| Re: Ride with music or not?
Gooserider wrote:
:: "Roger Zoul" <rogerzoul2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
:: news:10co3tk5tgsok57@corp.supernews.com...
::: Blue Gator wrote:
::::: This has probably been discussed before, but please forgive me for
::::: asking since I'm new to the group.
:::::
::::: I'm thinking about getting a mp3 player to listen to on long
::::: rides. Good Idea or Bad Idea?
:::
::: IMO, a very bad idea. You need to listen for approaching cars, or
::: at least I do.
::
:: Some people advocate using an earplug in the right ear, as to leave
:: the left ear for traffic sounds. I don't know how well that would
:: work. I don't ride with music either, preferring to listen to the
:: sounds of nature. :-)
me too....
::
:: ...although the drone of a busy 4 lane sucks. I never noticed how
:: loud it can be until I started riding my bike there. It's awful,
:: with the loud exhausts and big tires and all.
True, but that's when it's most important to be paying attention, imo.
Besides, one reason I started bicycling is that riding my stationary, even
with an MP3 and TV, was just too boring (even though, since it was raining
today, I did 24miles on the stationary). I find riding outside on new
routes to be just plain fun....
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