Music while you Ride?

whatever the reason though ...

So mostly fast stuff?
Basically this was an excuse to bring up shoegaze..anyone listen to it? I find it's a great soundtrack for cruising.

I am a tried and true old school shoegaze geek from back in the day. Ask me almost anything about a band and I probably know it. Personally I think riding with headphones on is a death wish. Although dying while listening to My Bloody Valentine might be quite appropriate.

always use your eyes, not your ears, sound can play trick on you.

Yeah because I'm the cycling Ninja and do it blindfold. Hold that: actually I use the force

always use your eyes, not your ears, sound can play trick on you.

I think both are important, hearing less so but still vital, but anyway, how do you hear music if you're deaf? I take it you're not 100% deaf?

smack my bitch up by the prodigy often makes me do silly things in traffic

never a truer word said. very insightful ed , as your hearings not great.

Sound can completely bounce of any hard flat surface, its totally deceptive and should never be relied upon. You can hear something coming from your rear left, when its actually your right just bouncing of a building.

See, while I'm not calling bullshit on that, I know how I use my hearing to ride and in tandem with my ears build up a 360 degree awareness that wouldn't be possible listening to music, unless you're an owl or possessed by Mammon* and can do a full rotation of the head. I find a glance over the shoulder ofen fails to give a clear view of what's coming up, but that may be to do with me wearing glasses.

Anyway, not a criticism, just expressing how I ride. It'll sound lame but I've DJed for years and you get very good at operating your ears independently, with one ear listening for the music queued, one ear listening to the music playing, and both trying to avoid the sound of the pissed twat asking for Shaka Demus and Pliers. I dunno, but I trust my ears and have yet to experience hearing something from my left and finding the source was on my right

*was trying to avoid the obvious Deamon names so looked 'em up on wiki. Do you know there's a deamon called Amy? When he got his name it must have been like the scene in Resevoir Dogs when Steve Buscemi found out he was Mr Pink

Also, I doubt you would get much echo in heavy traffic. To be honest I'd just want to hear the long vehicle charging to my right signalling left -_-

at the risk o getting slapped, i listen to a lotta audiobook downloads whilst riding...true no cadence motivation, but less loud so can tune into traffic if need be....

i'm about 20hrs a week in the saddle so i sometimes get bored of tunes...listening to that 'traffic' book right now..

dubstep . . .
last nite was a joke . . . was trying to rewind a set with gloves lol didnt work then the lights went green and cycle then dropped the ipod and few cars went over it and miss and last car had to fuckin get it and it was a 4X4 aswell Frikking X5 . . .

cycle back to oxford st and got a new 1 . . .

I left my iPod in the pocket of my jacket when it went through the washing machine last week. 3 days on the radiator and hey presto it was working a treat....what a result.

Top tunes to listen to at the moment Modular presents Leave Them All Behind vol 2, perfect mix of this n that

earphones are shit

1GB ipod shuffle, 80odd Gig of music, everything from opera to noise via rock, metal, jazz, acoustic, punk, breakbeat, drum&bass etc.

Random fill. Job done.

music and riding = awesome.

The accelerometer song selector for the iPod touch is pretty cool,
chooses a song depending on how fast your moving.

I sometimes ride with music, sometimes not.
after graveyard shifts in Oxford, its all about Sigur Ros. amazing fun riding around a spectre of a city chilling out and smiling.
in london it tends to be a random mix, but it also depends on the time of day/ traffic conditions.
I tend to like my music to be more chilled than others whilst riding- it makes me feel warm and fuzzy, and the little annoyances of riding disappear

I did listen while cycling every day for six or seven years - but I try not to these days

The accelerometer song selector for the iPod touch is pretty cool,
chooses a song depending on how fast your moving.

Really? That's wicked.

Mind you I never listen to music when riding, like Sano said it just feels weird. Though riding home after watching Quantum Of Solace recently with the Bond Theme bouncing around in my head was ace. Definately rode about 20% fasten than usual :-)

I left my iPod in the pocket of my jacket when it went through the washing machine last week. 3 days on the radiator and hey presto it was working a treat....what a result

Wish I was so lucky. Mine got a sprinkler treatment after it slipped out my pocket when I was having a nap on the grass...the wheel stopped working at first, now it's capput.

Sigur Ros! My kinda band. Me likey.

I like the responses, the focus on reasons rather than what actual artists.

Keep them coming boys :)

eyehategod ftw! (bit more upbeat innit)

ELECTRIC WIZARD ftw!

eyehategod ftw! (bit more upbeat innit)

Tried it. I couldn't, I honestly gave it a good chance, in fact it's still on my ipod on the off chance it plays on shuffle but I can't do it..You heard of Torche?

They've grown quite a bit since their first album which is the only one I've actually listened to. Mentor (last song) is insaaane. http://www.myspace.com/torche

I think both are important, hearing less so but still vital, but anyway, how do you hear music if you're deaf? I take it you're not 100% deaf?

I am 100% deaf, I have hearing aids that sound like a broken radio, and I found the best way to explain my deafness is that I can´t tell the difference between a bird´s tweet and the squeal of a double decker´s brake.

But the thing with seeing instead of listening, your eyes never lie, (expect when it come to cleverly hidden pothole on rainy dark evening might be different), your ears might, at least mine does a lots more than hearing people, what if a cyclist coming up behind you? you don´t often hear them since they tend to be quiet especially fixed wheel bicycles in a windy day, what if you can´t hear an electric car coming up on your right, left or behind you? etc.

I see that relying on your ears might be more problematic than looking out more often.

Neither are as good as The Force

I am 100% deaf, I have hearing aids that sound like a broken radio, and I found the best way to explain my deafness is that I can´t tell the difference between a bird´s tweet and the squeal of a double decker´s brake.

But the thing with seeing instead of listening, your eyes never lie, (expect when it come to cleverly hidden pothole on rainy dark evening might be different), your ears might, at least mine does a lots more than hearing people, what if a cyclist coming up behind you? you don´t often hear them since they tend to be quiet especially fixed wheel bicycles in a windy day, what if you can´t hear an electric car coming up on your right, left or behind you? etc.

I see that relying on your ears might be more problematic than looking out more often.

Does that affect your balance at all?
Can you cope with speach at all?

Sorry if the questions are personal...I'm just a curious person by nature..

I already explain it in detail in other topic, but sod it, here's go;

I have no balance at all (well, I can balance but that mean I have to concentrate hard to balance, even while walking), I can speak and listen well as I was brought up with speech therapists in all my childhood, but still struggle since my brain is already fully developed, thus hearing is still stuck at a stage when it's not properly developed.

music and riding in London ?!?!
are u people mad ?
it's dangerous and wouldn't do it.
does that make me an anorak ?

music and riding in London ?!?!
are u people mad ?
it's dangerous and wouldn't do it.
does that make me an anorak ?

it's dangerous enough for me to ride yet I'm still alive aren't I? and I ride brakeless even.

just be safe that all, if you want to listen to music, all it take is to look out more often than usual to compensate.

London's not dangerous, have you been to Peru?