Or maybe listen to a book? I will start riding in about two weeks after I get my cardio up on my elliptical. Is it legal to listen to music while you ride? If you can't while you're driving, biking shouldn't be any different?
What, like the hum of tires on the road, traffic riding up behind you, and wind noise in your ears?Originally Posted by Dan Wright .
.... One of the bonuses to riding to me is the peace and quiet.
No offense at all. I get both sides too. I agree that, even though I love riding, somedays I have to force myself to get started, and somedays I have to force myself to keep going. I'm considering getting a small speaker so I can listen to music on the cruddy days to pass some time when I'm riding the same route I commute everyday, but I still wouldn't use earbuds/headphones because of the safety factor.Originally Posted by Chavez .
What, like the hum of tires on the road, traffic riding up behind you, and wind noise in your ears?
I'm kinda kidding, don't get yer balls in an uproar. I get BOTH sides of the argument, because sometimes I ride with music, sometimes without - because yes, being out and riding is pretty ****ing awesome - you're out there with the sun beating down on you, the wind in your face, riding up and down hills, feeling the earth, and it really is great.
And sometimes, it's horrible - it's a boring-ass road, you didn't even want to ride in the first place, it's too hot/cold/windy/hilly/etc, etc etc....and music helps you get through it. I freely admit a bad day on the bike is almost always better than a good day at work, but sometimes, a day on the bike just SUUUUCKS. And that's OK, because overall I'm coming out way ahead on the sucks vs not sucks equation. But on those sucky days, an mp3 player really helps.
Originally Posted by Dan Wright .
No offense at all. I get both sides too. I agree that, even though I love riding, somedays I have to force myself to get started, and somedays I have to force myself to keep going. I'm considering getting a small speaker so I can listen to music on the cruddy days to pass some time when I'm riding the same route I commute everyday, but I still wouldn't use earbuds/headphones because of the safety factor.
Originally Posted by dookie44 .
I have seen this thread content come up on several forums over the years and I have got to ask: so what do you do when a car approaches from behind that is different from how your riding when no car is approaching?
I haven't been hit ...yet. So I can't speak authoritatively about how those cars sound. But I can normally hear the cars wheels on the pavement... [of course, some cars tires make more noise than others]. Sharp jerky driving causes the tires to sound similar to tires that are braking. I've noticed that jerky driving sound a few times... and then observed texting drivers as they passed me. So that is one sound I'd listen for.Originally Posted by Chavez .
...wait, no, my question is "how can you tell a car that is going to hit you from one that is not going to hit you strictly by sound it makes coming up behind you?"
At £200 a pair they probably wear them everywhere lol, its just like someone with expensive sunglasses wearing them on a night-time during the rain, it's like, hey look at me, I blew all my money on one item, now i kinda regret it, but im gonna wear them EVERYWHERE so people think im cool and I can get my moneys worth outta them.Originally Posted by coolcamaro12 .
The other day I actually saw a guy almost get hit because he was blasting his beat studio headphones while going across the road (who wears those while biking?!?!!!?!)
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