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  1. I like listening to my ipod while on long coker rides, but because
    there's so many people on the bike paths--walking, running, skating,
    bicycling--that I couldn't hear what was going on around me hardly at
    all using earbuds...so: I picked up a pair of small portable speakers,
    attached them to my backpack with velcro, and I'm good to go! I rode 10
    miles yesterday using the new ipod/speaker setup and it was AWESOME!

    I can enjoy my music *and* still hear what's going on all around. The
    cool thing is that so many people I passed by would start singing along
    with whatever happened to be playing at the time! I love it! The sound
    is very good and surprisingly loud, but I only need about half volume.

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  2. what a great idea that solves the 'wear do i mount a bell' dilema 🙂

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  3. haha...that's awesome!! it's almost like bringing back the "80's
    boombox on the shoulder" thing, but with better music and cooler
    execution 🙂

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  4. Haha, I have to say I like this idea a WHOLEEE lot better than the
    helmet visor 😄

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  5. Where's the cup holder? :p

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  6. Your cool again 😉

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  7. thejdw said:

    Your cool again 😉

    Haha yeah that helmet visor didn't work out too well! But hey, it was
    something to try anyway.🙂 I guess all the sunblock I slather on anyway
    will have to suffice! Either that or ride at night...which is fun too!

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  8. ahollow said:

    Where's the cup holder? :p

    That would be the drink tube in my camelback!😎 The other cool
    beneift is that people are less likely to start humming or whistleing
    that dreaded "circus" tune if they hear me blasting "Stairway to
    Heaven", or any number of other AWESOME tunes
    man!😎😎😎😎

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  9. Oh yeah, some guy on a retro looking beach cruiser stopped me and gave
    me a card, and wants me to join his bicycling club on their next beach
    ride! They even have their own website:
    http://southbaycruisers.com/Welcome%20%20.html

    It looks like they really have a blast!😄

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  10. What's your inseam measurement? I'm 5'9" with a 31" inseam and I have
    the saddle way low on my KH29 with only about 3" of seatpost showing.
    I'm wondering if my dream of riding a coker is even possible?

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  11. PetroPro said:

    What's your inseam measurement? I'm 5'9" with a 31" inseam and I have
    the saddle way low on my KH29 with only about 3" of seatpost showing.
    I'm wondering if my dream of riding a coker is even possible?

    I think it's about 32". But I'm 5' 11" You have LONG legs for your
    height! No problem.

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  12. MuniAddict said:

    People are less likely to start humming or whistleing that dreaded
    "circus" tune if they hear me blasting "Stairway to Heaven"

    See, I think you need to have that circus tune already on your ipod, so
    you can beat them to the punch. Play it loud, and with a proper
    recording from a fine orchestra. It will be like a hallucination for
    the bystanders. After you ride by, they'll all go "did what I think
    just happen really just happen?". 🙂

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  13. tomblackwood said:

    See, I think you need to have that circus tune already on your ipod, so
    you can beat them to the punch. Play it loud, and with a proper
    recording from a fine orchestra. It will be like a hallucination for
    the bystanders. After you ride by, they'll all go "did what I think
    just happen really just happen?". 🙂

    Haha no way! I'm on a crusade to *destroy* that terrible sterotype!
    Nah-gah-daughit!😄

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  14. MuniAddict said:

    Haha no way! I'm on a crusade to *destroy* that terrible sterotype!
    Nah-gah-daughit!😄

    Just do it one day, somewhere away from the people who usually see you.
    Just to freak people out about seeing a unicycle, noticing a
    ridiculously large wheel on said unicycle, and hearing circus music
    from the rider of said unicycle.

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  15. Do you not think you may be being slightly inconsiderate to others ?
    Some foolish mortals may not like having their own peace disturbed by
    even such legendary Led Zep' tracks.

    It is annoying enough to hear that "tsk tsk tsk" noise coming from
    someone elses iPod earphones, but subjecting them to your own taste in
    music at volume is just plain rude. Music should be shared at gigs or
    kept to yourself - have some consideration.

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  16. munidobs said:

    Do you not think you may be being slightly inconsiderate to others ?
    Some foolish mortals may not like having their own peace disturbed by
    even such legendary Led Zep' tracks.

