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06-24-2014, 02:22 PM
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What are your thoughts on having headphones on while riding (solo)?
I have a pair of Bluetooth headphones I use while im at the gym and I was just thinking that maybe a beat of some sort would help me push it a little harder some days....
FWIW, a buddy I ride with on occasion and I are thinking of signing up for a Triathlon. Thing is, Im a terrible swimmer and only slightly better at running.... cycling would be my "easy" part.
I have a pair of Bluetooth headphones I use while im at the gym and I was just thinking that maybe a beat of some sort would help me push it a little harder some days....
FWIW, a buddy I ride with on occasion and I are thinking of signing up for a Triathlon. Thing is, Im a terrible swimmer and only slightly better at running.... cycling would be my "easy" part.
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06-24-2014, 03:53 PM
#2009
If you get hit by a car, hearing it do so will not help you. I find riding defensively is the best option and I keep my headphones in.
I think it depends on the type of person you are. Some people can listen to two converstaions at once and some people can't even hear you unless you look them in the eye.
In a group ride/race headphones are never okay.
I think it depends on the type of person you are. Some people can listen to two converstaions at once and some people can't even hear you unless you look them in the eye.
In a group ride/race headphones are never okay.
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06-24-2014, 04:03 PM
#2011
I never wear headphones on the street. Your ears are an integral part of your awareness.
Hearing that tire hiss closing on me when there shouldn't be one makes me move further right and check over my shoulder.
Hearing that tire hiss when it should be there (traffic) cues me to check again.
I would sooner ride with one eye covered than my hearing blocked.
Hearing that tire hiss closing on me when there shouldn't be one makes me move further right and check over my shoulder.
Hearing that tire hiss when it should be there (traffic) cues me to check again.
I would sooner ride with one eye covered than my hearing blocked.
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06-24-2014, 04:39 PM
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Nowhere \ˈnō-ˌ(h)wer, -(h)wər\
1: That place where we have no awareness
2: A place that can be converted in "somewhere" by having awareness of it
I have been riding bikes and motorcycles in the city for four decades. I have learned to anticipate the movements of other vehicles and pedestrians. Little cues like the front tire of a car twitching this way or that, a turn of the head.
The primary survival tool is recognizing situations, scenarios where you don't have an "out". Do you best to avoid them entirely and if that's not possible, put yourself on high alert and spend as little time there as possible. I see motorcycles zipping through intersections in the left side of the #1 lane without their fingers on the front brake/high beam, against oncoming traffic waiting for a spot to to turn left. I know this sounds awful, but I have no sympathy for those riders if they get taken out.
It is impossible to cover every scenario and we take a known risk by leaving our driveway but it makes sense to me to take every other possible precaution to avoid bad stuff. I have avoided many potential incidents over the past decades just by being on high alert and recognizing the risk scenario before I exposed myself to it.
So yeah, I don't wear headphones on public roads.
1: That place where we have no awareness
2: A place that can be converted in "somewhere" by having awareness of it
I have been riding bikes and motorcycles in the city for four decades. I have learned to anticipate the movements of other vehicles and pedestrians. Little cues like the front tire of a car twitching this way or that, a turn of the head.
The primary survival tool is recognizing situations, scenarios where you don't have an "out". Do you best to avoid them entirely and if that's not possible, put yourself on high alert and spend as little time there as possible. I see motorcycles zipping through intersections in the left side of the #1 lane without their fingers on the front brake/high beam, against oncoming traffic waiting for a spot to to turn left. I know this sounds awful, but I have no sympathy for those riders if they get taken out.
It is impossible to cover every scenario and we take a known risk by leaving our driveway but it makes sense to me to take every other possible precaution to avoid bad stuff. I have avoided many potential incidents over the past decades just by being on high alert and recognizing the risk scenario before I exposed myself to it.
So yeah, I don't wear headphones on public roads.
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06-24-2014, 05:09 PM
#2014
Just in case this needed to be pointed out: I was being facetious.
I will never ride with headphones in. Listen for traffic, listen to the sounds of nature (if applicable where you're riding), listen for other riders, listen for pedestrians, listen to something else besides your iPod for a few hours, FFS. Just listen.
~85% of my commute takes place on a dedicated recreation trail, I'd say half of the riders (notice I didn't say cyclists) have headphones in. They're the ones going "hey!" when I buzz them. I buzzed them because they didn't get out of the way. They didn't get out of the way because they couldn't hear me.
I will never ride with headphones in. Listen for traffic, listen to the sounds of nature (if applicable where you're riding), listen for other riders, listen for pedestrians, listen to something else besides your iPod for a few hours, FFS. Just listen.
~85% of my commute takes place on a dedicated recreation trail, I'd say half of the riders (notice I didn't say cyclists) have headphones in. They're the ones going "hey!" when I buzz them. I buzzed them because they didn't get out of the way. They didn't get out of the way because they couldn't hear me.
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