

Given the temperature of this thread I don't want to post something that could be viewed as wholesale encouragement, but I do have practical tips to give. PM me if anyone's interested.

**Dr.Doo** · 08-12-2011, 04:04 AM

No earbuds necessary!

I'll get my coat then.....

**Dogmama** · 08-12-2011, 05:04 AM

What is wrong with listening to your own thoughts on a ride? Or just being with nature, in the moment? What's wrong with silence?

Obviously, I think earbuds are not a good idea. Even people who say they can hear traffic, etc., get "caught up" in a song & become distracted. I've seen it too many times. Cycling is inherently dangerous. I want all of my senses to be sharp.

Besides, with earbuds I might miss the obnoxious rap music coming out of some cars at stoplights.

Owlie, I get songs in my head too sometimes. Annoying!

**buffybike** · 08-13-2011, 04:03 PM

Originally Posted by ctdancer

Guilty of riding with my Ipod (when I'm solo), as long as I'm riding in an area where I know the route really well, and not many cars. Fortunately where I live I have lots of "safe" places to ride, and the music really helps my cadence, especially up hills !
I keep the volume low, and I would never use them with company...

+1, although I haven't used the iPod in over a year. Last year when I was training for a century, there were a few 60-70+ mile rides I had to do alone and, I'll admit, I used earbuds for part of the time just because I got so bored. I can never hear cars anyway due to the wind and my poor hearing in general. I'd never wear them if I was riding with someone else though.

**trista** · 08-13-2011, 06:52 PM

Originally Posted by Dogmama

What is wrong with listening to your own thoughts on a ride? Or just being with nature, in the moment? What's wrong with silence?

I don't think either answer is wrong or right, it is just personal preference.

Speaking of getting songs stuck in your head, on one of my routes there is a spot where I ALWAYS start singing the theme song to Gilligans Island. It is incredibly annoying!!!!

**tulip** · 08-14-2011, 07:54 AM

On yesterday's ride, I realized how lucky I am not to ride with music or talk in my ears. When I'm on my bike, my thoughts flow and I come up with great ideas and solutions to problems. It's quite remarkable; I solved a couple of nagging issues on yesterday's ride. All it took was allowing my mind to work freely without directing it anywhere. It's like my mind opens up or something. It's pretty cool.

**mixie** · 08-15-2011, 09:40 AM

Is everything so black and white to so many people here?

Music turns you into a blank brained zombie? If you are listening to music you can't hear your thoughts, or enjoy nature? Music just shuts you down? Some of the comments on here you'd think people were listening to hypnosis while riding. It's astounding...Sorry, I actually started giggling hysterically when I read Tulips post above. It really comes across as condescending.

"wow. I am SOOO GLLLLAD I don't do what YOU do. It makes me SO MUCH BETTER"

I can think and concentrate quite well while listening to music. It's quite remarkable really :P

Is it that difficult or am I just that exceptionally talented?

**tulip** · 08-15-2011, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by mixie

Is everything so black and white to so many people here?

Music turns you into a blank brained zombie? If you are listening to music you can't hear your thoughts, or enjoy nature? Music just shuts you down? Some of the comments on here you'd think people were listening to hypnosis while riding. It's astounding...Sorry, I actually started giggling hysterically when I read Tulips post above. It really comes across as condescending.

"wow. I am SOOO GLLLLAD I don't do what YOU do. It makes me SO MUCH BETTER"

I can think and concentrate quite well while listening to music. It's quite remarkable really :P

Is it that difficult or am I just that exceptionally talented?

Yes, since my cycling accident and resulting brain injury, it really is VERY difficult for me to concentrate on two things at once, including listening to music and doing anything else. Laugh away, honey. I don't find it particularly funny. I was relaying what works for me. If you don't like it, you can ignore it.

**gnat23** · 08-15-2011, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by buffybike

+1, although I haven't used the iPod in over a year. Last year when I was training for a century, there were a few 60-70+ mile rides I had to do alone and, I'll admit, I used earbuds for part of the time just because I got so bored. I can never hear cars anyway due to the wind and my poor hearing in general. I'd never wear them if I was riding with someone else though.

+1. I used a single earbud during some long solo stretches of a double century. You don't want to know what thoughts were in my head before then.

Getting a thought or song stuck in your head is one thing, but getting ONE LINE of a song stuck for 14 hours? Yeah, I almost swerved myself into the ditch just to take myself out of the misery.

-- gnat! (I wanna rock and roll ALL NIGHT! and party EVERY DAY!... I wanna rock and roll ALL NIGHT! and party EVERY DAY!... I wanna rock and roll ALL NIGHT! and party EVERY DAY! ---)

**lph** · 08-15-2011, 11:47 AM

gnat, you're hilarious

Thanks for lightening things up.

**snapdragen** · 08-15-2011, 02:42 PM

Ladies, can we please not attack individual posters?

Thank you.

**mixie** · 08-15-2011, 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by tulip

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Yes, since my cycling accident and resulting brain injury, it really is VERY difficult for me to concentrate on two things at once, including listening to music and doing anything else. Laugh away, honey. I don't find it particularly funny. I was relaying what works for me. If you don't like it, you can ignore it.

that's great that it works for you. Live and let live. I don't tell people "omg they HAVE to listen to music while they ride" that is their choice and that is fine.

Why do the non iPod wearers feel the need to tell the others they're not allowed to have that choice which is really what it seems a lot of this thread is about.

**luv2climb** · 08-15-2011, 04:18 PM

Originally Posted by mixie

Why do the non iPod wearers feel the need to tell the others they're not allowed to have that choice which is really what it seems a lot of this thread is about.

Amen! There were some earlier posts in this thread (NOT Tulip's) that were a jab at my post stating that I have no problem hearing things around me with music at low volume in my right ear.

I think the world would be a much better place if people would live and let live and mind their own damn business. I don't go around telling people how to live, and I expect the same from others.

**Dogmama** · 08-15-2011, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by Muirenn

Turkey's long burnt. Put a fork in it and get it out of the oven.

Put it on the counter. And back away.

Now go for a bike ride and have some glazed duck instead.

+1

One of the nicer things about this board is that we don't attack people. We relate our experiences, express our opinions, observations and agree to disagree. I would hate for the civility to end.

So, to echo Snap (my fellow zipperneck) can we please stop the personal attacks?

BTW - thanks for the song gnat. Now I've got it too (I wanna ROCK & ROLL ALL NIGHT...)

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