The Best Riding Music, Cycling & Training Tunes

lately...
mission of burma
jawbox
nas
parts & labor

Nevermind- Nirvana

YouTube - These Are The Ghosts - The Bees

YouTube - Brian Jonestown Massacre-When Jokers Attack

Gong.

I don't ride with music so find my head fills with whatever random and usually ridiculous tune it can find.. and then repeats over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over...

Me too. I spent about half the ride to Dunwich trying to get rid of 'Thank You For The Music'. I normally 'programme' myself before I go out, by listening to something appropriate. This morning: Elastica.

I think my absolute top cycling tune (at least for London) is Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix.

Elastica?

Anything by the Knife for me. Great for night rides.

good call dude. the knife are great city cycling music. great travelling music full stop. i usually have the pod on random. checking back though the shuffle, last night's ride home was soundtracked by:

girlfriend - the modern lovers
what sarah said - death cab for cutie
big gay heart - the lemonheads
moanin' - art blakey and the jazz messengers
the needle has landed - neko case
roadrunner (alternative version) - the modern lovers
kickstand - soundgarden
kidnapped by neptune - scout niblett
mister would you please help my pony - ween
autumn sweater - yo la tengo
well you needn't - thelonious monk
bill's corpse - captain beefheart and his magic band
impossible germany - wilco
victoria - the fall

i often listen to spoken word stuff while riding too. the adam and joe, stephen fry and collings and heron podcasts are good for dreary wet commutes where you need distracting from the fact that you're fed up and your arse is soaking more than you want uplifting mood music.

Me too. I spent about half the ride to Dunwich trying to get rid of 'Thank You For The Music'. I normally 'programme' myself before I go out, by listening to something appropriate. This morning: Elastica.

I think my absolute top cycling tune (at least for London) is Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix.

Flip me! Abba! If you failed to shake that you should have turned off your lights, cycled faster and drifted into on coming traffic!

lately...
mission of burma
jawbox
nas
parts & labor

+1 to parts and labor

Elastica?

And?

Flip me! Abba! If you failed to shake that you should have turned off your lights, cycled faster and drifted into on coming traffic!

I nearly did. I'm thinking of investing in one of those titchy little iPods, just for occasions like this. :-(

does anyone else sing while riding?

i do it all the time.

probably makes look like a mental but wtf.

Anything by Abdoujaparov as they are named after one of the best cyclists ever...

YouTube - Electrelane - 'To The East'

does anyone else sing while riding?

i do it all the time.

probably makes look like a mental but wtf.

I do. It's a good incentive to go really fast - so no one can hear me.

cliff richard.

or the soundtrack to Jason And His Technicoloured Dream Coat.

YouTube - Cliff Richard - Wired For Sound (Video)

Best hype tunes for training of before an event... hands down this is my favourite.

Rocky IV 'Heart's on fire' http://open.spotify.com/track/5vI0C3TDTxySR6Oq8NWjE0

Irregular time signatures fuck you up yo,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PBeKzVhWHY

(no spotify on this machine)

This: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpM83zySsdY"]YouTube-
Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart[/ame]

And this: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_K6sl4jp3A"]YouTube-
Iron Maiden - Caught Somewhere in Time[/ame]

This isn't really for training but is great for taking a cruise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofdtZMy63x0

(Ignore the video)

^^ I like that. Try this>>

http://open.spotify.com/artist/7lOJ7WXyopaxri0dbOiZkd

I loved riding to this on the Dynamo, really zoned out on it.

http://open.spotify.com/track/3Jlxa8iOlmYIwnQAb1Xi4f

Irregular time signatures fuck you up yo,
YouTube- Venetian Snares - Szamár Madár

(no spotify on this machine)

this tune is all over Elgar Cello concerto,
pretty awesome actually, that bit at 1.54 though, is it deliberate?

finally peeps putting spotify linkage up! youtube is not your friend while on a ride.