Listening to music while you ride?

Is listening to music OK while riding?

Yes! All the time!
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Never, are you crazy??
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Sometimes, like on a long stretch of freeway riding.
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#21 Unread post by macktruckturner »

I can't ride, drive, or man a .50 cal w/o music.
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#22 Unread post by gngsquared »

macktruckturner wrote:I can't ride, drive, or man a .50 cal w/o music.
Ma'Duece makes her own music.

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#23 Unread post by KarateChick »

The music...only on the highway
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VermilionX wrote:my mind wanders around on its own anyway... but, i have a dual processor mind so i can multi task. :laughing:
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#25 Unread post by shane-o »

always ride with my IPOD connected to my head :)

if i was just tooling around to the shops, 10 min ride, i wouldnt bother, but for anything else the ear plugs are always the thing i put on before the gloves and helmut ;)
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#26 Unread post by shane-o »

Mag7C wrote:I would but I can't keep the earbuds in when I pull the helmet on. They just pop right out.


i use the ones that actually insert right inside your ear, nothing for the helmut to catch on :) they also double up nice as ear plugs when the music is off to block wind noise :)
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#27 Unread post by Mintbread »

Mag7C wrote:I would but I can't keep the earbuds in when I pull the helmet on. They just pop right out.
I used to do a lot of highway riding and used to listen to music all the time. I found that if you looped the cord over your ear and inserted the bud in upside down it wouldn't move whilst putting the helmet on. Plus it doesn't sit right in the ear so you still get to hear a little of the outside world.
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#28 Unread post by macktruckturner »

gngsquared wrote:
macktruckturner wrote:I can't ride, drive, or man a .50 cal w/o music.
Ma'Duece makes her own music.

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#29 Unread post by Sev »

shane-o wrote:
Mag7C wrote:I would but I can't keep the earbuds in when I pull the helmet on. They just pop right out.


i use the ones that actually insert right inside your ear, nothing for the helmut to catch on :) they also double up nice as ear plugs when the music is off to block wind noise :)
I have a set like that. Don't you find that they work their way out of your ears after a while? Mine rarely stay in for more then a couple of hours. I think it's from the wind moving the cord around between my jacket and the helmet.

And yes, I'm using the right size of silicone wafers. I'm wondering if there's a better way maybe.
Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.

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#30 Unread post by Dichotomous »

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VermilionX wrote:i'd do it if i had an i-pod but my ears are not very tolerant to ear pieces though... it hurts after a hour or so.

my mind wanders around on its own anyway... but, i have a dual processor mind so i can multi task. :laughing:
Don't you mean "dual-core"? If you had dual processors, I might just start calling you "Verm: 6 million dollar man."

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I use the in-ear phones that work with my phone, the LG8100, that way if I get a call I can answer it, though nobody can hear me ever, they stay in pretty good when I take off my helmet, and isolate just enough to reduce the pain of wind noise. I have to have a small chunk of ear plug inside the phones though, between the speaker and the rubber tube, so that its not too loud
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