filtercore ([info]filtercore) wrote,
@ 2008-12-16 21:15:00
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Do any of you listen to music while you're cycling?

My route home is almost completely devoid of traffic and I think it'd be safe, but there's a niggling voice in my head. I'm also unsure where my MP3 player would actually go... do you just have a really long headphone cable running back into your backpack? 

Or is this all insanity and totally unsafe?


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[info]jimmyjack
2008-12-16 10:38 am UTC (link)
i've never NOT listened to music whilst cycling. cable runs into my jeans pocket. good times.

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[info]filtercore
2008-12-16 10:42 am UTC (link)
I normally wear really baggy shorts so there's risk of it dropping out - hmm.

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[info]upandatthem
2008-12-16 12:21 pm UTC (link)
I find it totally unsafe. You're essentially blocking out one of your senses. You're asking for a car to pull blindly out of a slip-lane if you ask me

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[info]filtercore
2008-12-16 12:24 pm UTC (link)
What if I'm not riding amongst cars though?

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[info]upandatthem
2008-12-16 12:26 pm UTC (link)
WHO KNOWS WHERE CARS LIE?

Seriously though dude, it's totally fucking dangerous. It's worse than driving on the phone

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[info]upandatthem
2008-12-16 12:26 pm UTC (link)
I mean, driving while on the phone

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[info]filtercore
2008-12-16 12:27 pm UTC (link)
But Adam has worn inner ear headphones for years now, and... actually, he's been injured heaps of times :P

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[info]filtercore
2008-12-16 12:28 pm UTC (link)
That said, after the halfway point of my ride home, it's all footpaths and I rarely pass another human being...

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[info]prerecorded
2008-12-16 12:51 pm UTC (link)
sometimes i take my headphones (not buds) off and just leave them round my neck... but it sucks for music, I only do it with talky podcasts. and I also don't cycle like that, but it's an idea.

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[info]filtercore
2008-12-16 12:56 pm UTC (link)
It's actually podcasts that I want to listen to - that's the one thing I miss about commuting. I try to listen to my daily podcasts while I work but I don't focus on them very well.

You may have the solution here :-)

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[info]smelsworst
2008-12-16 05:26 pm UTC (link)
i tend to think it's completely about finding the right volume balance.. essentially, you need it SUPER low so that you can hear what's around you. slightly lower than coversational volume.

having said that.. i think podcasts will be more dangerous to listen to than music. podcasts you'll be drawn to concentrate on.. low volume music is just background noise to break up the monotony.

that having been said.. i come from newcastle.. a town where you stand out if you wear a helmet while riding.. thus.. i stand out down here when i dont wear one. THAT having been said, i only dont wear one because it was stolen.. seriously, who steals a fucking GIANT (my head is huge) helmet??

THAT having been said.. the busiest stretch i ride along is little collins, and it's for two blocks.. and the pedestrian traffic is what will kill you/me.

and yes.. i plan to get a new helmet.. ive just been lazy is all. plus, it was hard to find one that fit my gargantuan head.

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