    It is annoying enough to hear that "tsk tsk tsk" noise coming from
    someone elses iPod earphones, but subjecting them to your own taste in
    music at volume is just plain rude. Music should be shared at gigs or
    kept to yourself - have some consideration.

    Psh...at half volume, they'd only hear the tunes for two to three
    seconds at most.

    What are those things powered by?

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    It is annoying enough to hear that "tsk tsk tsk" noise coming from
    someone elses iPod earphones, but subjecting them to your own taste in
    music at volume is just plain rude. Music should be shared at gigs or
    kept to yourself - have some consideration.

    I'd maybe agree with this in general, but having ridden with Terry
    where he rides mostly, I think it's not wrong there. Venice bike path
    is crowded out with people, there's tons of people with music hanging
    around on the beach, I don't think it's really out of place, kind of
    fits in with the whole everyone getting out riding/skating etc. thing.
    I think it's much more anti-social in such a crowded place to hide
    inside an mp3 player cocoon oblivious to the poor bugger on the big
    unicycle who wants to overtake you, there were tons of people doing
    that there and it's way more annoying.

    Thinking about it though, the sound of a tiny set of speakers like that
    is way less noise than a car engine, a motorbike engine, or many other
    noises that we don't generally see as anti-social. Yeah if you sit down
    next to a bunch of people and subject them to your tunes for hours,
    that's antisocial, but if you're just making a bit of noise when you
    ride along, you're far less bad than a car driver.

    On a related note, I've skated with people with similar (but a lot
    bigger/louder) systems, and it's great fun, especially when you have
    hundreds of people skating along to the music. It'd be cool to get
    together a bigger sound system and get a really big ride together!

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  18. munidobs said:

    Do you not think you may be being slightly inconsiderate to others ?
    Some foolish mortals may not like having their own peace disturbed by
    even such legendary Led Zep' tracks.

    It is annoying enough to hear that "tsk tsk tsk" noise coming from
    someone elses iPod earphones, but subjecting them to your own taste in
    music at volume is just plain rude. Music should be shared at gigs or
    kept to yourself - have some consideration.

    fully agree there: due to age my eyesight is going down but I still
    have very keen ears. So I use all the time my ears to try to guess what
    is going on around me. Needless to say I do not listen to music while
    riding!

    At work I have to constantly remind other people that I can hear their
    music though it is played through earplugs ... they just stare at me as
    if I were a little green man :o

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  19. munidobs said:

    Do you not think you may be being slightly inconsiderate to others ?
    Some foolish mortals may not like having their own peace disturbed by
    even such legendary Led Zep' tracks.

    It is annoying enough to hear that "tsk tsk tsk" noise coming from
    someone elses iPod earphones, but subjecting them to your own taste in
    music at volume is just plain rude. Music should be shared at gigs or
    kept to yourself - have some consideration.

    No offense, but you're simply being a "killjoy" here!🙄 But to
    answer your question, "do I think it's rude?" Nope, not in the
    slightest! There are *Countless* people blasting music MUCH louder than
    me, and many are playing music from their beach homes through their
    stereo systems and people in the vacinity (like within a 1/4 mile:eek🙂
    cannot escape the sounds!

    I am constantly moving and the volume is only loud enough that I can
    hear it, and certainly can't compete with all surrounding sounds. These
    little speakers are pretty good, but pretty small, and outside with all
    the other sounds, the music coming out is negligible at best

    But I didn't get a *Single* protestation, sneer, or dissaproving
    glance; as I said, lots of people that I would momentarily pass by were
    even singing right along. I don't call that rude, but rather bringing a
    smile to their face is a good thing!

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  20. MuniAddict said:

    Haha yeah that helmet visor didn't work out too well! But hey, it was
    something to try anyway.🙂 I guess all the sunblock I slather on anyway
    will have to suffice! Either that or ride at night...which is fun too!

    yay, death to the helmet! (but of corse still wear a standard one!
    death to you would be bad)

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    why are koxx one unicycles so costly???

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    They are expensive because they use only the finest soft drink cans.

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